Advanced Mapping Manual

Getting Started

Before starting, you should have downloaded and installed the PathAway software, PathAway PC tools, and the sample data, maps, point icons, and vehicles in either gray scale or color format. Also ensure, the application has been installed on the device.

PathAway is installed to your Programs folder on your handheld. To access the PathAway application, first click on the Windows Mobile Start Menu, and choose Programs.

If you are running the free time limited trial version, you will first be presented with the Startup Registration screen.

If you have purchased, then this is where you enter your Registration key to unlock the full unlimited application. If you wish to continue running the trial, then simply press the OK button. To exit the program immediately, press Cancel.

Also on this screen is important information you may need to refer to if you are looking for help or where to purchase the application.

Program Version: The version number is listed under the PathAway logo. If contacting PathAway Support, you will need to specific this version number.

Email: Email address for support questions.

Web: Web site for information, support, purchasing, and obtaining updates.

Registration key: When you purchase, you are given a registration key which is encoded to your Owner name or your UID (Unique Device Identifier). Enter this key into this field and press OK, to unlock full functionality of the program.

Owner Name: The registered Owner name on the device. You may be required to provide this name for purchasing the application.

UID: The handheld device Unique Device Identifier. This ID is a unique number for the individual handheld device. You may be required to provide this name for purchasing the application.

Now, try following the short tutorial to get an overview of PathAway's features.

Full Screen Map View
Utilizes most of the screen to show as large a map area as possible. Long/Lat, speed, elevation, and direction of travel are displayed. This data is the “navigation” data in the program.

Point View
Shows the map and “navigation” data, plus access to the point/route and track databases. Useful for selecting items from the databases and displaying them on the map or placing them into a route. Details such as Position, Proximity, Elevation, Time, Leg Time, Leg Distance, and Leg Speed can also be displayed.

Tip. You can also traverse through the screens by pressing hard key 2.

Choosing a Route

The sample data includes a route for you to try out. Go to the GPS menu and choose New Trip.

In the New Trip dialog, select the drop-down at the top of the screen, and choose Follow Route Forward.

Next, from the Database drop-down, select the route entitled Footes Bay to Rosseau. You're about to take a nautical tour through the lakes of Muskoka Canada!

You have now chosen to use the Footes Bay to Rosseau route for navigation, from the start of the route to the end. Follow Route Reverse, allows you to follow the route in reverse order for the return trip home.

Press OK to return to the main screen.

Now, to see the location at the start of the route, choose the menu Goto-Start of Route. This moves the map to center it's location at the start of the map.

You should see a red line on the map at Footes Bay. That is your route line. A route is a series of points connected together indicating a travel route. When navigating you'll follow this route to get to your destination.

Note, if you don't see a map on the screen, then press the Map Zoom In or out buttons. If these buttons are yellow, then it means there is a map available to zoom to. You should see a map similar to the screenshot.

Scrolling Maps

Maps in PathAway can be larger than the screen, so scrolling maps is important. Besides scrolling automatically as you move, maps can be scrolled using your stylus in 2 ways.

1. Tap and drag a point on the map to drag the map around. Release the stylus when you've reached the position you would like to view.

2. Tapping and holding on the edges of the map will scroll the map towards the edge tapped on.

Try it out. See if you can find the Joseph River on the map. Scroll the map by following the red route line.

Tip. To quickly go to the start or end of your route, go to the Goto menu and select Goto Start of Route or Goto End of Route.

The samples come with a few different resolutions of maps. The buttons at the top right of the screen allow you to move into and out of these stacked maps. You don't need a map to increase or decrease the view, but if there is a map available, it will be shown. These buttons change shape to show you whether there is a map available.

A highlighted zoom button indicates there is a map available. A unhighlight zoom button means there is not. Scroll around the Joseph River. You'll see the buttons change. When the button changes to , press it. You'll be shown a closer up view of the river. You can also select maps by name by going to the Options-Maps dialog, selecting a map, and pressing the Display button.

Please note, moving between stacked maps should not be confused with map scaling where you zoom into or out of a single map by expanding or shrinking the map. The scaling of maps is done via the magnifying icons.

Improving Visibility of Navigation Lines

You may notice the screen above has a thicker route line and larger position marker. This is because the Color and Lines settings were changed to improve the visibility of the route line on the map. To do this, choose the Options - Preferences menu, select the preferences category Color and Lines.

In the Colors & Lines preferences, you can change the way the lines and colors on the maps are displayed. If you have a color device, you can create easy-to-read contrast between your maps and route and track lines. Experiment with this option until you've found a view that suits you. You can even change the look of the current Position Marker by selecting between 3 different styles.

[0804]For example, to change the way the active route you are following is drawn, click on the Active Route button. This will bring up the Line Style dialog and display the current style for the Active Route. Change the color by clicking on the Color button, and the width of the line by pressing either the + or - buttons beside the width label.

