Routes – Lowrance electronic Handheld Mapping GPS Receiver User Manual

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Backtrack a Trail
See the "tip" paragraph in the previous entry, Navigate a Trail.

Routes

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 a
string of beads: The beads represent waypoints and the string repre-
sents the course of travel connecting waypoint to waypoint.

The course from one waypoint to the next is a leg; routes are composed
of one or more legs. The legs of all GPS routes are based on straight
lines between waypoints.

A route provides the automatic capability to navigate through several
waypoints without having to reprogram the unit after arriving at each
waypoint. Once programmed into the GPS unit, a route provides the
option of navigating forward through the route waypoints or in reverse
order (you can even begin navigating in the middle of a route!).

Create and Save a Route
In iFINDER, routes can be created, edited and navigated only in Ad-
vanced Mode. You have the option of creating a route in the unit, or on
your computer if you have purchased our MapCreate 6 software.

PC-created Routes

MapCreate is the easiest method for preparing a route, simply because
your PC's larger screen, keyboard and mouse are easier to manipulate
than the pocket-sized iFINDER.

To load a MapCreate route into iFINDER, follow instructions in Map-
Create's manual for creating a route and saving it as part of a GPS
Data File (file format *.usr). Copy the GPS Data File to an MMC and
insert the MMC in iFINDER. (See Sec. 2 for instructions on installing
MMCs. To load the GPS Data File into iFINDER memory, see the entry
on Transferring GPS Data Files between iFINDER and a Computer in
this section.)

Routes Created in iFINDER

You can create a route by selecting existing waypoints from the way-
point list or you can set a series of route waypoints on the map with
cursor arrows and the Enter key. In this example, we'll create a route
from the map.

1. From the

AVIGATION

AGE

, press

MENU

ENT

or from the

AGE

press

MENU

↓ to

OUTE

LANNING

ENT