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or event marker icons. That set contains several hunting symbols –
such as deer track and tree stand – but we have added more than a
dozen new ones. Now you can use a specific symbol to mark items
ranging from turkeys to ATVs and from food plots to buck rubs
Searching
One of the most powerful new functions in MapCreate Topo is the abil-
ity to search for POIs and several types of land features. To launch the
command, click the
F
IND
button on the Map Navigation toolbar (it looks
like a binocular). The Find Menu appears, with a dialog box for the
item's
name
, and pull down menus for the
major category
and
minor
category
to search in.
For nearest searches, MapCreate begins looking from the current cen-
ter of the map. When you select an item from the search results, that
item will be snapped to the center of the map. When you search for a
river, the map will be centered at the mouth of the river.
You can insert an IMS
Fishing Hot Spots
map card in the card
reader and you can search for several categories of Fishing Hot Spot
items. However, you must first locate the desired lake and center it in
the map before searching for specific fishing items.
When searching for any map item, you often must know the item's "of-
ficial" name to locate it (especially the first part of the name). Here's an
example search, showing the importance of knowing an official name:
We'll look for Truman Lake, which is located in Henry County, Mis-
souri. All the locals and regular out-of-state visitors know this man-
made water body as Truman Lake, but that's not the official name
1. Click the
F
IND
toolbar button.
2. In the Name box, enter
Truman Lake
.
3. In the Major Category menu, select
Water
.
4. In the Minor Category menu, select
Lake/River Names
, to narrow
the search, then click the
F
IND
button on the menu.
MapCreate displays a list of items, but Truman Lake isn't there! That's
because the full name is Harry S Truman Reservoir. Instead of
"Truman Lake," just try "Harry," "Harry S" or "Harry S Truman," but
don't use "Harry Truman" without the "S" or you'll miss it.
A search for "Harry S Truman" produces a list of possible answers in
the middle list window. Scroll through the list and select
Harry S
Truman Reservoir (2)
. Next, in the bottom list window, click on a
loca-
