LEI Electronics 6 manual Creating a Route

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If you don't want to plan a route this trip, skip ahead to the lesson "Saving a GPS Data File" on page 50. But don't forget, planning a route is one of MapCreate's coolest capabilities. If you're ready for some real navigating with routes, read on.

Creating a Route

A route is a series of waypoints, linked together in an ordered sequence, that's used to mark a course of travel. You can visualize a route as beads on a string, or, think of it as the mile marker signs posted at intervals along U.S. interstate highways.

Routes are powerful tools for planning and then navigating your journeys. With your GPS receiver, you can automatically navigate from one waypoint to the next along your intended course. You can start at either end of a route, or even begin navigation in the middle of a route.

You can informally group routes into two broad categories, based on the terrain and type of travel. On water, in the air or just hiking cross- country, you can generally travel in a simple, straight line from waypoint to waypoint (barring obstacles, of course.) The Global Positioning System was originally developed by the U.S. military for this type of routing. It's suitable for airplanes, ships and soldiers in the field. MapCreate and your GPS unit connect all route waypoints with straight lines.

The other route style involves navigating along a road, highway or other winding pathway. When your vehicle has to follow the twists and turns of the pavement, you can't really travel in a straight line from waypoint to waypoint.

Since the legs of all GPS routes are based on straight lines between waypoints, setting up a curvy highway route takes a little more time and practice than our Quick Start format allows. We'll save those details for the Create Route entry in the online Command Reference section.

For this lesson, we'll use an example based on a simple off-shore fishing route. Just remember: the techniques for making a route are the same, no matter what sort of travel pattern you're planning. Here's how it works: (Refer as needed to the Toolbar figure on page 30.)

1.Center the Master Map display on the area where you want to begin your route. Click the CENTER MASTER MAP cross-hair button,

then click the cross-hair mouse pointer on the area you want centered.

2.If needed, click the Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons so you can see enough detail to accurately place the route waypoints.

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Contents MapCreate6 LEI Extras Inc PO BOX Catoosa, OK USA Table of Contents Creating Rectangle Map Borders Creating Corridor Map Borders Center Master MapIntroduction Page How MapCreate Works File Formats & Functions GPS Data File Atlas File Page Custom Map File Size and Build Time Examples Mapping Detail Theres more here than meets the eye Cursor over Pop-up Exit symbol BoxCursor over POI symbol Pop-up box How to use this manual typographical conventionsMouse Page System Requirements Installation TypesUSA-West disc Data overlap area USA-East disc Installing MapCreateType D\setup.exe where D is the drive letter for your CD-ROM Page Page Care of your MapCreate CDs Starting MapCreate Easy Mode and Advanced Mode To add a direct shortcut to your Start Menu To add a direct shortcut to your desktopSection Working With MapCreate Advanced Mode Quick Start Reference Starting MapCreate MapSelect Screen MapCreate Screen MapCreate 6 opening screen Closing MapCreate Tips Selected Symbol Tip Box Map Category Options Window Tip Icon List Window Route Waypoint List Window Moving Around the Master Map Zoom Box Cross-hair Creating Rectangle Map Borders Handle Box Mouse Pointer Map Border Creating Corridor Map BordersPoint Saving a Map Border File Creating a Custom Map File Building Map Progress dialog box Save As dialog box appears Creating a Waypoint Delete Waypoint Creating an Icon Tip Creating a Route Tip Tips Saving a GPS Data File Creating a Corridor Map From a Route Borders around Route command Corridor Width slider bar Creating a Route From a Trail Plot Trail shown in green Page Appendix 1 MapCreate Command List Help Topics Command Search a Help document for the term map border Page County/Parish Marine Navaids AirportsCities CountriesPOI-Shopping POI-ServicesPOI-Marine POI-RestaurantsAppendix MapCreate 6 Symbol Key Page Page POI Appendix 4 Considerations When Planning Highway Routes Page Page Page LEI Databases License Agreement Databases Limited Warranty LEI Software License Agreement ONE-YEAR Media Warranty For Lowrance 800-324-1356. For Eagle How to Obtain Service…Accessory Ordering Information for all countries Visit our web site
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