Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - August 2016

InconjunctionwithICAST2016, Garminispleasedto announceQuickdrawCommunity, afreonlineus- er-generatedplatformwhereuserscanshareand browseHDmappingcontent, anddownloadthedata freofchargetoenhanceandsupplementexisting Garminmappingoptions. TheQuickdrawCommunity buildsonthesucesofthecompany’sQuickdraw Contourssoftwarefeature–afre, easy-to-usetool thatletsmarinersinstantlycreatepersonalizedHD mapswith1-footcontoursonanybodyofwater–al- lowinguserstoeasilyandquicklyshareandupload thebestdataavailable. GarmincustomershavebencolectingQuickdraw Contoursmappinganddepthdataontheirdevices sincethefresoftwarefeaturebecameavailableearli- erthisyear, andnowtheyhaveawaytoeasilyshare thatdatawithothers. NotonlyisQuickdraw(Contours andCommunity) freandeasytouse, butthanksto GarminPanoptix™al-seingsonartechnology, it’sthe onlymapsharingplatformtousemulti-beamsonar recordingsforhighquality, acurateandcompleteHD contours. CreatingQuickdrawContoursdataispowerfuly simple. Onceit’sturnedon, userswilinstantlyse contourswithlabelsgeneratedrightonthescrenas theboatmoves–unlikecompetitorproducts, there’s nowaitingaroundorsendingthefilesinforremote procesing, noristhereafetokepthedataprivate ortoshareitwithothers. Theresultsareinstantand acurate, andcanbeviewedinreal-time, orcreatedin thebackgroundforuseatalatertime. Forthemost comprehensivecoverage, QuickdrawContoursclearly showswhereusabledepthinformationhasbencol- lectedandwheregapsexist, souserscaneasilyse whatstilnedstobecolected. Thecolecteddatacanbestoredonanyof-the-shelf SDormicroSDcard, aswelasexistingGarminBlueC- hartg2, BlueChartg2VisionandLakeVüHDUltra cards. Toupload, downloadorbrowsecolectedQuick- drawContoursdata, userswilnedtocreateanac- countthroughGarminConnect, afreonlinecommu- nityalreadyutilizedbymilionsofGarmincustomer GarminIntroduces QuickdrawCommunity onGarminConnect

whousetheplatformtoshare, track, andanalyzedatafrom otherGarmindevices.

Datacanbeuploadedthrougha“MarineProfile”inGarmin Connect, andonceuploaded, wiltypicalybeavailableonthe webfordownloadwithin24hours. Withtheintuitivemapin- terface, userscaneasilylocateandsethedatasharedby otheruserswithinthecommunityoverlaidontheapplicable bodyofwater. Availableuser-generateddatacanbeeasily downloadedfromGarminConnecttoamicroSD/SDcardfor usewithacompatibleGarminchartploter, andcanbeviewed simultaneouslywithauser’spersonal QuickdrawContours dataonachartploter.

TheGarminQuickdrawCommunityonGarminConnectis availablenowatgarminconnect.com/quickdraw. Quickdraw ContourscomesstandardonalechoMAP®CHIRPproducts, andisavailableasafresoftwareupdateforalotherecho- MAPandmanyGPSMAP®seriesproducts. Itcanbeused withanydepthtransducer, includingGarminPanoptix, HD-IDTM, DownVü, andNMEA2000transducers. Tolearn more, visitgarmin.com/marine2016.