LEI Electronics MAPCREATE 6 User Manual download pdf (Page 51)

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

ENTER

ASTER

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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