Garmin MapSource v.6.16.3 - v.6.16.3 - 54.41 MB

Garmin has updated its MapSource Windows-based mapping software.  MapSource is included with the purchase of a Garmin map on DVD or CD. Features include:

• Back up important trip data separately from your Garmin device.
• Plan routes from the convenience of your computer instead of on your device.
• Create, view, and edit waypoints, routes, and tracks.
• Plan extensive or complicated routes, in which you travel to several locations in an order you specify.
• Transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your computer and your device.
• Transfer selected map from your computer to your device.
• Find items, addresses and points of interest included in the map data.
• View your maps in detail on your computer screen.

You can even download a MapSource tutorial at http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html.

Changes made from version 6.16.2 to 6.16.3:

• Fixed some map display issues (22s & 71s labels instead of highway names).
• Fixed Pedestrian routing.
• Fixed some other routing issues.
• Fixed Find Nearest Waypoints issue.
• Fixed vertical profile custom scale settings (right-clicking on the scale of the vertical profile).
• Fixed selection issue (waypoints were not de-selected when selecting a track before).
• Fixed an issue where MapSource did not remember the grid setting correctly.
• Fixed an issue with the updating process.
• Fixed sort by number of via points in the route tab.
• Fixed an issue with spot soundings.
• Fixed a Polish localization issue.
• Made MapSource more robust when encountering invalid map products.

Garmin MapSource v.6.16.2 - v.6.16.2 - 54.71 MB

Garmin has updated its MapSource Windows-based mapping software.  MapSource is included with the purchase of a Garmin map on DVD or CD. Features include:

• Back up important trip data separately from your Garmin device.
• Plan routes from the convenience of your computer instead of on your device.
• Create, view, and edit waypoints, routes, and tracks.
• Plan extensive or complicated routes, in which you travel to several locations in an order you specify.
• Transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your computer and your device.
• Transfer selected map from your computer to your device.
• Find items, addresses and points of interest included in the map data.
• View your maps in detail on your computer screen.

You can even download a MapSource tutorial at http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html.

Changes made from version 6.16.1 to 6.16.2:

• Improved handling of invalid gpx files from devices
• Improved handling of missing components, MapSource will now display a message indicating the missing component
• Changed number of most recently used files from 4 to 10
• Fixed some untranslated strings
• Fixed an issue with saving as gpx and dxf in the Dutch localization
• Fixed a routing issue with third party map products
• Fixed several other routing issues
• Fixed an issue where MapSource would not remember the icon size setting correctly
• Fixed an issue with deleting waypoints from a route
• Fixed a map drawing issue
• Fixed display of ampersands on the map
• Fixed an issue with creating waypoints on certain features

Garmin MapSource v.6.16.1 - v.6.16.1 - 55.01 MB

It looks like Garmin is on a four-month update schedule of its MapSource Windows-based mapping software.  MapSource is included with the purchase of a Garmin map on DVD or CD. Features include:

• Back up important trip data separately from your Garmin device.
• Plan routes from the convenience of your computer instead of on your device.
• Create, view, and edit waypoints, routes, and tracks.
• Plan extensive or complicated routes, in which you travel to several locations in an order you specify.
• Transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your computer and your device.
• Transfer selected map from your computer to your device.
• Find items, addresses and points of interest included in the map data.
• View your maps in detail on your computer screen.

You can even download a MapSource tutorial at http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html.

Changes made from version 6.15.11 to 6.16.1:

• Added support for 64-bit USB device drivers.
• Added generic label descriptions (less ‘unknown’ features).
• Added support for importing relevant data from TCX files.
• Added very small and very large symbol size selection.
• Added support for editing waypoint address and phone number information.
• Added New Zealand TM grid.
• Added display of the total length of all selected tracks/routes in the status bar.
• Added numeric sorting of routes, tracks and waypoints.
• Added ability to send error reports directly to Garmin after a crash.
• Improved memory issues when running MapSource under Windows 7.
• Improved map projection for many map products.
• Improved speed of ‘finalizing’ step when transferring data to SD cards.
• Changed mouse-wheel functionality to zoom in and out.
• Changed ‘seasonal closures’ avoidance option to ‘date and time closures’. MapSource will now route over roads that have time-of-day and seasonal closures if this avoidance option is not checked.
• Changed route via point symbol to small black dot.
• Fixed various categories and subcategories that affected find operations and the display of POI categories and subcategories.
• Fixed some auto-routing oddities.
• Fixed remembering ‘Find Nearest’ dialog search category.
• Fixed issues with ‘Save As’ file dialog (in some cases, existing files were overwritten without prompting).
• Fixed some issues with the Swedish grid.
• Fixed issue with address search when a city name was supplied.
• Fixed loss of mixed-case characters when transferring routes to some USB devices.
• Fixed an issue with the refreshing of the route avoidances dialog.
• Fixed an issue with finding elevation features.
• Fixed an issue where the comment field would be incorrect after creating a waypoint from a find result.
• Fixed an issue where transferring data from a mass-storage device would fail.

It has been four months since Garmin has updated it MapSource Windows-based mapping software.  MapSource is included with the purchase of a Garmin map on DVD or CD. Features include:

• Back up important trip data separately from your Garmin device.
• Plan routes from the convenience of your computer instead of on your device.
• Create, view, and edit waypoints, routes, and tracks.
• Plan extensive or complicated routes, in which you travel to several locations in an order you specify.
• Transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your computer and your device.
• Transfer selected map from your computer to your device.
• Find items, addresses and points of interest included in the map data.
• View your maps in detail on your computer screen.

You can even download a MapSource tutorial at http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html.

Changes made from version 6.15.7 to 6.15.11:

• Improved performance for custom draw elements.
• Made sure waypoints of type ‘Geotagged Photo’ don’t crash MapSource.
• Allowed the import and export of unlock codes.
• Made sure unlocking changes get propagated without needing to restart the application.
• Phone numbers that were imported from gpx files were not written back out again. This is now fixed.
• Added support for enhanced map security.
• Fixed unlocking issue.
• Implemented Asian 6-level address search.
• Improved trimming performance for some Asian map products.