LEI Electronics MAPCREATE 6 - Manual (Page 26)

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Advanced Mode Quick Start Reference
If you have some computer experience and want to do more with your
mapping software, this 10-step summary will get you started with
MapCreate's advanced mode. For detailed explanations, read through
the lessons in this section. Before you start, make sure your MMC card
reader is installed and working, and you know the reader's drive letter.
How to make and save a rectangle map
1. Start MapCreate by clicking the Windows S
TART
button and choosing
M AP C REATE 6 from the menu. Choose S TART M AP C REATE
from the selection box.
2. Maneuver the Master Map so you can see the area you want to
include in your map. Use the
P AN A RROW
buttons to move north, south,
east or west. Use the Z
OOM
-I
N
and Z
OOM
-O
UT
( Z-I
N
or Z-O
UT
) buttons as
needed to close in on or back away from the area you're viewing.
3. Click the C REATE M AP B ORDERS
button in the toolbar. Move the mouse
pointer above and to the left of the desired area.
4. Click, hold down the mouse button and drag diagonally down and to
the right until the desired area is enclosed with the green border box.
(If you see a magenta corridor box instead, you released the button too
soon. To clear the magenta border and start over, see the Sec. 3 topics:
Creating Rectangle Map Borders, Creating Corridor Map Borders and
in Help's on-line command reference,
Create Map Borders.
5. Release the mouse button.
6. Click the S
AVE
M
AP
B
ORDERS
button. In the Save As dialog box, type a
name for your Map Border File, then click S AVE
. (By default, MapCreate
saves the Map Border File to the MapCreate data folder, typically:
C:\Program Files\Lowrance Electronics\MapCreate6\data.)
7. With the Map Border File still open, click the E
STIMATE
C
USTOM
M
AP
S
IZE
button. After a moment it will tell you your map's file size. If it fits the
card, click
O K
to clear the message and jump to step 8. If the map file is too
large for the card, redraw your custom map a little smaller and/or turn off
some Map Categories. (Use the estimate button to re-check the size.)
8. When your file is the right size, click the C
REATE
C
USTOM
M
AP
button.
When the map is built, click OK to save the file. In the Save As dialog
box, type a name for your Custom Map File, and select your MMC card
reader's drive letter for the location, then click S
AVE
. (You can save the
map to your hard drive if you wish, but we recommend you first save it
directly to the MMC card.)
9. After the program has saved the map to your MMC card, the save
progress box disappears. You can now close MapCreate.
10. Follow the instructions in your GPS manual for loading the MMC
into your unit.