Lowrance GPS Sensor and MapCreate Accessory Pack Version 6.3

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Lowrance MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 mapping software is the industry's best value in higher-detail, topographical electronic charts for GPS navigation. MapCreate USA Topo charts deliver incredible detail for navigation, including: enhanced shoreline and nav aids detail for inland and coastal waters, excellent land detail with major highways, city streets, rural roads, railways, key landmarks, and more - Plus a unique, searchable database of up to 2,000,000 Points-of-Interest to find marinas, restaurants, hotels, airports, emergency services, shopping, and lots more, along with streets and addresses, National Parks and Forests with boundaries, Wildlife Preserves, and other great detail!

The MapCreate Accessory Pack includes the USA Topo 6.3 CD-ROM, an MMC/USB card reader/programmer and a 16 MB MMC card to load data from your PC to your iFinder.

Lowrance MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 Features:

Simpler Interface: A new, simpler interface means no more saving a map border file before creating a map, and a new menu and toolbar layout to help you find what you're looking for more quickly. You'll also notice pop-up information boxes for POIs, land features and interstate highway exits, along with Exit pop-up boxes that list nearby exit services.

New Mapping Data: Topographic elevations, public hunting areas and game management units are included in the new MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 software.

Additional Symbols: New hunting-specific symbols make it easier to scout ahead of the hunt and mark important spots, including ATVs, turkeys, food plots, buck rubs, and more.

Searching: MapCreate USA Topo lets you search for POIs, land features and more, just as you can in a Lowrance GPS unit.

Aviation Searching: Load a card containing a Jeppesen Aviation Database into the card reader and MapCreate USA Topo lets you search for items such as airports and VORs.

Display Fishing Hot Spots: Load a card containing an IMS Fishing Hot Spots fishing map into the card reader and MapCreate USA Topo shows fishing details on your computer screen. This makes it easier to plan trips and manage GPS data with Fishing Hot Spots maps.

Find Nearest Waypoint or Nearest Highway Exit: It's easier to find these items with the new right-click shortcut.

Map Category Options Toolbar: A drop-down menu lets you select pre-set or customizable category settings for different types of activities, including aviation, boating, driving, hiking, and hunting.

Routing: MapCreate USA Topo lets you accurately add POIs, land features and aviation navaids to routes with a click of the mouse.

Dynamic Pan Arrows: The permanent pan arrows that were located along the sides of the Master Map window have been replaced with pop-up pan arrows that appear when you move the mouse pointer near the edge of the map. You can even pan diagonally.

Pop-up Boxes: Pop-up information boxes for POIs, land features and interstate highway exits now include elevations. Exit pop-up boxes also list nearby exit services.

Details, Details: The MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 database provides superb detail that covers:

• a searchable database of 2,000,000 Points-Of-Interest (includes airports, hotels, restaurants, entertainment, emergency services, and lots more),
• enhanced shorelines and navigation aids for inland and coastal waters,
• elevation contour lines for 49 states - Alaska not included,
• public hunting areas for 47 states - Alaska, Hawaii and Washington State not included,
• Game Management Units for 22 states, including AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, KY, MA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, WI, WY,
• Corp of Engineers lands,
• wilderness areas and wildlife refuges (State and Federal),
• state parks, state forests, city parks, and recreational areas,
• improved inland hydrography and intermittent streams,
• swamps and marshes,
• USGS 1:24000 Quad Map Boundaries (searchable),
• Section, Township, Range lines (searchable),
• boundaries for cities over 2500 in population,
• military reservations,
• golf course, shopping center, hospital, cemetery, and large business grounds,
• airport grounds and diagrams,
• these features included in other versions of MapCreate:
  • rivers/lakes/tributaries,
  • Interstate/federal/state highways,
  • Interstate exit services (restaurants, lodging, fuel, auto/truck/RV services),
  • rural roads and city streets,
  • cities and towns,
  • railways,
  • key landmarks,
  • national forests and national parks,
  • searchable street intersections and street addresses,
• and more!

The MapCreate USA Topo 6.3 software and LGC-12W is compatible with Lowrance mapping products with digital media memory card (MMC/SD) capability that do not have a GPS receiver pre-installed. If you have GPS and need the software only, see the Lowrance MapCreate USA Topo Accessory Pack page.

Works with: GlobalMap 3000, GlobalMap 4000M, GlobalMap 5000C, GlobalMap 6000C, GlobalMap 7000C, LCX-104C, LCX-15CI, LCX-15MT, LCX-16CI, LCX-18C, LCX-19C

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