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MapSource User’s Manual

NTRODUCTION

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ONTENTS

Introduction ........................................................ii

Serial Number ........................................................... ii

Contact Garmin ......................................................... ii

Map Data Information .............................................. ii

Installing MapSource ........................................1

Unlocking Maps ....................................................1

Unlock Codes and Coupon Codes ............................ 1

Saving and Viewing Unlock Codes .......................... 3

Updating Personal Information ................................ 5

Registering Your Product .......................................... 6

Changing or Removing MapSource ...................6

Repairing MapSource ............................................... 6

Modifying Coverage Areas ....................................... 7

Removing MapSource .............................................. 7

Connecting Your GPS Unit to a Computer .........8

Using MapSource ..............................................9

Parts of MapSource ..............................................9

Loading Maps to Your Garmin GPS Unit ..........10

Selecting Maps ....................................................... 10

Adding Maps from Multiple MapSource

Products ............................................................. 12

Transferring MapSource Data ...........................13

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Users ............................................................. 13

Sending Data to Your GPS Unit ............................ 15

Receiving Data from Your GPS Unit ...................... 16

Creating and Editing Waypoints .......................17

Creating Waypoints ................................................ 17

Editing Waypoints .................................................. 18

Finding Places ....................................................18

Finding Nearest Places and Recently Found

Places ................................................................ 19

Creating and Editing Routes .............................20

Creating Routes ...................................................... 20

Editing Routes ........................................................ 21

Tracks ..................................................................22

Viewing Tracks ....................................................... 22

Filtering Tracks ....................................................... 23

Customizing MapSource ...................................23

Warnings and Cautions ..................................24
Index .................................................................25

For additional instructions while you are using

MapSource, click

Help > MapSource Help

press

on your keyboard to open the detailed

MapSource Help ﬁles.

Summary of Contents for MapSource

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Page 2: ...dium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or any revision hereto provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited Information in this document is subject to change without notice Garmin reser...

Page 3: ... Maps to Your Garmin GPS Unit 10 Selecting Maps 10 Adding Maps from Multiple MapSource Products 12 Transferring MapSource Data 13 iQue Users 13 Sending Data to Your GPS Unit 15 Receiving Data from Your GPS Unit 16 Creating and Editing Waypoints 17 Creating Waypoints 17 Editing Waypoints 18 Finding Places 18 Finding Nearest Places and Recently Found Places 19 Creating and Editing Routes 20 Creating...

Page 4: ...td at 44 0870 8501241 Map Data Information One of Garmin s goals is to provide customers with the most complete and accurate cartography available to us at a reasonable cost We use a combination of governmental and private data sources which we identify as required in product literature and copyright messages displayed to the consumer Virtually all data sources contain inaccurate or incomplete dat...

Page 5: ...ck Maps Unlock Codes and Coupon Codes An Unlock Code is 25 characters and is printed on a yellow piece of paper It unlocks all maps associated with your MapSource product The yellow paper also includes a serial number and a 7 digit Registration Code To unlock your product with a 25 Character Unlock Code see page 2 A Coupon Code is 8 characters and is printed on the Unlock Certiﬁcate It unlocks a m...

Page 6: ...ur product you can do so at this time by clicking Yes I have a new Registration Code Enter the 7 digit registration code on the yellow piece of paper Click Next and follow the on screen instructions to register your product If you would like to register your product later click No I will register my product later and click Next You can now close the UnlockWizard and use MapSource To unlock your pr...

Page 7: ...your Unlock Certiﬁcate Click Next Enter your Coupon Code 7 Select and verify the region that you would like to unlock After checking the box to agree to the terms click Next to complete the unlock process You can now close the UnlockWizard and use MapSource Saving and Viewing Unlock Codes If you ever need to view your Unlock Code you can do so using the UnlockWizard You may also want to back up yo...

