MANUAL TOC
2.2. RESTORE
2.2.1 RESTORE POINTS
2.2.2 STEP BACK
2.4 DATA
2.4.1 LABELS
2.4.2 ICONS
2.4.3. LINES
2.4.4. AREAS
2.4.5. POINTS
2.6 TOOLS
2.6.1. RUN AND CLOSE MAPSEND
2.6.2 POLISH TEXT TO ESRI SHAPE FILE CONVERTER
2.8 KNOWN PROBLEMS
2.8.1 DIRECT ROUTE
2.8.2 S&D AUSTRALIA
2.8.1 Direct Route
In contrast to many others MapSend application Direct Route (DR) includes some routing information for streets, highways etc. When custom objects of the same layer type are added to the map they can interfere with the routing network in DR if custom objects are in the area of DR routing network. Custom map will be shown without any problems on PC screen, but when exported to the receiver the following message will be shown:
Push OK button and continue. Number of error messages depend on how many custom street, highway etc layers overlap with the DR’s routing network. If the overlap is not very large, the message may appear only several times (click OK every time). The map created will be OK, routing will work for MapSend objects, custom objects will not be included to routing but will be shown on the map. But if the overlap is large, exporting of the map can become impossible because the message will appear hundreds of times or MapSend will crash while exporting. For areas outside the DR’s network this is not an issue. Also there will be no any problem if the exported map is outside of the custom map region. Tested for MapSend DR US (1.0,2.0) only.
2.8.2 S&D Australia (ver. 4.0, tested -WA, -VIC)
For some reasons Magellan do not include any layers of Hydro_polygons type in the S&D Australia (there are no such objects on the map). Actually Hydro_polygons layers are in the list of used layers, but their header is marked as “Line” type so import of “area” type of objects to them is forbidden. S&D Australia does not use this layer, this layer is empty, only the header exists. Nothing can be done with that, AddMagMap uses the structure of specific MapSend with the type of layer defined in the header.
This is not a problem of AddMagMap program, just reminder that some strange definition can be found in some MapSends.
2.10 Install and uninstall1. AddMagMap crashed while map creation. At the very first step of map creation AddMagMap creates some backup info; if AddMagMap has crashed, run it again and click Restore-Step Back from the menu.
2. MapSend crashes at high zoom levels when in the custom map area. Most probably density of objects is too high for this map bounding box. Just perform “Step back” and create the map again with smaller map region (see 2.3 Maps chapter).
3. Some objects are in the MapSend search window but not shown on the map. Most probably the object is placed in the layer which is not visible at the current zoom level, try to zoom in the area to see. Another possibility is the object was placed in the layer which is not visible on the map (e.g. Alternate_Rds layer in MapSend US Topo 3d, DR).
4. Test mode. This mode is used to gather some information when map is created. Later this info can be sent to me for analysis (please do not do it unless requested). To enter the test mode, place the mouse cursor over the drop-down list with the Mapsend names (al left of the AddMagMap) and type “test”. No typing will be shown, but in the caption of AddMagMap “AddMagMap test” will appear. Push “Create Map” button. While map creation some info will be collected in the “C:/Mapsend_Test_Info”. To set the test mode off, place the mouse cursor over the same drop-down list and type something different from “test”, the caption will revert to “AddMagMap” and the test mode will be switched off.
AddMagMap does not modify any system files, does not register any services, does not add any hidden background processes and does not send any information over the net.
AddMagMap can be installed with Windows style setup.exe installer. By running this setup:
1.AddMagMap will be installed to default Program Files/AddMagMap folder (or any other of your choice)
2.Shortcut will be added to Desktop and to "Start-Programs" menu
3.The program will be added to Add/Remove programs list of Control PanelProgram can be removed from computer with standard "Control Panel-Add/Remove programs" procedure.
Before uninstall please click “original” restore point to revert your MapSend to its original configuration, all custom maps will be erased.