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AGuidetoSimpleandQuickRMPmapswithAtlasCreator.

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Step1DownloadandinstallTrekbuddyAtlasCreatorV1.7BetaandmakesurethatyoualsohaveJava Runtimelibrariesinstalledonyourcomputer. Step2YoucanmovearoundonthemaptoselecttheareayouwanttomapwhileadjustingtheZoom Levelsonthepreviewmap,however,Idonotrecommendselectingyourmapareathisway.I recommendmanuallysettingthemapareaintheSelectionCoordinatesareaattheupperright portionofthescreen.Thisallowsyoutobe moreprecisesothatwhenyouwanttomake borderingmapsyoucandoitinawaythatis consistent.NormallyImakemymaps.1to.2 degreeswideand.1to.2degreestallusing ZoomLevelsof17&14andIlaythemoutina gridbeforebuildingthemaps.Thisallowsme tocoverlargerareasoflandthatpossiblein1 file.SincetheTritonislimitedtoa4GBSD cardandbecauseIdontwanttohavetobe continuouslymakingmaps,nordoIwantto overburdentheprocessorontheTritonwith oversizedmapsItrytokeepthemtoaround

150MBinfilesize.ThisallowsmetoloadthemapsIneedbeforegoingout,butstillcoververy,very largeareas.ThelargestsetofmapsIhavemadesofarcovertheHighDesert(MojaveDesert)areahere inSouthernCaliforniawhichcoverabout6,100sqmiles.InthesamplegridshownIused.166degrees forheightandwidth,however,Ialwaysadd.001degreesinalldirectionsinordertoaddoverlaptomy maps,preventinglinesbetweenthem. AddedNote:UsingmultiplesmallermapsalsoallowsyoutoselectthemapsyouneedinVantagePoint inordertokeepitrunningfasteraswell. Step3SelectingMapZoomLevels.Inormallyusezoomlevels17&14.Althoughthiswillnotallow youtoseeyour satellitemapsin themoredistant zoomlevelsonthe Triton,itwillgive yougoodquality imagesdownto the100ftlevel. Personally,Iprefer theTOPOmaps whileinthemore distantzoomlevels ontheTritonand, therefore,this worksgreatforme. Also,Iuseeitheran AccuTerraoraTOPO3DUSAasmybasemap,insteadofthestandardmapthatcomeswiththeTriton. IfyouhaveanAccuTerraorTOPOimifilesthatyouwanttouseasabasemap,justchangethefile extensiontomgiandthenloaditintoVantagePoint,thenyoucanloaditintotheinternalmemory(Size Permitting)ortheSDCard,yourpreferenceandthenselectitasyourbasemapontheTriton.Thisway itiseasiertoswitchbetweenthetwo,becauseyouonlyhavetoTurnOffthesatemapontheTritonto seetheTOPO,insteadofhavingtoscrolltoone andthentheothertoselectbetweenthem. Step4SelectYourOutputDirectory.Thisstep issimple.GodowntoSettingsontherightside ofthescreentobringuptheSettingsDialogBox ,thengototheDirectoriestabandenteryour preferreddestinationdirectory.

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Step5SelectingaNameforYourMap.Onceyouhaveselectedanoutputdirectorythenextstepis selectinganame foryourmap.Start byenteringthe nameinthe Namefieldunder AtlasContent. Onceyouentered thenamethen presstheClear button,thiswill causethenameto appearinthe contentlist. Afterthenameis listedinthe contentwindow andyouhaveselectedthecoordinatesyoudesireandthezoomlevelsyouwant,pressAddselection, whichwilladdthecurrentselectiontotheAtlasContentwindow. FinalStepOneyouhaveselectedyourcoordinates,selectedyourzoomlevels,settheoutputdirectory andsetthenameyourfile,thenjustclickonCreateAtlasandlettheprogramgotowork. Notes:AtlasCreatorhasacoupleofknownissues,oneofwhichisamaximumfilesize.Ifthiserror occurs,youwillhavetoselectasmallerarea.Anotherknownissueisaheapmemorysizeerror, however,thiscanbechangedbyeditingtheStart.cmdintheAtlasCreatordirectory.

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@Echooff REMThisfilewillstarttheTrekBuddyAtlasCreatorwithcustommemorysettingsfor REMtheJVM.Withthebelowsettingstheheapsize(Availablememoryfortheapplication) REMwillrangeupto512megabyte. startjavaw.exeXms64MXmx1536MjarTrekBuddy_Atlas_Creator.jar GoodLuck,Ihopeyouhavefunwiththis. David

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