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Memory-Map allows you to navigate with your iPhone using a wide variety of maps available for many parts of the world. It is designed for outdoor, off-road use, with topo maps, marine charts and aeronautical charts. If you already have Memory-Map's PC software, you can use any of your existing maps on the iPhone.
Downloading maps for offline use
Customizing the Navigation display
When you first run the application, it prompts you to enable the phone's location service. This is used to identify the best available free basemap for your location. You must enable the location service and provide a connection to the internet to allow the application to download the basemap. It is faster if you are on a WiFi network to download map data, but any internet connection will work.
When the map is displayed, you can scroll and zoom. Data is automatically downloaded as you move about the map.
The maps in Memory-Map are raster images, which means the level of detail in each map is fixed. If you want to see more detail, you have to switch to a different map.
Touch the Map Folder icon on the toolbar. This initially shows a list of the maps that cover the current center of the screen. If you have just started, there is probably just the one map listed there.
Touch the More Maps button, and select Online maps. This now displays just the free maps for the currently viewed location that are available for download.
Due to a change in Apple's policies, you are no longer permitted to find out about the premium maps that were for sale through the app. However, there are other ways to discover and buy these maps. If you need help with this, please refer to the FAQ, the Forum, or contact tech support.
By default, the listing is just for topographic maps and small-scale base-maps. If you are looking for marine charts, historical maps, or any other specialist maps, tap the Map Types button and turn on the type you want to access.
If you select a map that has to be activated, the software prompts you to Sign In to your account. If you have used Memory-Map (version 5.2 or later) on the PC, you should sign in using the same name and password as you used previously. All the resources in your account are then available for activation on the iPhone. If you are new to Memory-Map, you have to create an account on the PC or on the web site first..
When you have signed in, you are prompted to activate the map. If you already purchased the map, it shows the number of activations available in your account and allows you to use the map.
It is no longer possible to get a time-limited demo to view or evaluate the map. This is not permitted by Apple's new rules. The only way to get a map demo is on a PC or Android device.
It you have used up all the activation rights for a map, you need to go to the web site. There is no longer any option to purchase maps from within the app, as this is not permitted my Apple's new rules.
Some maps are licensed by the square kilometer, and instead of having to buy the whole map, you can purchase just as much as you need. In this case, an "Activate" button is shown on the map. When this is pressed, the application will show you how many square km are in your account and how many are needed to activate the region of the screen. Clicking Activate will unlock the map data for the region shown on the screen.
If you don't activate the map, it is displayed with a blurry, grayed-out appearance. This allows you to see major features, even though the map is disabled.
Some of the maps are downloaded in full the first time you select them. Larger maps automatically download data on-the-fly as you scroll around the map. But if you are planning a trip outside an area of internet connectivity (or if mobile internet data is expensive), you can download the detailed coverage you need in advance. There are a number of ways you can do this:
Along a planned route:
Plan the route you are going to travel (See Routes)
Include any side trips or escape routes
Open the detailed map you want to download/activate.
Tap on a waypoint, Edit Route, or tap on a route in the overlay list.
Tap "Download Map"
Select "Along Route", and choose how wide the area of map you want surrounding your route.
Tap Start
If the map is a DMS Selections map, you are prompted to activate that area of map, if needed.
Downloading a custom area:
Create a route that encloses the area of map you want
Place the last waypoint close to the first one. It does not need to be exact, as the polygon is automatically closed
Open the detailed map you want to download/activate.
Tap on a waypoint, Edit Route, or tap on a route in the overlay list.
Tap "Download Map"
Select "Enclosed"
Tap Start
If the map is a DMS Selections map, you are prompted to activate that area of map, if needed.
If you are going to leave the phone unattended while it downloads the data, plug it in, in case the battery is low.
All the map data, once loaded, is cached for future off-line use. If you want to free up some of your iPhone's memory, bring up the Map list, tap More Maps and All Maps on Device. Decide which map you want to delete and tap the little blue button to the right of the map. Tap Delete Map. If the map is licensed, this does not delete the license. You can download the map again in the future and use it any time.
