User Guide

Creating and Saving a Custom Map

Once you have a Map Border, MapCreate can use it to make a Custom

Map File for your Lowrance or Eagle GPS unit. Before you can proceed,

however, your MMC or SD card must be registered with MapCreate.

This is a one-time step for each of the five cards you are allowed to use

with MapCreate. This card registry is a security requirement described

in greater detail on page 8.

If a card isn't registered, when you try to create the map, MapCreate

first walks you through card registration, then creates the map. (This is

described fully in the Quick Reference, which begins on page 3.) If you

wish, you may manually register a new card ahead of time by using the

Card Registry Command, described in the Help file's Command Refer-

ence section.

The following instructions assume you have already registered your

memory card, and you have used the Estimate Map Size button (de-

scribed on page 55) to make sure the map will fit the card. Here's how

to finish making your map: (Refer as needed to the "Toolbars" section,

beginning on page 43.)

1. Create a map border or open a Map Border File by clicking the

OPEN

MAP BORDER FILE button on the FILE toolbar.

2. Click the

CREATE MAP button . A card encryption and registration mes-

sage appears. Make sure you have a card in the card reader and click

OK.

Read the message, and then click OK to continue.

3. A progress dialog box will appear while MapCreate extracts the nec-

essary information and builds the Map File.