EXAMPLES TOC
1. HOW TO GET STARTED, THE VERY FIRST TRY
2 . IMPORT MAPSEND ROUTES AND TRAILS
3. IMPORT ESRI SHAPE FILES (APPALACHIAN TRAIL)
4. IMPORT OZI EXPLORER ROUTES (CREATE OBJECTS FROM PHOTO IMAGE)
5. IMPORT GARMIN MAPS (MEXICO CITY MAP, SIMPLE EXAMPLE)
6. IMPORT GARMIN MAPS (SAINT_PETERSBURG MAP, MORE COMPLEX EXAMPLE)
2. Import MapSend routes and trails
When we do some trip or hiking Magellan receiver creates some track object. Track mode can be set to have different detail level; typically for more less long trip there are hundreds and thousands track points. To minimize number of points there is another object which is called “Route”. When track is converted to the Route; number of used points becomes much less because straight parts of the track are approximated with a straight line (only 2 points required).
To make a track a permanent objects on the MapSend it must be first converted to the Route (alternatively, the Route can be created manually in the MapSend). Track conversion can be done by two different ways: a) convert track to the route in the receiver or 2) import track to the MapSend and convert track to the route in the MapSend). (update, now AddMagMap supports tracks directly)
1. Import track to MapSend (for Explorist it must be converted first to MapSend format using converter manager).
2. Convert track to the route. Change name of the Route to the name you would like to see on the map. Save the road in the MapSend route format (the same format is used for both waypoints and routes)
3. Open AddMagMap, select desired MapSend (e.g MapSend Topo US). Define the map, in this example we create “US-trails” map with the rectangle XLeft= - 120, XRight= - 60; YTop=60; YBottom=20. If you are importing the route to some already existing map, just select this map from the drop-down list.
4. Import data as a line (menu File-Import File-Line (“MapSend routes (*.wpt)” type))
5. Select layer where the data will be placed (dbl click the Layer column)6. Select drawing type, how the data will look on PC (dbl click the Drawing type column). In the example we selected line type 5 (how trails are drawn in the WY map), alternatively you can select any type from any layer of any map or from any drawing type (“green arrow” button at the right of the dialog).
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7. Click “Create map” button
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button to launch MapSend and see the result.
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Close MapSend or Click
to close. You may also try how this object will look at different layer/drawing type setting. For that click menu “Restore”-“Step back” to undo the map, import data again and select different layer and/or drawing type.
Note: although this trail was created in the custom "US-trail" map, this trail will be seen whenever this area of the map is browsed and zoomed to the correct level. This trail will be exported whenever it is contained within the uploaded region. Subdivision of maps is logical; MapSend considers all smaller (logical) maps as parts of one large map.