Delorme Topo North America 9.0 Manuel d'utilisateur

DeLorme Topo North America™ 9.0 User Guide Created June 8, 2010

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 6 Basic Functions Running DeLorme Topo North America After you install the program, you can run it with the

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 96 To Save a New Draw File Use the following steps to save a draw file. 1. Click the Draw tab. 2. Click Fi

DeLorme Topo North America Help 97 4. Click Done to return to the main Draw tab area. Editing/Locking Draw Files You can edit the current active (e

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 98 4. Click Export. The Export Draw File dialog box opens. 5. Browse to a directory in which to save the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 99 To Export Track or Waypoint Files to GPX Files Use the following steps to export an existing track or waypoint file

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 100 7. Select the file and then click Open. The draw objects in the imported file display. A new draw file

DeLorme Topo North America Help 101 When you export the file to an Earthmate PN series GPS device, the comments are included. Location File (.loc) Wa

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 102 END 43.806696,-70.163905 43.807125,-70.164768 43.807801,-70.164440 END Arc BEGIN ARC LAT, LON LAT, LON

DeLorme Topo North America Help 103 To Copy a Map Line Use the following steps to copy a map line to a draw file. 1. Pan the map and zoom to the data

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 104 map, the date and time the routable road was last modified, and the length of the road (in the measureme

DeLorme Topo North America Help 105 Copying a Draw File You can copy the contents of an existing file and save it as a different file type (for exampl

DeLorme Topo North America Help 7 the map view adjusts to show the appropriate level of detail. Tip To move the view box to another location, press t

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 106 To Change a Draw Object Use the following steps to change a draw object type. 1. Use the Draw tab to pl

DeLorme Topo North America Help 107 Creating a Direct Route from a Line Object Once you have placed a routable road, trail, line, arc, or spline on th

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 108 To Move a Draw Object to a Different Draw File Use the following steps to move a draw object. 1. Click

DeLorme Topo North America Help 109 Tips • To undo the move of the pasted draw object, click the Undo button to undo the last action. If you decide n

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 110 Tip To undo a draw object move, click the Undo button to undo the last action. If you decide not to un

DeLorme Topo North America Help 111 3. Type the new name in the box and press ENTER on your keyboard OR click away from the box. Deleting Draw Object

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 112 • If you click No, no objects are cleared from the file. To Delete All Draw Objects To delete all draw

DeLorme Topo North America Help 113 2. Click the Select tool and then click the arc on the map. A box displays around the active object. Shape poi

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 114 Labeling a Draw Object You can label any draw object. Once you label a draw object, you can search for i

DeLorme Topo North America Help 115 3. Type the name of the road or trail you want to add in the Road/Trail Name text box. Name each routable road/t

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 8 Panning/Centering the Map Use any of the following methods to pan (move) or center the map. • Click anywh

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 116 To Draw a Line, Arc, or Spline Use the following steps to draw a line/arc/spline. 1. Click the Draw tab

DeLorme Topo North America Help 117 6. Select the Highlight check box to make your track appear translucent on the map. 7. Select the Show Measureme

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 118 Note You can display either bearing or distance by clicking the drop-down arrow next to the Bearing or

DeLorme Topo North America Help 119 Step 2—Convert the track to a trail To convert the track to a trail, select the track in the Draw File list, clic

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 120 2. Click the Select tool in the Draw tab, press the SHIFT key on your keyboard, and then click both of

DeLorme Topo North America Help 121 2. To place a routable road or trail, click and hold the Routable Road/Routable Trail tool and select the tool y

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 122 To Break Use the following steps to break linear objects. 1. Click the Draw tab. 2. Click the Select t

DeLorme Topo North America Help 123 8. Select the Show Measurement check box to display area (and radius information for circles) on the map as you d

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 124 If you selected a single polygon, click one of the shape points of the polygon and drag to change its be

DeLorme Topo North America Help 125 Waypoints, Symbols, MapNotes, Text Labels, and Images Adding a Waypoint, Symbol, MapNote, Text Label, or Image to

DeLorme Topo North America Help 9 3. Under Map, select Left, Right, or Both. 4. Under Print Layout, select Page (the map print area is based on the

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 126 3. Optional. Click the Hyperlink button and browse to the document you want to link your point object

