LEI Electronics 6 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Sec. 1: Introduction

  1
• How Mapcreate Works

  3
• File Formats & Functions

  4
• Custom Map File

  4
• Ascii Text File

  5
• Atlas File

  6
• GPS Unit Compatibility

  6
• Important Notes About File Size

  6
• Mapping Detail: There's More Here than Meets the Eye.

  8
• Find Points of Interest

  9
• How to Use this Manual: Typographical Conventions

  10
• Sec. 2: Installing Mapcreate 6.2

  13
• Installation Types

  13
• Care of your Mapcreate CDs

  18
• Sec. 3: Working with Mapcreate

  21
• Easy Mode Quick Start Reference

  21
• Advanced Mode Quick Start Reference

  22
• Starting Mapcreate

  23
• The Mapselect Screen

  24
• The Mapcreate Screen

  25
• Mapcreate Screen Components

  27
• Main Menu

  29
• Map Category Options Window

  30
• Icon List Window

  32
• Route Waypoint List Window

  33
• Moving around the Master Map

  34
• Center Master Map

  35
• Zoom

  35
• Creating Rectangle Map Borders

  36
• Creating Corridor Map Borders

  37
• Saving a Map Border File

  39
• Creating a Custom Map File

  40
• Creating a Waypoint

  43
• Creating an Icon

  45
• Creating a Route

  47
• Saving a GPS Data File

  50
• Creating a Corridor Map from a Route

  51
• Creating a Route from a Trail

  54
• Appendix 1: Mapcreate Command List

  57
• Searching Help

  58
• Appendix 2: Map Category List

  61
• Appendix 3: Mapcreate 6 Symbol Key

  63