To have a circle drawn at each Route Point, check the Show Points button.

When you are satisfied with the style, press the OK button.

[0804] The Position Marker is the Arrow or cursor in the center of the screen. It represents your current geographical position on the map. If you are navigating with a GPS, it points in your direction of travel. If you are disconnected and following a route, it will point in the direction to the next point in the route. If no route is being followed, you'll see only the cross-hairs.

You can set the style of direction pointer in the Position Marker Style dialog. To do this, click on the Position Marker button, from the Lines & Style Dialog.

In the Position Marker Style dialog, you can choose the desired Direction Arrow style, color, and size of the marker. For more emphasis on screen, set the 3d Effect to create a shadow behind the marker.

Capturing Points on a Map

Run the simulator until it stops at the town of Rosseau. Lets say there is a marina close by that you'd like to mark for future reference. I.e. you're almost out of gas and can't afford to go searching for the nearest marina.

Center the map at a shoreline near Rosseau. Press the Add Point button. The Edit Point dialog is displayed. Here you can enter information about this point such as its name, description, icon, position and elevation. Position will be already entered because the point has a location on the map. If you were actually tracking using a GPS, the true position and elevation would be entered.

Alternatively, you can tap and hold on a point anywhere on the map. A menu pops up with some options. Select Add Point.

Tip. You can also add a point to the map by pressing hard key 1.Press the key again to save the point and exit the Edit Point dialog. This is a quick way to capture a point as you travel. You can go back to the point later to enter its other details.

One of the coolest features of PathAway is that you can use your own icons to display your points on the map. In the Edit Point dialog, select the Icon Popup. You'll be shown a list of available icons available to attach to a point. If you installed the icons.prc database, an extensive list of icons will be displayed. For the marina, choose the Gas Station icon.

Tip:. Check out PathAway Tools - Icon Manager for creating your own icons.

Creating Routes

To create a new route go to the Options - Route dialog and select New. You will be presented with a dialog for naming the route, and setting the mode of transportation. Select your vehicle for the route. For this tutorial, select the Boat icon.

To add points to your route, select the Edit Points button. This brings up an empty list of points. Choose Add... Select Footes Bay Marina as your starting point. Press OK. Select Add... again. Select Rosseau and OK. Now you have a basic Point A to B route. Lets go with it and press OK until you get back to the map screen.

On your map you should have one red straight red line heading from Footes Bay to Rosseau. But you're not flying there, so you'll have to choose to alter the route. Pick a point along the water, and tap on the map. Choose the Add to Route button. Press OK from the Edit Point dialog to accept the point. The point will be added to the route, and the route line is altered to reflect the change. PathAway will insert the new point between the two closest points along the route.

Note: Alternatively, you can choose to navigate to just a single point by selecting the point on the map and choosing Add to Route > New Route... from the Popup menus. Choose the option to Navigate to selected point from the New Route dialog.

Connecting a GPS

Now that you've got the basics, its time to get on your PathAway PathAway works best with a GPS (Global Positioning System) device. Most GPS devices transmit location information through a serial cable attached to the PDA. Other units attach directly to the device. See the support page for a listing of compatible GPS devices and accessories.

To setup your GPS device for use in PathAway, select the menu GPS-Configure. Choose your GPS device protocol from the list. Most GPS devices use NMEA standard protocol. If your model is not specifically listed in the list box, then NMEA will most likely work.

Select how you are connected to the GPS. If you attach via cable, choose Cradle. If your device works through the device infrared port, choose Infrared. Ensure your GPS device is setup to communicate and match up the baud, parity, bits, and stop bits settings. Most (if not all) GPS devices use Parity=N, Bits=8, Stop=1. 4800 is the most common baud rate.

Attach and turn on your GPS unit. Ensure you can get a signal. Most GPS units require a direct line of sight to the satellites. Press the Connect button to test the GPS. You should see the data stream messages flowing from the unit. Once your position is fixed, the longitude, latitude, elevation, and UTC (Universal Time Clock) are displayed.

Press OK to exit the dialog. Congratulations, you're now ready to navigate with PathAway Press the satellite icon to connect and disconnect from the GPS.

Tip. You can also connect and disconnect the GPS by pressing the hard key 4. When you first connect, the New Trip dialog will appear. To accept the defaults (Follow last route, and record a new track), press hard key 4 again to begin tracking with GPS.

Recording Tracks

You can record tracks for later use, or to see where you've been. This is especially helpful in case you start going in circles!

Tracking databases can get quite large, especially if you are capturing constantly. This can slow screen refreshing down and consume a large amount of memory. The Preferences section under Tracks, has some options for controlling track database size, and recording precision. A good detailed track for traveling between 30 and 60 mph is to set the precision to record position every 10 seconds. To keep individual track database sizes down, you can select the menu option End Trip. This will save the track, and start a new one. Screen refreshes will only draw the current recorded track.