DeLorme Topo North America Help 127 Placing a Waypoint, Symbol, Text Label, or Image at a Specific Location You can place any point object (waypoint,

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 128 • When you use right-click functionality to add a MapNote, it is light blue unless it is a blank MapNot

DeLorme Topo North America Help 129 2. Click File to open the draw file editing area. All the files you created display in a table. 3. Click to se

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 130 Creating a New Symbol With DeLorme XSym you can add a new symbol to an existing or new symbol set (.dim

DeLorme Topo North America Help 131 • To undo the last action, click the Undo button under Edit Symbol. • To repeat the last action, click the Red

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 132 Third-Party GPS Devices You can create a custom symbol set that includes all of the waypoint symbols on

DeLorme Topo North America Help 133 To Edit a Symbol Use the following steps to edit a symbol. 1. Click the Draw tab. 2. Click and hold the Symbol/M

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 134 The Symbol Name displays in the Map Feature Type column just before the symbol's feature type (draw

DeLorme Topo North America Help 135 • If you attempt to import a bitmap larger than 24 x 24 pixels into XSym, a message box warns you the selected bi

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 10 Measuring Distance and Area Use the Measure tool on the toolbar to measure linear distance and area on

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 136 Pasting a Bitmap into XSym You can copy a bitmap or part of a bitmap to the clipboard and paste the imag

DeLorme Topo North America Help 137 To Drag a Bitmap into XSym Use the following steps to drag a bitmap into XSym. 1. Click the Draw tab. 2. Click a

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 138 5. Select the symbol to remove from the symbol selection. The symbol displays in the Symbol Editing Gr

DeLorme Topo North America Help 139 2. Click and hold the Symbol/MapNote/Text Label/Image tool to view its hidden options. Select the Symbol tool .

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 140 To Center the Anchor Position Click Center Anchor to place the anchor point in the exact center of the S

DeLorme Topo North America Help 141 3. Under Symbols, select the symbol set you want to copy from the drop-down list. The DeLorme XSym dialog box op

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 142 OR Type your start location in the Start drop-down text box. You can type the name of an address book co

DeLorme Topo North America Help 143 3. Right-click the map location where you want to end your route, point to Create Route, and click Set as Finish.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 144 Step 3—Add a second stop Assign your second stop using the same procedure outlined in step 2. Step 4—Se

DeLorme Topo North America Help 145 Adding and Inserting Stops and Vias Use stops and vias to route you through a particular place or along a particul

DeLorme Topo North America Help 11 Coordinate Format QuickSearch Advanced Search Latitude/Longitude N 43 48 30, W70 9 52 N 43 48 30 W70 9 52 N 43

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 146 1. Right-click the map where you want to add the last stop or via. 2. Point to CreateRoute, and then c

DeLorme Topo North America Help 147 The Book check box (underneath the Address Book buttons in the Find tab) must be selected to search for address bo

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 148 Create a route—there are several ways to do this. When you create a route, you can add or insert stops o

DeLorme Topo North America Help 149 Using GPS If you are using a GPS device with your program on a portable computer to navigate the route you created

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 150 Changing the Properties of a Stop Along Your Route You can change the properties of a stop along your

DeLorme Topo North America Help 151 The list of routes you have created display in the route list on the left. A selected check box indicates the rout

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 152 If you selected the Rectangle tool, click the location for the rectangle's upper-left corner on the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 153 and Avoid avoids this type of road whenever possible. An avoided road may be used when no other road is available.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 154 • To change a route point, click the corresponding tool and then click the new spot on the map. OR Sel

DeLorme Topo North America Help 155 Note Click Default to change the road properties to the default settings. Click Clear All Edits to remove all roa

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 12 (NAD27)* 19TDJ06355109 19TDJ064511 19TDJ0651 UTM/UPS 19T 0406311E 4850964N Zone 19T Easting 0406311E No

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 156 Displaying and Centering Routes on the Map All the routes you create are automatically displayed. The ac

DeLorme Topo North America Help 157 Deleting a Route You can permanently delete routes. To Delete a Route Use the following steps to delete a route.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 158 you want to be flexible between breaks and defined stops. For example, if you selected 1.5 Hrs from the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 159 Converting a Route to a GPS Log You can convert any route to a GPS log file (.gpl). To Convert a Route to a GPS Lo