Any maps that you use with the Memory-Map desktop mapping products can be used on your iPhone. This includes Memory-Map map packages, or any third party maps that are compatible with the desktop product. For example BSB charts, or eTopo maps can be used (NB, this requires the "Import Maps" license).
You can also scan a paper map (with the permission of the copyright holder), calibrate it using the Memory-Map desktop app, and use the result for navigation on your iPhone. The map files (with QCT, QC3, MMI extensions) can be loaded directly off your original Memory-Map DVDs (providing the files are not bigger than 2GB). Alternatively, they may be found in the folder C:\Maps or C:\Maps_V5 on your PC hard drive.
To copy the maps to your phone, sync it with iTunes using the USB cable. In iTunes, select the device, and click the Apps tab. At the bottom is a section that shows all the apps that support file sharing. Select Memory-Map. You can now drag-n-drop files and folders into the list on the right.
Tap the Maps Folder
Tap the Blue button to the right of the map you want to inspect
Tap "Chunk Status"
The map display now shows colored squares to indicate the status of each chunk
Green: Fully downloaded & Activated
Blue: Activated but not fully downloaded (DMS Selections only)
Use the "Download All" feature to download the chunks that are missing
Red: Downloaded in full but not Activated
If you have copied the map from the PC, use the "Activate All" feature
No square: The chunk has not been fully downloaded and (for DMS Selections maps) is not activated
Zoom out to a smaller-scale basemap (eg 1:1M) to see an overview of your chunks.
Touch the Find toolbar button to enter the name of a place and view that location on the map. The first time you use this feature, the app may go online to download the appropriate index database.
If you are using a map uploaded from your PC, ensure that you upload the matching MMI file to access the index database.
If your iPhone has a built-in GPS, your location is shown as a red circle with cross-hairs on the map. The center of the circle flashes to indicate when the position is updated, usually every second or two if there is good GPS reception. If the circle turns grey, GPS reception has been lost. The estimated accuracy of the GPS position is displayed on the Flip-side data page, accessed by touching the -> button on the toolbar.
At any time when the GPS has a valid position, you can touch the GPS Lock (padlock icon) button on the toolbar. This scrolls the map to show the position at the center of the screen. As you move the position is locked and the map scrolls automatically to keep the position in the same place on the screen. You can drag the map to re-locate the GPS position to one side, to show more of the map ahead. As long as you don't drag the GPS position off the screen, it will remain locked at that screen location. If you move off the edge of a map, another map is automatically loaded.
If you are moving, you may also see a Velocity Vector. This is an arrow that shows your direction and speed of travel. The length of the vector is scaled to show where you will be if you maintain the same speed and heading for 5 minutes. You can change the scale by touching the green Settings button on the Flip side page, and selecting GPS settings.
Note, however, that the iPhone's GPS is optimized for car use, and it does not indicate motion well at slow speeds. If you are on foot, you may need to walk at a brisk pace for 50 yards or so before the iPhone's GPS indicates any motion at all. This is a limitation of the iPhone and not something we can overcome in the application. Once you are moving, even at slow speed, the application uses position averaging to estimate speed and direction. This means that at slow speeds, the velocity vector will lag behind changes in speed and direction. You can change the averaging time in the GPS settings.
If your iPhone is equipped with a compass, the position indicator has a red triangle that points in the direction the iPhone is pointing. This is a very useful feature for navigation on foot, as you can determine directions while you are standing still. To enable the compass, go to the flip side, press the settings button on the toolbar and "GPS Settings", and turn on the compass.
Note, when using the compass, you may find it gives wildly inaccurate results. First make sure you are away from any magnets or steel objects (it does not work reliably in a car). The best way to re-calibrate it is simply rotate the iphone in a slow tumbling motion, about all three axes, to expose it to the field from all directions. It does not need to be in any special mode to do the calibration.
There are two ways you can use the compass feature. First, point the iPhone in an intended direction of travel, or in the direction of a feature you want to identify on the map. The indicator triangle then shows that direction on the map.
Another way you can use it, is to rotate the iPhone so that the indicator triangle points to the top of the screen. When it is pointing straight up, the map is now oriented geographically, so that directions on the map are the same as directions on the ground.
