Delorme 6 Manuel D’Utilisation

Using Projects 

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3.  To add a new route or draw file, click Data, click New, and then click Draw 

File or Route File.  

A new draw or route file is added to your project. 
OR 

To add an existing route, draw, .adc, .dcf, .tif, .sid, .txt, or .dds file: 

a.  Click Data and then click Add.  

The Add Data to Maps dialog box opens.  

b.  Browse to the folder where the file you want to add is located and click 

to select it. 

c.  Select the map you want to add the file to (primary, secondary, or 

both) from the Add To drop-down list. 

•  .adc, .txt, .tif, and .sid files are the only files you can add to 

both the primary and secondary maps. 

•  .sid and .tiff/.tif files must contain spatial reference information 

to add them. If they do not, an error message displays and you 
must use a third-party application to specify the spatial 

reference information. 

d.  Click Add.  

The file is added to the current project under the selected map. 

Note  If you add a file to a project and then edit and save it later, the 
file is updated in every project you have added it to. This does not 

apply to raster property settings for .sid and .tiff/.tif data. 

4.  Save the project. Projects have .xmp extensions and are saved by default in 

C:\...\DeLorme Docs\Projects. 

To Remove Files in a Project 
Use the following steps to add or delete specific files in a particular project. 

1.  Click the Map Data tab.  
2.  If the project you want to remove files from is not displaying, open the 

project.  

The contents of the current project display in the primary map window on the 
right side of the dialog area. 

Note  To verify the correct project is displaying, check the title bar. The 
project name displays directly after the product name.  

3.  To remove a file, select that file from the project list on the Map Data tab and 

then click the Remove button 

. 

Note  This does not delete the file; it removes it from the selected project. 

4.  Save the project. Projects have .xmp extensions and are saved by default in 

C:\...\DeLorme Docs\Projects. 

•  Projects created in XMap 5.x or earlier are stored in the DeLorme Docs folder 

on the root of your C drive. For more information, see Migrating Data to the 
New DeLorme Docs Location. 

•  Select the check box next to a file to display it. Clear the check box to hide it.  

•  Use the Move to Primary Map 

  and Move to Secondary Map 

 buttons to 

move datasets from one map to the other.