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 160 To Set GPS Options • Manually change the location coordinates Each time you track with GPS, the initial

DeLorme Topo North America Help 161  Snap to route–Automatically locates the place on the route that is closest to your vehicle's current locat

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 162 To Initialize Your GPS Receiver If you are using a non-DeLorme Earthmate GPS receiver, you must initiali

DeLorme Topo North America Help 163 Using NavMode or GPS Tab View The GPS tab view option allows you to use the GPS tab to control navigating and trac

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 164 Tutorial: Route with GPS—Tab View This tutorial explains routing with GPS in GPS tab view on your lapto

DeLorme Topo North America Help 165 Step 5—Start driving Your current position displays on the map as a green/yellow circle—green indicates a 3-D fix

DeLorme Topo North America Help 13 Minor Point of Interest POI name, City, State Subway, Columbus, OH Major Point of Interest or Landmark POI/landma

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 166 Step 1—Get ready Create a Route Before you get ready to leave on your trip, use the application to creat

DeLorme Topo North America Help 167 Step 3—Start driving The computer speaks the route directions as you drive. If you are using speech recognition so

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 168 • Progress Bar—The progress bar displays below the orange bar. It shows how far along you are in your r

DeLorme Topo North America Help 169 not want the program to automatically recalculate your route when off track, clear the Back on Track check box and

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 170 More Info to open the GPS Radar subtab on the Find tab and get more information about the result. Click

DeLorme Topo North America Help 171 4. Click the GPS tab and click Start GPS. OR Click the GPS button on the toolbar. Notes • The GPS and NavMode

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 172 • Click the Pause button to pause the tracking of the log file. The Pause button turns blue to indicat

DeLorme Topo North America Help 173 1. Click the GPS tab and then click the GPS Log subtab. 2. Click Clear Trail to clear any existing GPS points f

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 174 insufficient satellite data to determine your GPS position. This usually indicates insufficient data for

DeLorme Topo North America Help 175 Almanac When using a DeLorme GPS receiver, the Almanac window displays the satellite number and its current statu

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 14 • Voice • GPS Control Panel The Control Panel, located to the right of the map view, displays informati

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 176 shrinks and changes direction as the Sun moves across the compass (similar to a sun dial). • Sun rise/s

DeLorme Topo North America Help 177 Your accuracy will also depend on your level of clearance with the U.S. Department of Defense. There are two avail

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 178 Activating and Monitoring Speech Recognition To use voice navigation, you must have a 2-D or 3-D GPS fi

DeLorme Topo North America Help 179 Route Tab Commands The following table shows navigation voice commands for the Route tab. If there is a keyboard

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 180 Back on track. Adds current GPS location as a stop and recalculates the route. Continue route from here

DeLorme Topo North America Help 181 Monitor GPS. Displays the GPS Monitor subtab. GPS Monitor. Center on GPS. (ALT+P) Recenters the map on the curre

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 182 Go northwest… Go south… Go southeast… Go southwest… Direction distance modifiers (spoken second) …in [di

DeLorme Topo North America Help 183 4. Select your preferred user voice model from the User Profile drop-down list. Note To create a new speech reco

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 184 • Properly position your microphone to achieve the best speech recognition results. For a close-talk mi

DeLorme Topo North America Help 185 Changing Voice Output To use voice navigation, you must have a 2-D or 3-D GPS fix and a route calculated. Your a

DeLorme Topo North America Help 15 • Click anywhere on the overview map and that point becomes the new map center. This allows you to travel greater

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 186 To View and Update Speech Recognition Preferences To change speech input preferences, click the Options

DeLorme Topo North America Help 187 Map Files Tab—Geocaching Menu Manage Geocaching.com pocket queries from within DeLorme Topo North America. You can

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 188 Upload Field Notes Upload field notes to Geocaching.com when you sync your PN-Series GPS with DeLorme To

DeLorme Topo North America Help 189 Update Pocket Queries You must be logged in through Topo North America to update a pocket query. On the Map Files

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 190 Click the Sync button on the toolbar to open the Earthmate GPS Sync dialog box. You can also open the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 191 View Project or GPS/SD Card Contents Click Project Contents, GPS Contents, or SD Card Contents to view a summary

