Garmin H GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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4.5.2 Concepts and Terminology........................................................................... 45
4.5.3 Using Dictionary ..........................................................................................45
5 CREATING CUSTOM TYPE FILE ........................................................................47
5.1 CREATING THE SOURCE FILE..................................................................................47
5.2 CUSTOM TYPE DEFINITION.................................................................................... 50
5.3 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.................................................................................... 57
6 MAPSOURCE ............................................................................................................61
6.1 MAPSOURCE DATA STRUCTURE ............................................................................61
6.2 CREATING PREVIEW MAP FILES.............................................................................. 61
6.3 MAKING THE REGISTRY ENTRIES ........................................................................... 61
6.4 LOADING THE MAPS INTO THE GPS ....................................................................... 63
7 FAQS ...........................................................................................................................65
7.1 NAME VARIABLES AND WHERE THEY SHOW UP...................................................... 65
7.1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................65
7.1.2 PFM File ......................................................................................................65
11.2.2 PFM Preview File ........................................................................................65
11.2.3 Sendmap .......................................................................................................66
7.2 ACTIVATION OF MAPS IN THE GPS......................................................................... 68
7.3 SAVING OBJECTS AS [RGNX0] VS. [POI], [POLYGON], [POLYLINE]...............69
7.3.1 Equivalences................................................................................................. 69
7.3.2 Impact of saving objects in one format or the other.....................................69
7.3.3 Preferred method.......................................................................................... 69
7.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEVELS IN THE DETAIL MAPS AND THE PREVIEW MAPS...69
7.5 FILLING (GAS) STATIONS NOT SHOWING IN THE FIND FUNCTION OF THE GPS .......70
7.6 ISLANDS AND CLEARINGS...................................................................................... 70
8 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................71
9 APPENDICES.............................................................................................................72
9.1 CGPSMAPPER COMPILATION ERRORS AND WARNINGS.......................................... 72
9.2 EXITS..................................................................................................................... 76
9.2.1 Valid exit facility types .................................................................................76
9.2.2 Directions .....................................................................................................76
9.2.3 Facilities .......................................................................................................77
9.3 CGPSMAPPER OBJECT TYPES LIST.......................................................................... 77
9.3.1 [POI] types ...................................................................................................77
9.3.2 [POLYLINE] types .......................................................................................88
9.3.3 [POLYGON] types........................................................................................90
9.3.4 Custom types name substitution ...................................................................92
9.3.5 How do I create XPM definitions? ...............................................................93
9.4 CGPSMAPPER VERSIONS........................................................................................94
9.5 CGPSMAPPER FILES............................................................................................... 96
10 INDEX AND TABLES........................................................................................... 97
10.1 TABLE OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ 97
10.2 VERSION CONTROL LOG........................................................................................97
10.3 INDEX ....................................................................................................................98