You can use marks to save locations, and to record and access information about a location, and to navigate to a location. You can also use marks to measure the distance and bearing to a point.
To create a Mark, touch the Flag + button on the toolbar. A mark is created at the center of the screen, and you can drag it to adjust its position with the green four-way arrow handle. If you touch anywhere else on the map, the handle disappears, but it is shown again if you tap on the location of the mark. (Note, you have to select the point at the bottom of the flag-staff, not the top of the flag).
To record your current GPS position, first touch the lock button to scroll the map so the GPS is at the center of the screen, then touch the Mark button to create a mark.
To measure a bearing and distance from your current location, create a mark and drag it to the point you are interested in. The bearing and distance is displayed above the mark.
A blue pop-up menu button is shown when the mark is selected. Touching this allows you to delete the mark, edit it, or, if it has an associated URL, open information about the mark in the web browser. For example, if you import a GPX file containing points of interest, you can access detailed information on the web about each point. Editing a mark allows you to give it a meaningful name, change the icon or color, edit the position using lat-long or grid coordinates, enter a text comment, or enter the linked URL.
If you select "Go To" in the popup menu, you can use the on-screen arrow pointer and navigation data to help you get to that location. The data on the flip side gives you more detailed information such as ETA, VMG, etc. Turn the device to landscape mode to show even more data.
See below for information on importing and exporting marks.
You can use routes for planning and measuring distances. Routes can also be uploaded from a PC, and they can be emailed.
To create a routes, start by creating a mark, as above. Touch the blue pop-up menu button, and select Create Route. The mark is now shown as a blue dot, and the Done button appears at the top of the screen. Touch the map to create each waypoint in your route. Don't worry too much if the waypoints are not exactly where you want them. When you have finished creating the route, you can zoom in, select each waypoint and drag it to the precise location later. While you are creating the route, you can scroll and zoom the map, and change maps. When you have created all the waypoints, touch the Done button at the top of the screen.
As you create or edit the route, the total distance is displayed at the top of the screen.
Touch one of the waypoints, and the Drag/Menu buttons are displayed. The name of the waypoint and the distance and bearing from the previous waypoint are display. If you touch the menu button, you can delete, insert or edit a waypoint, or delete or edit the route. If you insert at the last waypoint of the route, it allows you to continue adding wayponts to extend the route, until you touch the Done button.
It is easy to measure a distance and bearing with the Route tool. Create a Mark, and drag it to the point you want to measure from. Touch the blue menu button, Create Route. Touch the other point to place a waypoint, and touch it again to select it. Drag to the exact point, and read off the distance and bearing just above. When you are finished, tap the menu button again and Delete the route.
To see a list of your routes, flip the page over and touch one of the overlay folder buttons (either will do), then tap Routes in the segmented button at the top. Tapping a route allows you to edit the name, comment, change the color, view it on the map or delete it.
To navigate along a route, touch the blue menu button, and select "Follow Route". The on-screen arrow pointer and navigation data on the flip side provides all the information you need to accurately follow the route. Turn the device to landscape mode for more data.
Memory-Map has the ability to record your movements as a tracklog. It also calculates your distance travelled, maximum and average speeds, and time spent moving. You can show the tracklog on the map, and you can transfer it to the Memory-Map desktop application, where you can analyze your speed and elevation profile, etc.
By default tracklog recording is enabled. If the application is not used for 6 hours, it will automatically start a new tracklog. Otherwise, you can jump in and out of the program, and it will continue saving points to the current tracklog.
If you want to stop recording the track, go to the Flip-side view, and touch the Stop Logging button. The same button lets you start recording again.
Note: if the "Start/Stop Logging" button is not shown, try turning the device from landscape to portrait. The Logging button is one of the customizable items, so, if your preferred orientation is landscape, you can customize the display to add the Logging button to the landscape data layout.
To view the statistics for a track, touch the tracks folder on the flip-side, and select the track of interest in the table. This view let's you rename the track, add notes, and change it's color. You can also delete a track here.