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 192 Make Changes You can change what will sync and where it will sync to. Each layer, file, route, or map

DeLorme Topo North America Help 193 Sync When you sync, only files you have selected on either side are included. • Click Sync to sync new files and

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 194 Step 2—Select the coverage area and submit your selection 1. From the drop-down list, select the data

DeLorme Topo North America Help 195 Step 4—Download your imagery or data You will be notified by email when the download is ready. You can also check

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 16 Using the Help System Help Overview There are several ways to get more information about the program&ap

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 196 Step 6—View the imagery on the device Disconnect your device from your computer. On the device, go to

DeLorme Topo North America Help 197 North America to create a set of waypoints, a track, and a route that identify the locations you are interested in

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 198 Step 3—View what will sync To view the contents of the project, click Project Contents. To view what is

DeLorme Topo North America Help 199 Step 5—Sync Click Sync on the dialog box. You are notified when sync is complete.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 200 Deleting Files from a PN-Series GPS You can use Earthmate GPS Sync to delete maps, routes, tracks, wayp

DeLorme Topo North America Help 201 Sync Options Set your preferences for working with Earthmate GPS Sync when an Earthmate PN-Series GPS device is c

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 202 Firmware Updates Occasionally, DeLorme releases updates for Earthmate PN-Series GPS devices. When an up

DeLorme Topo North America Help 203 Creating a Custom Map Package You can export maps that you create in DeLorme Topo North America to use on a DeLorm

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 204 • Water Line • Drain Line • Gas Line • Electric Line • Telephone Line • Ticked Fence • Post and R

DeLorme Topo North America Help 205 o USGS Quads (3DTQ) — 12-14 Color contour topographic maps produced by the United States Geological Survey. Downl

DeLorme Topo North America Help 17 Using the Help System To open Help, click the Help button on the toolbar and then click Help Topics, or press the

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 206 Grid Size Comparisons When you use the Handheld Export tab to export maps, you can choose a grid size. A

DeLorme Topo North America Help 207 Data Zoom Level Scale Bar Label km/m mi/ft NM/ft NM/m 1 1000km 500mi 500NM 500NM 2 500km 250mi 250NM 25

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 208 3. Under Select Device, select GPS or point to Athletic Device and then select your device. 4. Select

DeLorme Topo North America Help 209 1. Connect your device to your computer. You may have to use specific settings for your device. For example, if y

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 210 Receiving a Route Third-party GPS If you have a compatible GPSor athletic device, you can use the Exchan

DeLorme Topo North America Help 211 2. Click the arrow next to the Sync button on the toolbar and click Other Device to open the Exchange Wizard. 3

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 212 9. If you want all of the waypoints to display with the current symbol (such as the default red flag),

DeLorme Topo North America Help 213 Your DeLorme Topo North America license allows you to install a copy of the software on a portable device in add

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 214 • Boundaries • Railroads • Power lines • Pipelines • Arcs (created using the Draw tab) • Splines (c

DeLorme Topo North America Help 215 Viewing the Profile Elevation Graphs The Profile tab lets you view two profile elevation graphs; the profile graph

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 18 Printing Help Topics To print any of the Help topics, select a topic (page with question mark) or heading

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 216 reordering the statistics. Tips • You can also profile an object or route on the map by right-clicking

DeLorme Topo North America Help 217 Statistical Data You can manage the type of statistical data you want to view for a profile graph. The profile st

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 218 2. Click an option to add it. 3. Repeat steps 1-2 to add more options. This table describes the stat

DeLorme Topo North America Help 219 Elevation Maximum Elevation The elevation of the highest point on a profile. Zone** A named grid system of any of

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 220 3. To control the maximum height displayed on the profile graph, under Manual Scale, select the Max Ele

DeLorme Topo North America Help 221 Options dialog box. Pedal Cadence Purple rps, rpm, rph Depends on data. Heart Rate Red bpm Temperature Maroo

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 222 Viewing Your Map in 3-D Viewing a 3-D Map On the 3-D tab, you can view your map data in 3-D and change

DeLorme Topo North America Help 223 The bottom option is an Inside-looking-out perspective. This view is from the center of the map — this allows you

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 224 • When you move your cursor on the right map, a 3-D cursor echoes that movement on the left map. Flying