Page 8: ...e your Unlock Codes NOTE Garmin recommends that you save the back up ﬁle to a separate location other than the MapSource folder 4 Enter a ﬁle name for your Unlock Codes and click Save 5 The UnlockWizard saves all of your Unlock Codes into that ﬁle for future use You can now close the UnlockWizard To restore your saved Unlock Codes 1 In MapSource click Utilities Unlock Maps Then click Next 2 Click ...

Page 9: ...red through the Garmin Web site appear Click Next 5 Your codes are restored to MapSource Close the UnlockWizard Updating Personal Information You can update your personal information on ﬁle with Garmin at any time using your Garmin Customer Code and the UnlockWizard NOTE An Internet connection is required for the following procedure To update your information with Garmin 1 In MapSource click Utili...

Page 10: ...reduced rate mapping data updates Changing or Removing MapSource You can repair MapSource if it becomes corrupted For some MapSource products you can modify the regional coverage area You can also remove any MapSource product from your computer Repairing MapSource In some MapSource products you can repair MapSource if it becomes corrupt If this option is not available you can uninstall and reinsta...

Page 11: ...rive The InstallShield Wizard opens Click Next 2 Select Modify and click Next 3 Select the areas you want to add or remove Click Next 4 Follow the additional instructions to modify MapSource Removing MapSource You can remove any MapSource product from your computer without using the MapSource installation disks To remove MapSource 1 Click the Start button Then select Settings Control Panel 2 From ...

Page 12: ... GPS unit to your computer 1 If your GPS unit came with a PC Interface Cable connect your GPS to a serial communications port on your computer see illustration below Serial Communications Port If your GPS unit came with a USB data cable connect your GPS to an available USB data port USB Data Port 2 Verify that your GPS is turned on and the Serial Data Format is set to Garmin if possible To verify ...

Page 13: ...ser s Manual 9 USING MAPSOURCE PARTS OF MAPSOURCE USING MAPSOURCE Parts of MapSource The MapSource window contains ﬁve main parts the 1 toolbars 2 data tabs 3 splitter bar 4 Graphic Map and 5 status bar 1 4 3 2 5 ...

Page 14: ...tion disk about selecting and sending maps NOTE Not all Garmin GPS units can use detailed maps Check your GPS unit owner s manual to see if your unit is compatible Selecting Maps Use the Map tool to select the map regions you want to send to your GPS unit NOTE To select map regions you must unlock your MapSource product For more information see page 1 To select map regions 1 Zoom to 30 miles 50 km...

Page 15: ...iew the names and sizes of each map region you have selected Check the amount of memory your GPS unit has to store map data Then check the Maps tab to see how much memory your map set requires If the map set is too big deselect some map regions Maps Tab Memory needed to store this map set Names of map regions Click to rename map set NOTE If your GPS unit supports auto routing select the Include ro...

Page 16: ...p set but you can only see data from one product on your GPS unit if the maps overlap The maps are not transparent on the unit and cannot be combined If two maps from different MapSource products overlap on your GPS unit you need to turn the overlapping map off in order to see the other map underneath Check your GPS unit owner s manual to learn how to turn MapSource maps on or off For example if y...

Page 17: ... or Secure Digital SD Card Reader If your GPS unit uses a CF or SD card you can purchase a third party card reader to transfer data Each time you transfer maps to a data card you completely erase all data currently stored on the card and replace it with new data However if you store maps on a data card and you transfer waypoints routes or tracks you will not erase the maps on the card You can tran...

Page 18: ...ecover it Reloading the POI Database If your GPS unit includes a preloaded preprogrammed Points of Interest POI database you will see a warning about erasing this preloaded data before you save MapSource maps This warning does not refer to the basemap of your unit You can restore preloaded data to your GPS unit by downloading it from the Garmin Web site To reload Points of Interest 1 Go to http ww...

Page 19: ...the window 2 Click Send To Device or click Transfer Send To Device The name of your GPS unit or card reader should appear automatically in the Device menu If not click Find Device If you are using a USB card programmer USB Data Card Programmer appears in the Device ﬁeld If you are using a CF or SD card reader select the correct drive letter from the Device ﬁeld If you are sending data to an iQue o...