Alternatively, you can set the tracking to record at certain distances. This will create a track record when you reach a certain distance. Therefore all track points will be of equal distance apart, regardless of your speed.

Following Recorded Tracks

Once you're recorded a journey, you can now use the track to follow. This is an extremely useful feature for finding your way home.

To choose a track to follow, select the Options-Tracks menu. The tracks are automatically named using the date and time they are created. You can change the name for your track and indicate the method of transportation by pressing the Details button. Select the track you've just recorded. Press Follow reverse. This will set activate the track to be followed in the reverse order it was recorded in. You will see the red route line on the map. You can now use this track in the same way you would a route.

You can get additional information when following a recorded track. To get the recorded track time as your ETA data, go to the Options-Preference menu, and select the Time section. Under the heading Time estimates based on, turn the check box on entitled Recorded Track Speed. You'll see your time remaining in the Route view screen. This is the actual time it took you when you recorded the track. This includes any stops along the way.

Full Screen Map View
Utilizes most of the screen to show as large a map area as possible. Long/Lat, speed, elevation, and direction of travel are displayed. This data is the “navigation” data in the program.

Route View
Shows the map and “navigation” data, plus full info for point proximity. As you approach a point, distance from and course to are displayed. Points in proximity are displayed by closest point.

Information on this screen is targeted towards navigation when following a route. If no Route us active, time and distance estimates to next point, destination etc. will now show on the screen.

Point View
Shows the map and “navigation” data, plus access to the point/route and track databases. Useful for selecting items from the databases and displaying them on the map or placing them into a route. Details such as Position, Proximity, Elevation, Time, Leg Time, Leg Distance, and Leg Speed can also be displayed.

GPS Menu

View Menu

Options Menu

Goto Menu

Map Popup Menus

Tapping on the map brings up a context sensitive menu. Tapping on an existing point will display the current location coordinates, the closest point name, and a menu of options.

The following menus are activated when the map is tapped on, based on the condition. The menus are organized into multiple layers for easy navigation. The first menu is the Top Level.

Map Popup Menu->Map Menu >

Contains location sensitive options for maps, such as zooming, repositioning map, and choosing maps within the boundaries of the location selected.

Map Popup Menu->Map Menu->Choose Map >

Map Popup Menu->Route Menu >

Map Popup Menu->Other Points>

Map Popup Menu->Tracking Menu >

Shows the options available at the current location for the Active Track Log. If a Track Log Point is under the location clicked on, then options for this point are shown, otherwise, only options for the Active Track log are shown.

Dashboard Context Menus

Customizable Dashboard Options allow you to see the information you are most interested in. Each of the PathAway screens can be customized differently. This allows you to quickly change to a view most appropriate for navigating.

Tapping on a Dashboard item allows you to have different information displayed at the dash location tapped on. If no information is selected for a Dashboard, or there is no information available, then a small bar is displayed. Clicking on the bar will also bring up the Dashboard menu.

The following describes the Dashboard menu Options.

Dashboard Item - Set Font Dialog

Dashboard items all consist of 2 potential lines. Set the font size desired for the Top and bottom lines of the selected dashboard item.

Dashboard Tracking Info

Dashboard - Routing Info

Displays information regarding the current Route being followed. These items are only valid if following a route.

Dashboard - General Info

Customizing Screens

All of the screens contain a customizable dashboard. Each screen has a dashboard setup associated with it. Here is how to customize the dashboard.

To Hide the Dashboard, choose the main menu select View, then Hide Dashboard. The screen will look similar to the this:

Hide the Dashboard for large screen map viewing

Choose the View menu option Show Dashboard to turn the dashboard back on.

You can also utilize the entire full view of the screen by turning the Top Toolbar off by selecting the View menu and choosing Hide Toolbar.

To adjust individual dashboard items, simply tap the item you would like to customize. The Dashboard Options menu will appear showing the currently selected item and the options to available to set for the dashboard.

When there is no active information available for a dashboard control item, or the dashboard item is hidden, only a bar will be displayed. Clicking on one of the bars will bring up the dashboard menu.

Add
Point and OK button

Cycle Screen Views

Zoom
In/Out

Databases

Start New Trip...

Follow Track Forward or Follow Track Reverse: Select the route to follow from the list of previously created routes and recorded tracks.

Navigate to Point: Select a single point to navigate to. Selecting this option will bring up the Point Selection Dialog. Here you select the point to navigate to. Single Point navigation differs from Route database navigation in that only a single point is routed to. The Route line will appear on the map directing you to straight to this point.

Transportation Mode: Select the transportation mode type. This enables you to easily identify trips of common type

Record to Track Log: Turn on or off track recording. Choose to create a new track log, or to add to the current track database. If you choose new track, then all travel stats will be reset. I.e.. Odometer, travel time etc.