DeLorme Topo North America Help 225 Setting Your 3-D Map Preferences Use the 3-D tab in the Options dialog box to customize your 3-D maps with increa

DeLorme Topo North America Help 19 Routable Trail Features Topo Colors Street Colors Description Major Trail (National Scenic, National Historic, et

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 226 Step 2—Save the route as a GPS log file Right-click the calculated route and click Save as GPS Log File

DeLorme Topo North America Help 227 Step 3—Open the GPS log file Open the newly created GPS Log file using the GPS Log subtab in the GPS tab. Step 4—

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 228 Using NetLink and MapShare NetLink Overview NetLink is an online portal within DeLorme Topo North Amer

DeLorme Topo North America Help 229 Your connection to DeLorme—links to technical support, the forums, the DeLorme Weblog, and more. You can also subm

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 230 Step 4—Add a title or notes to the route map To add a title or notes to your route map, type the approp

DeLorme Topo North America Help 231 Step 5—Add notes to the directions Then, if you would like to add notes to display with your directions, type them

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 232 Step 7—Preview or e-mail the route Click E-mail the MapShare Link for Your Route Map and Directions to

DeLorme Topo North America Help 233 Step 8—Exit the MapShare Wizard Click Close to exit the MapShare Wizard. Using GeoTagger Getting Started with Geo

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 234 Tagging an Image Once you successfully tag your digital images to a GPS log file or track file, you can

DeLorme Topo North America Help 235 Tagging Data Once you successfully tag your data to a GPS log file or track file, you can view the points where th

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 20 Indian Reservation (at data zoom level 11) Indian Reservation (at data zoom level 2 thru 10-7) I

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 236 Calculate the Timestamp Offset The time on your camera or data device must match the time in the track o

DeLorme Topo North America Help 237 LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THE LICENSED SYSTEM The System consists of DeLorme's patented (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 238 Web Site Map Display Rights. You may display on your personal, business or institutional Web site static

DeLorme Topo North America Help 239 WARNING, WARRANTIES, AND DISCLAIMER Warning. THE SYSTEM IS SUITABLE AND INTENDED ONLY FOR GENERAL VISUAL REFERENCE

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 240 U.S. Government Rights in Commercial Software Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government of all p

DeLorme Topo North America Help 241 and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of S

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 242 derivative works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by a source language

DeLorme Topo North America Help 243 ShapeLib License Copyright © 1999, Frank Warmerdam Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person ob

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 244 * Neither the name of Industrial Light & Magic nor the names of its contributors may be used to endo

DeLorme Topo North America Help 245 GDAL grib Format License The degrib and g2clib source code are modified versions of code produced by NOAA NWS and

DeLorme Topo North America Help 21 Fast Food Gas Hospital Lodging Metropolitan City Military Base National Capital (data zoom leve

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 246 "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is

DeLorme Topo North America Help 247 display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 248 separate license agreement you may have executed with Licensor regarding such Contributions. 6. Tradema

249 Index 3 3D ...222, 224, 225 3-D ... 222 3-D ...

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 250 County Borders ... 30 Create Route from Line ... 107, 115 Crea

Index 251 GPS Options ... 159 Grab and Pan ... 28 Grade ...

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 252 Overview Map ... 14 P Panning the Map ... 8, 170

Index 253 Show GPS Bread Crumb Trail ... 159 Show Location MapNotes ... 155 Show Summary MapNotes ... 155 Show

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 22 Pipeline Power Line Railroad (Abandoned) Railroad Runway State Boundary DeLorme Atlas and

DeLorme Topo North America Help 23 Using the Toolbar Showing/Hiding Toolbar Options You can customize the toolbar to show the options you use most. Yo

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 24 To Open a Project To open an existing project: 1. Click the Open button on the toolbar. OR Click the ar

DeLorme Topo North America Help 25 OR Click the red Finish button and then click the location on the map where you want to end your route. OR Select

iii Table of Contents Getting Started ...