Page 20: ...can send information to MapSource 2 Click Receive From Device or click Transfer Receive From Device The name of your GPS unit or card reader should appear automatically in the Device menu If not click Find Device If you are using a USB card programmer USB Data Card Programmer appears in the Device ﬁeld If you are using a CF or SD card reader select the correct drive letter from the Device ﬁeld If ...

Page 21: ...feature MapSource bases the waypoint name on the feature If you create a waypoint on an open location MapSource names the waypoint with a number Each waypoint you create appears in the Waypoints tab on the left side of the window To create a waypoint 1 Click the Waypoint tool or click Tools Waypoint 2 Locate the place and then click anywhere on the Graphic Map to create a waypoint at that exact sp...

Page 22: ...ities Points of Interest such as restaurants parks and shops addresses intersections or waypoints To have the most available search options from your MapSource product you must unlock your maps See Unlocking Maps page 1 As you type places to search for in the Find Places dialog box MapSource uses an auto complete list to make suggestions For example as you type the name of a city a list of cities ...

Page 23: ...phic Map 6 Click Make Waypoint if you want to save the place as a waypoint Click OK to close the Find Places dialog box Click Cancel to close and return to the part of the map you were previously viewing Finding Nearest Places and Recently Found Places In MapSource click the Find Nearest Places button to open the Find Nearest Places dialog box where you can search for map features and other places...

Page 24: ... calculate an auto route To create a route using the Route Properties dialog box 1 Press Ctrl R or click Edit New Route to open the Route Properties dialog box 2 To add an existing waypoint to the route click Insert Waypoint Select the waypoint from the list that appears To select multiple waypoints press the Ctrl or Shift key while you click several waypoints Then click OK 3 To add a city point o...

Page 25: ...ter of the map 6 Click OK to save the new route Click Find buttons to search for map features Click to insert a waypoint listed in the Waypoints tab Editing Routes You can edit routes directly on the Graphic Map or using the Route Properties dialog box From your route on the Graphic Map you can add move and remove waypoints using the selection tool Moving a route waypoint on the Graphic Map Route ...

Page 26: ...u exactly where you have been The track appears as a tiny dotted line made up of track points As you move your GPS unit records a track point every second by default with the time and your position and speed Your GPS unit then saves these points as a track Viewing Tracks Tracks received from your GPS unit appear in the Tracks tab after you receive them You can view tracks on the Graphic Map and ed...

Page 27: ... your GPS unit you tell MapSource which track points you want to keep and which to discard You can ﬁlter track points by time or distance or you can let MapSource ﬁlter the track points automatically Customizing MapSource After you become comfortable using MapSource you may want to customize preferences to meet your needs You can change many settings by opening MapSource Preferences Click Edit Pre...

Page 28: ...rants that this product satisﬁes national or international regulations regarding the use of the appropriate products for navigation WARNING This product has been produced in part or whole from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Ofﬁce products No liability is accepted for the use of this product and it must not be used to assist in navigation The digital chart s contained herein have not been veriﬁed ...

Page 29: ...cts 12 selecting maps 10 sending maps 15 tutorial 10 M Maps Tab 11 Map Set 11 Map Tool 10 Modifying MapSource 6 Modify Coverage Areas 7 P Personal Information 5 Points of Interest POI 18 reloading database 14 Pre programmed Data Cards 14 Preferences Dialog Box 23 R Receive From Device 16 Receiving Data 16 Registering Your Product 2 6 Removing Mapsource 7 Repairing MapSource 6 Routes 20 25 creating...

Page 30: ...1 3 Unlock Code 1 backing up 4 restoring 4 viewing 3 Updating Personal Informa tion 5 USB Data Card Programmer 13 15 16 USB Port 8 W Warnings and Cautions 24 Waypoints 17 20 adding to routes 20 24 creating 17 creating custom symbols 18 editing 18 selecting maps around 12 16 Waypoints Tab 17 Waypoint Properties Dialog Box 17 ...

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