Tip: This dialog is launched when you first connect to the GPS. If you've connected using hard key 4 , you can quickly accept the defaults (Follow last route, and record a new track), by pressing hard key 4 again to begin tracking with GPS.

GPS Configure

Setup for GPS device. Watch GPS input stream to ensure communications is working properly.

Device Protocol:
This is the method that your GPS device uses for communicating with other devices. Choose your type of GPS device, or specify it's communications protocol.

NMEA is the most common protocol for serial communications in use today. NMEA stands for National Marine Electronics Association. PathAway supports version 2.0 or higher of NMEA-0183. Check your device for specifications on interfacing with other devices. Some devices have multiple interfaces that can be set. Ensure that NMEA-0183 is set as the active communications interface.

Port: Choose the port your GPS is connected to. Most common is cradle port. This is the same port you use when HotSync is selected.

Baud Rate: The Baud rate is the speed in, bits per second, which data is transferred from the GPS device. Some devices have a fixed baud rate, others can be selected on the GPS device itself. Ensure that your baud rate on your GPS matches the selected baud rate here. Check your GPS device manual for information on proper baud rate settings.

The most common baud rate for most GPS devices is 4800 BPS. Next is 9600, followed by 57,600.

Log GPS input: Used for debugging GPS communications. Checking this flag will record the GPS communications stream to a log file.

Connect: Begins communicating with GPS device. If communications are working properly, you should see a stream of GPS information on the screen. When a "FIX" of your current position has been determined, then the current longitude and latitude position will be displayed, along with type of fix, number of satellites used for the fix, and total number of satellites in view.

Show Maps: Display maps on the navigation screen. When not selected, navigation can be done by the virtual map, which will still place your recorded points on the screen based on the current zoom factor.

Auto Select Maps: When Show Maps is selected, this option will automatically switch maps, when the position is no longer over the current map. When this option is checked, the zoom to No Map feature is not available if there is at least one map at the current location.

Auto Zoom when connected: With this option on, the map of the highest detail will automatically be chosen while connected to the GPS.

User Gray for 4-bit maps: For color devices only. If you have created or acquired 16 color (4-bit) maps, they can be displayed in either 16 colors, or gray scale.

Show Tracks: Show the currently active track log line. For color devices, the log is shown in blue. For gray-scale devices, the track log is gray and identifiable by the points that connect the lines.

Show All Enabled Tracks: Display all the available tracks on the device. This feature may cause the screen to draw quite slowly, depending on the number of tracks in memory. This feature is useful to see all the tracks you've traveled on. To select a track to follow, tap on one of the track points and select Follow Forward, or Follow Reverse from the Tracks Menu > Popup.

Show All Enabled Routes: Display all the available routes on the device. This feature is useful to see all the routes you've created. To select a route to follow, tap on one of the points in the Route and select Follow Forward, or Follow Reverse from the Route Menu > Popup.

Show Active Route: Show/Hide the track line of the active route being followed.

Line to next point: Show/Hide the line from the current location to the next point.

Line to next turn: Show/Hide the line from the current location to the next turn point.

Circle next point: Show/Hide the circle showing the Route Target Proximity Radius around the target point. See Preferences-Routes for more info.

Circle next turn: Show/Hide the circle showing the Route Target Proximity Radius around the next turn.. See Preferences-Routes for more info.

Show Points: Show the recorded point icons and/or labels on the map screen.

Show Icons: Show the point icons. When you zoom out you can specify the threshold when the icons are not to be displayed. This is useful to avoid screen clutter when viewing wide areas.

Show Text Labels: Show the point text labels. When you zoom out you can specify the threshold when the text is not to be displayed. This is useful to avoid screen clutter when viewing wide areas.

Highlight Closest Point: Show label, distance to, and pointer to the closest point in proximity.

Show Dashboard: Show or hide the Dashboard

Normal/Small/Large Text: Global setting to show text in different sizes. When large text is selected, each font on the dashboard is expanded by one size. When small text is selected, each font is reduced by one size.

Show Toolbar: Show or hide the toolbar on the main screens.

Options->Routes

Route management dialog. Lists all of your routes. You can create new routes, edit a route, or choose an existing route to follow forward or reverse. The current Route you are following is indicated in the rightmost column by an 'f' for forward, or 'r' for reverse.

Select a Route to follow by highlighting a route in the list. If the Map Display Preferences are set to "Show All Tracks", then a check-box will appear beside each route. Turn the check-box on to always display the route on the map. Turn the check-box OFF to hide the route from the display

Routes Dialog Buttons

New: Create a new route. Will launch the Route Database Info Dialog.

Edit Points...: Add or Edit Route Points. Launches the Point Record Management dialog.

Details...: For modifying the details of the route, such as name, transportation mode, and individual points. Launches the Route Database Details Dialog.

Follow Off:Clears the Follow flag on the selected route.

Follow Forward: Activate the selected Route to follow from the start. As you travel, your current position along the route will be displayed. Information such as ETA, Dist to Next point, Distance to destination etc. can be displayed.