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 26 2. Click point-by-point to draw a measurement line on the map. A text box displays next to your pointer

DeLorme Topo North America Help 27 hyperlink, right-click the feature and then click Open Hyperlink OR click the URL in the Info tab. To Create a Prof

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 28 An Options button that opens the Options dialog box is also available on the 3-D, Find > GPS Radar, an

DeLorme Topo North America Help 29 To Turn NavMode On/Off Click the NavMode button to turn it on or off. The button is grayed out unless you have a

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 30 Customizing the Interface You can customize the interface for your application by hiding the tab panel a

DeLorme Topo North America Help 31 1. Click the Options button on the toolbar. OR Click the arrow next to the Options toolbar button to open the men

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 32 Displays the DeLorme 3DTQ product CD volume label, which covers each map area at data zoom level 10-0 or

DeLorme Topo North America Help 33 Displays a shaded map area in populated regions at data zoom levels 5-0. 4. Click OK to commit the change and exit

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 34 base map display and cannot be changed. This is why certain levels on the tree remain unavailable (appear

DeLorme Topo North America Help 35 2. At the top of the left map window, select the raster dataset from the data drop-down list. 3. Click the Hybrid

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 36 4. Click OK to accept the change and exit the Options dialog box. OR Click Apply to accept the change an

DeLorme Topo North America Help 37 some names of POIs small square symbol small square symbol large symbol Setting Units of Measure Preferences You c

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 38 Notes • UTM/UPS and MGRS coordinate systems are best used with NAD27 datum. 95% of the USGS quads contai

DeLorme Topo North America Help 39 4. Click OK to commit the change and exit the Options dialog box. OR Click Apply to commit the change and keep wor

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 40 To Resize the Tab and Map Area Using the Resize Tools There are two tab area resize tools. The horizonta

DeLorme Topo North America Help 41 Accessing Data Collections When the left map window is activated, a bar displays on the top of the left map (see gr

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 42 Showing or Hiding Tabs The Tab Manager feature allows you to customize your program by showing or hiding

DeLorme Topo North America Help 43 Importing/Exporting Tab Manager Preferences Tab Manager includes a feature that allows you to share your custom tab

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 44 To Reorder the Tabs Use the following steps to reorder the tabs with Tab Manager. 1. Open DeLorme Topo N

DeLorme Topo North America Help 45 Creating a New Custom Scheme You can create a custom keyboard shortcut scheme for different program uses. To Creat

1 Getting Started Welcome to DeLorme Topo North America Helpful Links • DeLorme—product information and more • Technical Support—searchable knowled

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 46 11. Click Apply to save the changes. OR Click OK to save the changes and close the Options dialog box. OR

DeLorme Topo North America Help 47 To Customize a DeLorme Scheme Use the following steps to customize a DeLorme scheme. 1. Click the Options button

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 48 To Delete a Custom Scheme Use the following steps to delete a custom keyboard shortcut scheme. 1. Click

DeLorme Topo North America Help 49 5. Type a name in the File Name text box, browse to the location where you want to save the .keyscheme file, and t

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 50 Print a reference card from your web browser • Use the Print Preview functionality in your web browser t

DeLorme Topo North America Help 51 Viewing Data You can view two types of data at the same time using the split-window function and by connecting the

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 52 Can I send routes or draw layers to another DeLorme user? Projects, including their routes and draw layer

DeLorme Topo North America Help 53 2. Click File and then click Open. OR Click the Open button on the tab. 3. Double-click the project. The last

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 54 Saving a Project Use the Map Files tab to save each of your projects quickly and easily using one of the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 55 2. Open the project you want to create as a transfer file. 3. Click File, click Transfer, and then click Create.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 2 • Print high quality, detailed, 2-D or 3-D single-page maps, and/or mural maps as large as 3 x 3 pages. Y

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 56 10. Click Create. Your file is created and saved in the specified location. The default location for imp

DeLorme Topo North America Help 57 Emailing a Transfer File You can package a project and its contents into a single file, called a transfer file, to

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 58 2. Type a major trail name, mountain name, address, ZIP/Postal Code, town name, coordinate, draw object

DeLorme Topo North America Help 59 History from the drop-down list. Click No to delete the search history in the QuickSearch drop-down list. Click Yes

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 60 Use at least a partial ZIP Code to locate the covered regions. The results are displayed in a browse list

DeLorme Topo North America Help 61 Searches for the specified name within a ZIP Code. Displays a ZIP Code text field. A search for a ZIP+4 Code is tre

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 62 Performing a POI Search The POIs subtab gives you an easy way to find the places of interest you are look

