This may be old news to some, but while poking around the new map DVD while it was upgrading the other day, I noticed a few folders with 'Marine' topics in the file name.
I remembered that when the 1.7.0 firmware was first released for download, the 'straight line navigation' option took you to a menu that allowed you to choose the maps to use while in straight line mode, but the selection drop-down box didn't give you any other maps to change to. When I checked on this functionality after the map update, the default skin entries (including mine) just toggled modes between turn-by-turn and straight-line using the TBT maps and Base Maps, respectively. (I didn't try any of the other skin's 'off road' buttons)
Just for fun this morning, I modified my skin file's 'Off Road' button to bring up the navigation menu and sure enough, there are now three choices while in straight-line mode: the base road map and two marine map choices.
One is a basic map with overlay of current information on it and the other is a standard marine chart with bottom contours, depth markers, notes, etc. The notes are marked with a small red 'I' and when you select it and press the 'Info' button, it gives you detailed information about that area. In addition, there is a small 'T' in a blue box that will bring up the detailed tide chart information for that area - it has a selection box that lets you look up dates at the bottom of the window. Pretty cool...
(This was originally predicted in this post, for those keeping track of these items... 8) ) Once again, Lowrance adds functionality with their upgrades.
I'll post some pictures of these features tonight, and will be updating my skin files to support this feature. I've also built a new trip information 'gauge page' and might update the music player as well.
I remembered that when the 1.7.0 firmware was first released for download, the 'straight line navigation' option took you to a menu that allowed you to choose the maps to use while in straight line mode, but the selection drop-down box didn't give you any other maps to change to. When I checked on this functionality after the map update, the default skin entries (including mine) just toggled modes between turn-by-turn and straight-line using the TBT maps and Base Maps, respectively. (I didn't try any of the other skin's 'off road' buttons)
Just for fun this morning, I modified my skin file's 'Off Road' button to bring up the navigation menu and sure enough, there are now three choices while in straight-line mode: the base road map and two marine map choices.
One is a basic map with overlay of current information on it and the other is a standard marine chart with bottom contours, depth markers, notes, etc. The notes are marked with a small red 'I' and when you select it and press the 'Info' button, it gives you detailed information about that area. In addition, there is a small 'T' in a blue box that will bring up the detailed tide chart information for that area - it has a selection box that lets you look up dates at the bottom of the window. Pretty cool...
(This was originally predicted in this post, for those keeping track of these items... 8) ) Once again, Lowrance adds functionality with their upgrades.
I'll post some pictures of these features tonight, and will be updating my skin files to support this feature. I've also built a new trip information 'gauge page' and might update the music player as well.