![]() ![]() Looking in the area I generally fly to I'm see some other have shared as well so I see this as a good thing for the future. Marine Electronics Forum - Garmin Quickdraw Contours - share your knowledge - well, this feature is absolutely amazing. When looking at the quickdraw site its putting the basics up but when you down load some to your unit it comes up with a far better contour map. The red dots represent Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that have been shared for that area. Use the map and search features to locate an area to download. I put all the data from both my fly ins last year up and will do again this year if I'm lucky enough to go again. From the ActiveCaptain® app on your mobile device, select Quickdraw Community > Search for Contours. Insert a memory card into the card slot (Inserting Memory Cards). When you share a contour map, only the contour map is shared. ![]() I think it will be a cool thing for the fly in people once a better amount of mapping gets shared through the quickdraw community and you can download some to have a head start on trip planning all ready on your sonar unit. You can share Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that you have created with others in the Garmin Quickdraw Community. Another feature I used on the map was changing the depth shading colours so I could target a certain depth and a quick glance at the sonar would tell me if I was in the the right area. When trolling it was constantly creating a cool map. Step 1: Once you’ve created your custom lake maps using Quickdraw Contours, eject your SD or microSD card from your Garmin chartplotter and connect to your computer using a card reader. Enter text for the label, and select Done. From the Navigation chart, select a location. You can add labels to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours map to mark hazards or points of interest. I found last year on the 14ft camp boat with the 9.9 I was fine at full speed until the depths were over 40 ft then I seemed to lose the mapping but I expected that. This is a quick video on how to use the Garmin Quickdraw Contours on your ECHOMAP UHD 7x and 9x chartplotter units. Adding a Label to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours Map. A quick video showing how to use the Quickdraw Contours feature in the echoMAP 75SV. ![]() They say anything under 10kms will give you the most accurate mapping and I'd agree with that from what I see using it. The files are saved to the SD card as SVY file and as QDC file types. The data on the Fishfinder shows or creates the contours but I cant seem to find a way to convert it to a format that QGIS can 'display' or use. I'm finding a lot of changes and there not even close.Īs mentioned the speed travelling sure makes a difference on the sonar creating a real accurate defined maps. I am trying to view data collected from a Garmin sonar unit in QGIS. Nice to see a few people using the new technology and as mentioned the difference between the government supplied charts and the real thing is amazing. ![]()
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