DeLorme Topo North America Help 63 Tutorial: Find Points of Interest on a Route Use GPS Radar to find the closest point of interest to your current l

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 64 • Select the Only in Direction of Travel check box so you don't have to back track to make your nex

DeLorme Topo North America Help 65 Finding Points of Interest Near Your Current Location Use the GPS Radar option on the Find tab to search for point

DeLorme Topo North America Help 3 Search, Finding Points Near Your Current Location, Performing a POI Search, and Performing an Advanced Search. • Ho

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 66 • The time required for a GPS Radar search varies by the distance, density of objects in the area, the c

DeLorme Topo North America Help 67 Finding a Symbol by its Name Within the Draw tab, you can attach a name to any symbol you add to your map. For more

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 68  Route–Places a start, stop, or finish point at that location on the map based on your selection. The l

DeLorme Topo North America Help 69 Library Businesses Hotel Gasoline Restaurant Pizza Education and Cultural College Local Park Park School State Park

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 70 Water Object Types All of the stock draw symbols (such as blue map pin, red flag, canoe, etc.) Draw symbo

DeLorme Topo North America Help 71 • Example 1–Using Local Road provides many category results, such as Ferry Crossing Local Road, Local or Rural Roa

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 72 To delete MapTags from the Find tab: • To delete one MapTag, click the Select tool , click the MapTag, c

DeLorme Topo North America Help 73 To Import an Existing Address Book Use the following steps to import an existing address book and view its contents

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 74 3. Click New. The Edit a DeLorme Address Book Entry dialog box opens. 4. Enter the information for the

DeLorme Topo North America Help 75 3. Double-click the record you want to edit. OR Click the record you want to edit and then click Edit. 4. Edit th

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 4 • What is a project? You can save all of your work as a single workspace so you can open it again later.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 76 1. Click the Find tab. 2. Click the Address Book button . The DeLorme Address Book dialog box opens. 3

DeLorme Topo North America Help 77 • The address book has a 200-record limit. • You can resize and move the Address Book dialog box. • You can resi

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 78 7. Click Save. 8. Click OK to acknowledge the export location. 9. Click Done. Notes • The address boo

DeLorme Topo North America Help 79 • To change the photo zoom, select an option from the Photo Zoom drop-down list or type the photo zoom in the text

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 80 • Travel Package–Provides maps of the route with corresponding directions. • Turn Details–Prints 2"

DeLorme Topo North America Help 81 Profile Only The main Profile graph without the map. Note Click the Copy to Clipboard button to copy your profil

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 82 8. To underline your text, click the Underline tool . 9. To change the color of your text, click the Fo

DeLorme Topo North America Help 83 AND/OR Select the Scale check box to display the current scale on the map. AND/OR Select the Scale Reference Length

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 84 • Left to align the left sides of all of the items; placement is based on the left side of the left-most

DeLorme Topo North America Help 85 Width, Height, or Both. When you attempt to make multiple items the same size, the largest item is always the basis

DeLorme Topo North America Help 5 • If you search for an address that is on a walkway and place a route point on it, DeLorme Topo North America finds

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 86 To Print Maps With a Yellow/Black Background Use the following steps to turn on the yellow/black backgrou

DeLorme Topo North America Help 87 3 x 3 multi-page Map 3. Align two adjacent sheets, placing the trimmed edge on top of the non-trimmed edge. Note

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 88 4. Using two small pieces of removable tape, tack together the aligned sheets. Note This is a temporar

DeLorme Topo North America Help 89 9. Keeping the length of the tape taut, carefully apply the tape to the seam until both sides are fixed to the wor

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 90 What is a draw file? Imagine a draw file as a sheet of glass laying on top of your map. You can add vario

DeLorme Topo North America Help 91 • Point objects consist of one anchor point attached to either a waypoint, symbol, MapNote, image, or text label.

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 92 line, the length of the line segment (leg), and the total area of the polygon on the map. Draw objects su

DeLorme Topo North America Help 93 The line object below was drawn with the spline tool. • End points are the first and last points of individua

DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Guide 94 Arcs–Contain three shape points. When you click any of the points, a text box displays the angle or beari

DeLorme Topo North America Help 95 Draw File Management Creating a New Draw File There are five different types of draw files: • DrawLayer—Created wh