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2. The Transfer My Data menu includes a message which tells you if an
MMC is present. If no MMC is present, you must first insert a card into
AirMap in order to activate the Save command.

3. To save data from AirMap to the MMC: press

ENT

(for

S

AVE

.)

4. To accept the default name "Data" for the GPS Data File, press

↓ to

S

AVE

|

ENT

. (If you wish to rename the file, press

ENT

to activate the se-

lection box. Press

↑ or ↓ to change the first character, then press → to

the next character and repeat until the name is correct. Then, press

ENT

|

↓ to

S

AVE

|

ENT

.)

The unit will display first a progress then a completion message when
the data transfer is finished. To return to the Page view, press

EXIT

|

EXIT

|

EXIT

.

Searching

In this example, we'll look for the nearest hotel or motel. For more in-
formation on different types of searches, refer to Sec. 6, Searching.

NOTE:

This example requires the Point of Interest (POI) database included
with MapCreate 6. Always use a custom map if you want to be able
to search for Points of Interest.

After AirMap has acquired a position:
1. Press

FIND

|

↓ to

M

AP

P

LACES

|

ENT

|

↓ to

POI-L

ODGING

.

2. You could search the entire lodging category, but in this example we
will narrow our search. Press

→ to

H

OTELS

/M

OTELS

|

ENT

|

ENT

.

3. AirMap says it is calculating, then a list of hotels and motels ap-
pears, with the closest at the top of the list, and the farthest at the bot-
tom of the list. The nearest is highlighted.

Find Map Places Menu, left; Category Selection menu, center;

and list of the nearest motels, right.