Follow Reverse: Activate the selected Route to follow in reverse order starting at end point of the route 

Goto: Reposition the map to the start of the selected route

New: Create a new blank Route Database. Use the Edit Points option to add points to the route, or add points via tapping points on the main screen (set the new route to be followed first).

Select the a route database, select the Join menu command. It will go back to the Route database screen. Then you select the route you want to append to the previously selected one. Press OK. The Join will be performed.

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For modifying the details of the route, such as name, transportation mode, and individual points.

Name: Name of Route.

Add Points...: Add points to route. Launches the Point Record Editor. Note: Route points can also be added from the map view by selecting a point on the map and selecting "Add to Route" from the menu.

Edit Points...: Modify the points in the route. Add new points, delete points, or change order. Launches the Point Record Management dialog.

Mode of Transportation:: Select the transportation mode from the list. Icons can be created using PathAway Icon Manager.

Options->Tracks

Lists of your recorded tracks. Choose a track to follow for pinpoint accurate routing.

Manage your tracks by duplicating or joining tracks, and transfer between Garmin GPS devices.

Tracks Dialog Buttons

Follow: Selects the track as a route. Can follow tracks in the order they were recorded forward or in reverse order. An 'f' for forward or 'r' for reverse is displayed on the track list indicating the track currently selected to follow.

Activate: Sets the selected track as the active track log. The track is Displayed on the current navigation screen. All subsequent position recording added to this track.

Goto: Repositions the location to the start of the currently selected track. The track will not be displayed unless it is the Active track, or is checked to show.

Edit Points...: Edit track points in the Points Record Dialog.

Details...: Allows editing of the track name, mode of transportation.

Close: Returns to the current navigation screen.

Select the a tracking database, Select the Join menu command. It will go back to the Track database screen. Then select the track to append to the previously selected one. Press OK. The Join will be performed.

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For modifying the details of the route, such as name, transportation mode, and individual points.

Name: Name of Track.

Add Points...: Add points to track. Launches the Point Record Editor.

Edit Points...: Modify the points in the track. Add new points, delete points, or change order. Launches the Point Record Management dialog.

Mode of Transportation: Select the transportation mode from the list. Icons can be created using PathAway Icon Manager.

Options->Points

Lists all points. Points may be stored in multiple databases. Select a point to "Goto" on the map, edit point information, delete, add new points.

Database: Select the point database to edit. Choose Edit Databases to add, or modify entire Point databases.

Find: Searches for the next occurrence of the entered point name.

New: Create a new point. Will launch the Point Edit Dialog.

Up - Down Arrows: Moves the selected point up or down in the list. Relevant only if the database is a Route or track database.

Add to Route: Adds the selected point to the active route.

Close: Closes the current dialog and returns to the previous dialog.

Show: Shows the selected point on the navigation screen.

Add From...: Add points to current database from another point databases. A new list is displayed. Choose the point to add and press OK.

Edit...: For modifying the details of the selected point, such as name, geographical coordinates, description, and icon. Launches the Point Edit Dialog.

Sort by Name

Options->Points->Details->Info

Name: Name for the point. Maximum length is 79 characters. All characters except (commas and quotes) are valid.

Note: Describe the point. Maximum length is 4000 characters.

Show on Map: Center the map on the current point.

Add to Route: Add point to current route.

Point Icon Drop-down list:
Apply your own custom made icons to your points.

See Icon Manager for details on how to import your own points.

Options->Points->Details->Location

Longitude/Latitude: Geographical coordinates for the point. See Entering Longitude/Latitude coordinates for specifying the top-left and bottom right coordinates of the map.

Elevation: Altitude above sea level for the point.

Options->Tracks/Routes/Points->Get From GPS Device

For acquiring data from Garmin GPS devices.

Routes: Downloads all routes from GPS. Each route will be downloaded to a unique route database.

Tracks: Downloads recorded track logs from GPS. Garmin separates track logs into segments. The tracks can be downloaded into a single track log containing all track segments, or each segment can be placed in a separate database.

Points: Downloads waypoints from GPS into selected Points database.

Options->Tracks/Routes/Points->Send To GPS Device

For sending data to handheld GPS devices. This operation is supported for only Garmin GPS devices in Garmin-Garmin Interface mode, and Magellan NMEA. Please ensure that your GPS device is on and connected before selecting this option.

Routes: Sends selected route to GPS. All points in the route may be uploaded as waypoints linking to the route.

Tracks: Sends selected track to GPS as a track log.

Points: Sends points from entire Points database, or only the currently selected point. Points are stored as waypoints on the device.

Options->Maps

Lists all loaded maps. Choose display to show the map on-screen. Transfer maps between memory expansion cards.

Close: Returns to the current navigation screen.

Show: Displays currently selected map on the current navigation screen.

Delete: Deletes the current map.