The app is capable of displaying a great variety of information, and many people will want to customize the displays to enhance the data that is relevant to their style of using the app. Some people just want to record their trip, and see the distance travelled, while others want to know, for example, velocity-made-good as they are navigating towards a mark.
There are data fields on the main screen and on the flip-side screen, and each of these has an independent layout for portrait and landscape display modes. So that is 4 separate screens of information that you can customize. The default layout selects trip-recorder-related data in portrait mode and navigation-related data in landscape mode.
If you want to change any of the data fields, touch-and-hold anywhere on the flip-side screen, and select "Change Data" from the menu. A set of blue menu buttons then appears, one in each "cell" that can contain a display item. Press the blue button to select from any of the 30+ available displays. Select "Blank" to make that cell empty.
You can also make a data field larger, so it spans more than one cell in the horizontal or vertical direction. Press the blue menu button, then press the black default button that names the field already programmed in the cell. Another menu pops up that allows you to make the field wider, narrower, taller or shorter. The item is always controlled by the menu button at it's top left cell. Before increasing the size of an item, its best to make the adjacent cells blank otherwise you will have a mess of overlapping data.
When you have finished customizing the layout, press the "Done" button to make all the menus disappear.
To customize the data on the main screen, overlaid on the map, go to the flip side and press and hold the screen, and select "Change Data" to start customizing, then flip back to the main screen. You will see four menu buttons, one in each cell in the corners of the display, and you can use these to select the data, and change its size, just as before.
When you are happy with your customized layout, I recommend saving it to a file. Press-and-hold the flip side, then select Save Layout. If you make a mistake and want to go back to the default, select Restore Default Layout, or you can load one of your saved layouts. You could set up one layout optimized for hiking, and another set up for sailing, or whatever. In the Save Layout dialog, there is a button to email the layout as an attachment, so you can send it over to your buddy's iPhone. You can also manipulate these files (which have the *.dvtf extension) using itunes file sharing.
There are a number of different ways you can record the tracklog. If you are in a vehicle, plane, boat or whatever, you can put the iPhone in a dash mount and plug in a power adaptor. But for handheld use, you need to consider battery life, and the possibility of unintentional screen touches.
If you want to see the screen, but you don't want any accidental touches to interact with the application, press-and-hold the Location Lock button on the toolbar for 4 seconds. This will lock the screen, so that the application ignores any touch events. There is a small button on unlock.
Memory-Map has the ability to use the GPS and record a tracklog while the app is in the background, or even with the screen turned off. You can enable this option in the Settings > GPS Settings dialog.
When you've used Memory-Map for a while, you may find the screen becomes cluttered with too many tracks or marks. While you can turn off track recording, and delete individual marks and tracks, there are also some more powerful tools to help you manage your overlay data.
First, you can save your data in named files. To do this, go to the flip side view, touch the mark or track folder, touch Menu and Save/Email file. This will save the entire set of either marks or track currently loaded. After saving the data, you might want to Delete All. This deletes all Marks or Tracks currently loaded in memory. It does not delete the saved files. (If you want to delete a file, use the blue disclosure button in the load or save file view).
Later, you might want to re-load the set of data you saved. Touch Menu and Load Saved Data in the mark or track folders.
If you have collected some data on the iPhone, and you want to store or analyze it on your desktop computer, use the Save/Email File menu command, give the file a name and touch the email button. This closes Memory-Map and opens the email application with a GPX file attached. Send the email to yourself and open it on your desktop. Of course, you can just as easily send it to someone else to share your data.
GPX is a open file format supported by Memory-Map's PC software as well as many other tools. The GPX data does not include the map images. For example you can transfer the data to a Garmin GPS, to use as a backup for your iPhone.
You can also upload GPX data from your home computer to the iPhone. This could be a route you have planned, or a set of points of interest you have compiled. There are also many websites that have trails and so on in GPX format. Just copy the GPX file to the app using the iTunes file sharing mechanism (just like loading maps).
If you receive a GPX file as an attachment in an email, you can tap on it, and the mail app will give you the option to open it with Memory-Map. If you don't have your computer with iTunes available, you can send emails to yourself as a convenient way to move data from one device to another.
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