Introduction to GPS MapEdit & GPS SendMap

• Next, specify a label field
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Next, specify the coordinate system. This only has to be set the first time.
• Next, specify the Zoom Levels. If you only have one, click Finish.
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Select objects of a certain type (symbol) either by using the select objects tool or if you have more than one type in a mp file, you can select all features of a certain type by going to edit, select, by type.
• Map Properties can be accessed with the properties button or at File Map Properties Zoom Levels
•Set automatically like this if you select start_template.mp in GPS MapEdit before you add any other shapefiles.
Introduction to GPS MapEdit & GPS SendMap
Creating and Uploading Background Maps for a Garmin GPS
Agenda
• • • • • 9:00 – Introductions 9:15 – GPS Map Edit – Preprocessing 9:45 – GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map 10:45 – Break 11:00 – GPS Send Map – Uploading to your Garmin GPS • 11:15 – Using Background Maps with your Garmin • 11:45 – Tips and Questions
• After you have selected the objects, right click with the “select objects” tool over a selected object and modify the level of the elements selected.
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Select a Symbol For Polygons Features
Use Large Urban area, Medium Urban Area, or small Urban area for Clear fill!
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
A dialog box will appear. If it didn’t find the cGPSmapper.exe file, navigate to it. You should only have to do this once.
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• The result will be imported into a map window.
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Notice that there are tools to zoom, pan and otherwise roam around the screen. You can select features and change their zoom levels and turn the labeling on or off. You can display grids, rulers and other pieces of information.
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Program that allows you to build a map composition that can be saved and exported to the proper formats. • Properties you can set:
Compatible GPS Units
Background Maps vs Waypoints and Tracks
Background Maps • Large data storage (Varies by GPS model) • Separate memory location than Wpt/Tracks • Multiple map layers. Turn on/off like GIS • User specific symbology • Labels Waypoints/Tracks • Easier and faster to upload from Arcview or Landview • Data draws quicker on GPS • Can use with GPS Navigation Functions • Display in greater range of scale • DNRGarmin is easier to troubleshoot problems
• Map source
– Software comes with Garmin unit – maps can be purchased – Fishing Hotspots, Topo Maps – Does not allow for user customized maps.
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• GPS MapEdit/GPS SendMap
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
When finished creating the map, save your map document
– File Save As …
Export to an IMG file
– File Export Garmin IMG / cgpsmapper.exe – NOTE: Save to a location with NO SPACES in the path (ex. d:\myimgfiles\wmaboundaries.img)
GPS Map Edit – Preprocessing
• Create shapefile that is subset of data you want to use (land use polygons for a WMA, campsites for a state park, etc)
Exercise #1 - Preprocessing
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Map Properties can be accessed with the properties button or at File Map Properties
ID - 8 Digit Unique ID MUST be entered for the map
Name – File name as displayed in the MapSource Info on your GPS Coding Schema – Make sure it is set to “American (7-bit)”
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• Zoom levels should be defined correctly or the map won’t export to img format correctly. Once you’ve created them for a map, you can reuse the same .mp file as a template for other maps by using save as…
GPS Map Edit – Creating the GPS Map
• A single background map can be made up of a combination of point, line, and polygon features along with labels and symbology for each feature type (resulting map can resemble a PRIM map) • Keeping feature types as separate background maps may be best -- it gives the user more options for displaying certain features, just as if they were turning on/off GIS layers and labels in ArcView or Landview
• Open Program • File Import ESRI Shapefile • Depending on the type of shapefile you’ve selected (point, line or polygon) you will be presented with a dialog that allows you to select a symbol to use to represent the data in this shapefile.