Lowrance LCX-112C, Operation Instructions Manual

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are Interstate, U.S. and state highways, large- and medium-sized lakes
and streams and more than 60,000 navigation aids with 10,000 wrecks
and obstructions in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters. New for 2007
are more than 3,000 enhanced lake maps that show better defined
shorelines, depth contours and other underwater features.
NOTE:
The LCX HD models have NauticPath charts, Fishing Hot Spots
maps and all high detail MapCreate custom maps preloaded on a
30 gigabyte hard drive. If you own an HD model you do not need to
load any of those high detail charts/maps into the unit. The unit
can also use Navionics charts, but they must be loaded via a
Navionics card.
MapCreate custom maps include massive amounts of information not
found in the background map. MapCreate contains: the searchable
Points of Interest database, all the minor roads and streets, all the
landmark features (such as summits, schools, radio towers, etc.); more
rivers, streams, smaller lakes and ponds and their names.
What's more important is the large-scale map detail that allows your
GPS unit to show a higher level of position accuracy. For example, the
background map would show you the general outline and approximate
shape of a coastline or water body, but the higher detail in MapCreate
shows the shoreline completely and accurately. Many smaller islands
would not be included in the background map, but are in MapCreate.
When the map is zoomed out far enough, most POIs appear as square
dots (left). As you zoom in closer, the symbols become readable icons.
In the 0.6-mile zoom example (right), the cursor has selected the Cupps
Café POI, which triggers a pop-up box with the POI name. This pop-up
box works on POIs at any zoom range.
School POI
Restaurant
POI
POI
Marker
Minor
Streets
Zoom Range
POI Pop-up,
with position,
distance and
bearing data
Cursor line
Interstate
Major Street