Details...: Allows editing of the map details.

Beam maps to another device.

Options->Maps->Details->Info

Name: Edit the name of the map. The format must be a valid file name.

The folder name appears to the right of the Name prompt. It is not editable. Use the Options->Maps->Database->Move To... option to move databases around folders.

Transportation Mode: The travel type the map is intended for. Allows you to organize maps by type. I.e.. Aviation, boating, Hiking etc. Note, the transportation mode data comes from the Vehicles.prc Icon database. You can create your own types by editing this database in the Icon Manager.

PathAway allows the map to be defined by 3 different types.

1. Top-Left Bottom-Right.
2. Projection
3. 3x3 Point

The Top-Left Bottom-Right coordinate system is a simple rectangular map shape. All longitude lines are perfectly vertical and all latitude lines are perfectly horizontal. This type of map is accurate enough for maps of small areas where the curvature of the earth is insignificant. PathAway will also run much faster with this system since no complex math is required to determine plot points on the map. To calibrate maps of this type you need to know only the top-left and bottom-right longitude and latitude coordinates of the map.

See Entering Longitude/Latitude coordinates for specifying the top- left and bottom-right coordinates of the map.

You can also calibrate the map right in PathAway using the locations of two or more known points. See the section on Calibrating Maps.

The Projection type of map employs maps defined using specific named projections such as Lambert Conformal Conic, UTM, and Transverse Mercator. All projected maps require the library ProjLib.prc, and their appropriate projection library. (except Lambert Conformal Conic, which is built into ProjLib)

Refer to the Advanced Mapping Manual for more information on specific projections and how to set them up in PathAway.

The 3x3 map type is a non-rectangular map type controlled by 9 coordinate positions on the map. Currently these map types can only be generated and calibrated using Touratech Desktop mapping software. See out section on Touratech for more information

You can also specify the source map datum used by the defined map. This allows you to convert coordinated of different datums to display correctly on all maps. Refer to the Advanced Mapping Manual for more information on specific datums and how to set them up in PathAway.

Options->Maps->Move To/From Expansion Cards

From the a track/route/point or map database dialog. Select the Move to... menu option.

Move or copy (Duplicate) databases to and from expansion card.

Selected Database: Copy or move the currently selected database to. If the database is on the expansion card, the Option is to move from the card to Handheld main memory.

All Databases: Copy All Databases To and From expansion cards

Overwrite Existing: Delete and overwrite databases of identical name found in the destination folder.

Options->Calibrate Map

Once maps have been transferred to the device, you can fine-tune the map coordinates by matching the positions of known points on the maps, with the actual position displayed by the map. Resolution, and offset of the map is adjusted. Or the map database can be edited and the top-left - bottom-right coordinates of the map can be manually edited. 

First you should select the map you are going to calibrate. If the map to calibrate is not visible, go to the Options-Maps dialog, and choose the map by it's name, and tap the Show button.

To calibrate the map, select the Options-Calibrate Map menu options. You will be shown a dialog with calibration options.

Calibrate by known points

First you should select the map you are going to calibrate. If the map to calibrate is not visible, go to the Options-Maps dialog, and choose the map by it's name, and select Show. To choose a map. The screen will be changed to the Full Screen Map View. You are prompted to select the first point.

Scroll the map to a position of known coordinates. I.e. your home. Click on the map the location where the point SHOULD be. This brings up the Points list.

Select the point that should be displayed at the selected location. Press OK.

Do the same for the second point. It is best to try to pick two points that are as far away as possible. This gives the map calibrator more data to perform the adjustments. When you select the second point, the Points dialog appears prompting for the name of the known location.

Choose this point and press OK. This will perform the map calibration. The Map Details dialog will be displayed showing the new top-left and bottom-right coordinates of the map.

To accept the changes press OK. Your known points should be displayed on the map in their correct locations

- To ensure that the two points you will use are correct, physically go to the point, and capture the exact coordinates of each point from the GPS. I.e.. Point 1 = Corner Store, Point 2 = Home. If this is not possible, try to determine the coordinates from a paper map, or pinpoint them on an electronic map on the Web. I.e.. Mapquest.

- Select the Options-Calibrate Map menu options. The screen will be changed to the Full Screen Map View. You are prompted to select the first point. Scroll the map to a position of known coordinates. I.e. Corner store.

- Click on the map the location where the point SHOULD be. This brings up the Points list. Select the point that should be displayed at the selected location. In this case, choose the Corner Store point. Press OK.

- Do the same for the second point. I.e. Click where your home is on the map, then select the Home point you captured earlier. Note. It is best to try to pick two points that are as far away as possible, and not positioned horizontal or perpendicular to each other. This gives the map calibrator more data to perform the adjustments. Once calibrated, your known points should be displayed on the map in their correct locations.

Calibrate using Nudge Controls

When the option for calibrating using Nudge controls is selected, the nudge control screen is shown.

