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Mapping a Body of Water Using the Garmin

Quickdraw Contours Feature

Before you can use the Garmin Quickdraw Contours feature,

you must have a supported chartplotter with upgraded software,

sonar depth, your GPS position, and a memory card with free

space.

NOTE:

This feature is not available on all models.

From a chart view, select Menu > Quickdraw Contours >

Start Recording.

When recording is complete, select Stop Recording.

Select Manage

> Name

, and enter a name for the map.

Adding a Label to a Garmin Quickdraw

Contours Map

You can add labels to a Garmin Quickdraw Contours map to

mark hazards or points of interest.

From the Navigation chart, select a location.

Select Add Quickdraw Label.

Enter text for the label, and select

Done.

Garmin Quickdraw

Community

The

Garmin Quickdraw Community is a free, public, online

community that enables you to share your Garmin Quickdraw

Contours maps with others. You can also download maps other

users have created.

To access the Garmin Quickdraw Community, sign in to your

Garmin Connect

™

account, and then you can upload and

download maps using a memory card.

Accessing the Garmin Quickdraw Community

You can access the Garmin Quickdraw Community using

Garmin Connect website.

Go to connect.garmin.com.

Select Get Started > Quickdraw Community > Get Started.

If you do not have a

Garmin Connect account, create one.

Garmin Connect account.

Select

Marine in the upper-right to open the Garmin

Quickdraw widget.

TIP: Make sure you have a memory card in your computer to

Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps.

Sharing Your Garmin Quickdraw Contours Maps with

the

Garmin Quickdraw Community

You can share

Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that you have

created with others in the Garmin Quickdraw Community.

When you share a contour map, only the contour map is shared.

Your waypoints are not shared.

Remove the memory card from the chartplotter.

Remove the memory card from the card reader.

Insert the memory card into your computer.

Access the

Garmin Quickdraw Community (

Accessing the

Garmin Quickdraw Community, page 10).

Select Share Your Contours.

Browse to your memory card, and select the /Garmin

folder.

Open the

Quickdraw folder, and select the file named

ContoursLog.svy.

After the file is uploaded, delete the ContoursLog.svy file from

your memory card to avoid issues with future uploads. Your data

will not be lost.

Downloading Garmin Quickdraw Community Maps

You can download Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that other

users have created and shared with the Garmin Quickdraw

Community.

Insert the memory card into your computer.

Access the

Garmin Quickdraw Community (

Accessing the

Garmin Quickdraw Community, page 10)

Select

Search for Contours.

Use the map and search features to locate an area to

download.

The red dots represent Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps

that have been shared for that region.

Select

Select an Area to Download.

Drag the edges of the box to select the area to download.

Select

Start Download.

Save the file to your memory card.

TIP: If you cannot find the file, look in the "Downloads" folder.

The browser may have saved the file there.

Remove the memory card from your computer.

Insert the memory card in the chartplotter.

The chartplotter automatically recognizes the contours maps.

The chartplotter may take a few minutes to load the maps.

Insert the memory card in the card reader.

The chartplotter automatically recognizes the contours maps.

The chartplotter may take a few minutes to load the maps.

Garmin Quickdraw Contours Settings

From a chart, select

> Quickdraw Contours > Settings

Display: Displays

Garmin Quickdraw Contours. The User

Contours option shows your own Garmin Quickdraw

Contours maps. The Community Contours option shows the

maps you have downloaded from the Garmin Quickdraw

Community.

Recording Offset: Sets the distance between the sonar depth

and the contour recording depth. If the water level has

changed since your last recording, adjust this setting so the

recording depth is the same for both recordings.

For example, if the last time you recorded had a sonar depth

of 3.1 m (10.5 ft.), and today's sonar depth is 3.6 m (12 ft.),

enter -0.5 m (-1.5 ft.) for the a Recording Offset value.

User Display Offset: Sets differences in contour depths and

depth labels on your own contours maps to compensate for

changes in the water level of a body of water, or for depth

errors in recorded maps.

Comm. Display Offset: Sets differences in contour depths and

depth labels on the community contours maps to compensate

for changes in the water level of a body of water, or for depth

errors in recorded maps.

Survey Coloring: Sets the color of the

Garmin Quickdraw

Contours display. When this setting is turned on, the colors

indicate the quality of the recording. When this setting is

turned off, the contour areas use standard map colors.

Green indicates good depth and GPS position, and a speed

under 16 km/h (10 mph). Yellow indicates good depth and

GPS position, and a speed between 16 and 32 km/h (10 and

20 mph). Red indicates poor depth or GPS position, and a

speed above 32 km/h (20 mph).

Depth Shading: Specifies the upper and lower limits of a depth

range and a color for that depth range.

10 Garmin Quickdraw

™

Contours Mapping

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