Nudge moves adjusting the calibration of the map by geographical coordinates. This amount of adjustment is set by the nudge factor. The nudge factor is set in decimal degrees.

This screen contains a number of buttons for adjusting the coordinates of the map. As well, a nudge factor can be set for adjusting the precision to which to move the map.

Adjusts the map towards the corresponding direction by the given factor (nudge).

Adjusts the map in both directions horizontally or vertically by the given factor.

Adjusts the map in both directions equally horizontally and vertically by the given factor. Effect is to make the map appear to cover a larger or smaller geographical space.

Note if the geographical width is not exactly the same as the height, then the map sizing movement will appear to be of different values horizontally and vertically, since the pixel coverage of a nautical mile (degree lat or lon) is different between width and height.

Calibrate manually

Set the geographical (longitude-latitude) coordinates, projection type, and datum of the map. See Map Details for more information

Options->Point Databases

Lists of your points databases, Choose a point database to make the active database for which new points will be added to.

Manage point databases by duplicating or joining databases, move to and from expansion cards, beam to others, and transfer between Garmin GPS devices.

New: Create a new Point database.

Edit Points...: Edit points in the Points Record Dialog.

Close: Returns to the current navigation screen.

Details...: Allows editing of the point name.

Select the a point database, Select the Join menu command. It will go back to the Point database screen. Then you select the database you want to append to the previously selected one. Press OK. The Join will be performed.

Options->Folders

On first time startup, PathAway enumerates the folders as follows:

1. Registers <Personal Folder>\PathAway folder. The actual name of the <Personal Folder> is resolved in the device registry. It is usually called "\My Documents".
2. Searches and registers a "PathAway" folder in all storage cards found. If the storage car does not have a "PathAway" folder, it will be created, and a Database volume is mounted. (PathAwayDB.csv). This allows reading and writing of Tracks, routes, and points on the card.

Subsequent startup:

1. Storage cards are not automatically searched for. They must be registered via, the Options-Folders dialog.
2. Card Insertion/Removal. Will automatically register cards inserted while PathAway is in use.

• \My Documents\PathAway (for device Memory)
• \Storage Card\PathAway (for expansion cards)

Options-Folders-Add Folders

This dialog allows you to add and remove PathAway folders. Simply Check the folders you want PathAway to look for databases. Uncheck folders to remove them from the enumeration list. Note, the \My Documents\PathAway folder cannot be removed.

To view the sub-folders, press the + sign to the left of the folder name.

New Folder: Create a new folder. Edit the folder name inline, then tap outside the field to apply the name.

Options->Preferences->General

Distance, Elevation, Volume, Course: General settings for units of measure.

Position: Define the geographical coordinate display format. Latitude/Longitude, UTM, or OSGB.

New Trip on Startup: Automatically run the New Trip dialog when the program starts. Allows you to choose your route instead of the program automatically starting with the last used route and track log.

Stay on when Connected: Override handheld's auto shutoff feature.

Options->Preferences->Time

Control how time-based estimates are calculated.

Time Estimates based on:

Recorded Track Speed: Report to the exact time it took previously on a followed track. Applies only when following a recorded track.

Average Speed: Estimates based on current average speed.

Current Speed: Estimates based on current speed.

Custom Speed: Base time estimates on the specified average speed.

Local time offset: Add or subtract time extracted from GPS (Greenwich mean time).

GPS calculates Speed/Course: When On, use the speed reported by the GPS device as the current speed and course. When off, PathAway will calculate the current speed and course. This option is provide because some GPS devices report course and or speed incorrectly.

Options->Preferences->Tracking

Set track recording preferences. Allows you to Control how often position data is logged to the Active Track Database log.

Record Track History: Saves recorded GPS location to a logging database while connected.

Track Data Size: Control how large the track file can get.

Record By Time
Record track log point at time intervals. Set to Constant to record as often as the communications speed and device performance will allow.

Record on Course Change only: Will only record track points if the time precision has passed and a course change has occurred since the last track was recorded.

Record While Moving only: Will only record track points if the time precision has passed and have traveled the specified distance since the last track was recorded.

Record By Distance
Record track log point at distance intervals. PathAway will record a track point at specified distance traveled markers.

Options->Preferences->Alarm

Have audible alarms sound when you reach points of interest, or get off your route track. Set the distance threshold for the proximity point, and choose from one of the predefined alarm sounds.

All Alarms: Enable/Disable alarms

Off Track: Set the Off Track warning alarm distance, and sound. This alarm will sound when you veer from the specified track by the off track distance. The Off track alarm will continue to sound every 30 seconds while off-track. Press the alarm clock to test the sound.

Proximity 1 and 2: Proximity alarms can be set to alert you at two separate proximity distances. Different sounds can be set to notify you of when you are approaching points. Proximity 1 is the early warning alarm. Proximity 2 is the Point approaching alarm.

Turn 1 and 2: Turn instructions can be created by setting a route point to be an Intersection (by editing the route point and setting the Icon as the Intersection Icon). The Turn alarm settings will sound as you approach turns.

Elevation: Defines vertical distance of track route you can get before Elevation too low, too high warning is triggered. Route being followed must contain Elevation information.

Options->Preferences->Routes

Route Preferences. Define preferences for navigating using routes.

Route Warnings

Off Track Warning: Defines distance to right or left of route track you can get before Off-track warning is triggered.

Elevation Warning: Defines vertical distance of track route you can get before Elevation too low, too high warning is triggered. Route being followed must contain Elevation information.

Route Navigation

Follow Routes in Sequence: By Default, PathAway targets the Next Route point by determining the closest route point in the direction of travel. This might not be the most desirable method for navigation since, some routes my crisscross, or loop back. Or perhaps, the route requires a grid pattern to be run. In this case, the Follow Routes in Sequence can force PathAway to Target only the Next Point after the current target point, when it reaches the Route Pt Proximity Radius.

Route Pt Proximity Radius: This specifies the criteria for determining when a Route point target has been reached. The wider the radius setting, the sooner the PathAway will move onto the next route point target.

Manual Route Advance Only: In certain cases, it may be required that the Route target point be advanced manually. If Manual Route advance is enabled, then PathAway will stay fixed on the target route point until you specify Advance Route Target Point

Options->Preferences->Points

In Proximity when within:
Defines the radius to search for points to display in proximity list.

Auto Point Naming:
Define how new points are auto-named. Points can be automatically named by geographical coordinate or be incrementing numeric ids.

Options->Preferences->Colors & Lines

The Colors and Lines dialog allows you to to improve the visibility of the navigation displays on the map. Select the preferences category Color and Lines to activate this dialog. Here you can change the way the lines and colors on the maps are displayed. If you have a color device, you can create easy-to-read contrast between your maps and route and track lines. Experiment with this option until you've found a view that suits you. You can even change the look of the current Position Marker by selecting between 3 different styles.

Active Route: Set the color and width of the Active route line. Can set whether to show each route point mark as well. Brings up Line Style dialog.

Other Routes: Set the color and width of the non-active Route lines. These are shown when the preferences option "Show All Tracks" is on. Can set whether to show each route point mark as well. Brings up Line Style dialog.

Line to Next Point: Set the color and width of the line from the current position to the next point on the route. These are shown when the preferences option "Show All Tracks" is on. Can set whether to show each route point mark as well. Brings up Line Style dialog.

Active Track: Set the color and width of the Active track log line. Can set whether to show each track point mark as well. Brings up Line Style dialog.

Other Tracks: Set the color and width of the non-active Track lines. These are shown when the preferences option "Show All Tracks" is on. Can set whether to show each track point mark as well. Brings up Line Style dialog.

Dashboard Text/Background: Change the display color of the dashboard text and background.

Point Labels Text/Background: Change the display color and background of the point label text.

Options->Preferences->Colors & Lines->Line Style

[0804] The Line Style dialog displays the current style for the chosen Line Type. Change the color by clicking on the Color button, and the width of the line by pressing either the + or - buttons beside the width label.

To have a circle drawn at each Route Point, check the Show Points button.

When you are satisfied with the style, press the OK button.

Options->Preferences->Colors & Lines->Position Marker

[0804] The Position Marker is the Arrow or cursor in the center of the screen. It represents your current geographical position on the map. If you are navigating with a GPS, it points in your direction of travel. If you are disconnected and following a route, it will point in the direction to the next point in the route. If no route is being followed, you'll see only the cross-hairs.

You can set the style of direction pointer in the Position Marker Style dialog. To do this, click on the Position Marker button, from the Lines & Style Dialog.

In the Position Marker Style dialog, you can choose the desired Direction Arrow style, color, and size of the marker. For more emphasis on screen, set the 3d Effect to create a shadow behind the marker.

Options->Preferences->Hard Keys

The Hard keys dialog allows you to to control the function of the hard keys on the device. Select the preferences category Hard Keys to activate this dialog.

Enable Hard Buttons: Check this item to enable the hard buttons. Unchecking this button will disable the hard buttons.

Enable Directional Buttons: Check this item to enable the hard navigation buttons. Unchecking this button will disable the hard buttons.

Goto->World View

World view displays your location on a view of the world. This feature is useful for easy scrolling to a relative world location. You may zoom in by pressing the Zoom Scale In button a few times. This image map of the world is very low resolution and will lose detail after zooming a few times.

The Map Zoom In button will highlight when you position your location over an installed map. Press this button, when it turns yellow, to go to the map in that location. If this button is not highlighted , then pressing it will increase your resolution but will go to No Map view, meaning no map will be displayed, but all tracks, routes and points within this location will be. With PathAway, you do not need maps to do navigation.