AIRIS NAVIGATOR 4 manual

Navigator Manual version 4.0

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Part I Introduction

Part II Using Navigator 9

The map menu

Zooming

Moving the map

Bubble

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Overview

Search

Postcode

Routing

Customise

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Search Results

Route Results

Highlights

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GPS tracking

Replay

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Navigation .......................................................................................................................................................... 38

Installing on PDA .......................................................................................................................................................... 46

8 Toolbar ................................................................................................................................... 47

Toolbar buttons .......................................................................................................................................................... 47

Adding a pushpin .......................................................................................................................................................... 50

User Object List .......................................................................................................................................................... 53

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Contents II

63 Part III Importing Data

Part IV Configuring Navigator 76

2 Bubble ................................................................................................................................... 77

3 GPS

4 Map

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6 Routing ................................................................................................................................... 84

7 Search ................................................................................................................................... 87

Part V Navigator CE 90

Part VI FAQ's

Index

102

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II

Part

I

Introduction 4

1 Introduction

1.1

Installation

Run SETUP.EXE from the installation CD and follow the on-screen instructions.

At the end of the installation process you have the option to Navigator CE for Pocket PC PDAs. A prerequisite for Navigator CE is that MS ActiveSync is installed and the PDA connected. You can install Navigator CE at a later point by invoking it from the Windows start menu

(Start/Programs/Navigator/Install Navigator CE).

The default language is selected according to settings in Windows (Start/Settings/Control

Panel/Regional and language options). You can change the language in Navigator in Settings.

Currently available languages are English, Czech, German and Italian.

Available Maps

The following countries are covered:


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Country

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Great Britain

Size [MB]

2

192

132

109

109

127

1259

1334

660

Coverage (%) Supplier

100 Tele Atlas

100

100

72,9

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

100

79,41

100

100

100

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Note

Ireland (Republic of Ireland)

Italy

Luxemburg

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

San Marino

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

TOTAL

14

1066

11

205

235

31

52

1

527

373

121

6560

45,09

91,74

100

100

100

4,23

41,28

??

79,54

100

100

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas

1.2

Running Navigator for the first time

To start Navigator click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Navigator and click on Navigator.

The main Navigator window, with a tool bar in the top part, will appear as shown below.

Coverage for

Northern

Ireland has not changed and consists of a

Fully Attributed

Street network coverage for

16.46 % of the population

(Belfast) and

Major Road

Network coverage for the rest of

Northern

Ireland


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If you leave the mouse pointer over a toolbar button for more than 1 second a help bubble will pop up with a brief description of what the button does. Note that if a button is greyed out it cannot be used.

1.3

Opening a map

To display a new map click the button on the left of the toolbar. This brings up the Select Map dialog box.



In the Select Map dialog box click to choose the map you want. You can select any combination of countries in the list but only those that are installed. To select all the countries select Europe at the top. Now click OK to confirm your selection. This will bring up a window containing the map you selected. To see it across the whole screen click the maximize button in the top right corner of the map window.

If you have previously saved any Position Marks

then can select to open a map at the saved position.

Notice that once a map is opened all the buttons on the toolbar become active.

1.4

Exiting Navigator

From the menu select File/Exit to quit Navigator. If Open last active map on startup is ticked in

Settings/Application then Navigator will save your map position before closing.


Part

II


2 Using Navigator

2.1

Navigator Overview

Once a map is loaded you will see something like this:

As you can see the window is divided into two panes, the input pane on the left and the map view on the right. The input pane is where you can search for locations, postcodes, routes as well as navigate and customise the map. A third pane, the results or output pane, is not visible initially and will only appear after some search, route or GPS connection is initiated.

Before we examine the input pane lets first see what we can do with the map view.

2.2

The Map View

2.2.1

The map menu

Right click on the map and the following menu will appear,


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Lets go through these items one by one.

Show legend

If you have clicked over a map layer the Show legend item will be visible, otherwise it is greyed out.

Click this item if you want to modify the look or visibility of the layer you clicked over.

Undo map position

Undo the last map operation - zoom, move, rotate etc..

Redo map position

This item is only available after an Undo map position. It repeats the previous map operation - zoom, move, rotate etc..

Open another view

Open another view of the current map.

Fullscreen

Show the map across the whole screen. To get out of full screen mode right click on the map and select this item again.

Show map highlights

Show/hide any existing map highlights. This option only appears after you have selected to show route or search results on the map.

Centralise position

Centre the map on the point where you clicked.

Find nearest

Search all map databases for the nearest object to where you clicked. One record will be returned for each searchable map layer.

Cursor modes

Moving the cursor over this item will show the following submenu.



Select one of the following:

Zoom in/out

Change the cursor mode to zoom mode. Use this mode to zoom in or out of user selected rectangles.

Grabber hand

Change the cursor mode to grabber hand. Use this mode to move the map using click and drag operations.

Rotate

Change the cursor mode to rotate. Use this mode to change the rotation of the map.

Rectangular

Change the cursor to rectangular search mode. Use to search the map for objects within a user defined rectangle.

Elliptic

Change the cursor to elliptic search mode. Use to search the map for objects within a user defined circle/ellipse.

Free shape

Change the cursor to free shape search mode. Use to search the map for objects within a user defined region.

Routing

Moving the cursor over this item will show the following submenu.

Set departure

Make the point on the map where you clicked the start of your route. A route departure icon will be added to the map and the input pane will automatically change to the routing tab.

Add waypoint

Make the point on the map where you clicked a stop on your route. A route waypoint icon will be added to the map and the input pane will automatically change to the routing tab.



Set destination

Make the point on the map where you clicked the end of your route. A route destination icon will be added to the map and the input pane will automatically change to the routing tab.

Set home point

Make the point on the map where you clicked the end of your Home Point, a feature designed to save you time. This point will automatically add as the opposite end of the journey. So, if you have selected a departure then the home point will be added as a destination and vice versa. It even enables you to start navigation home without setting any route points.

Close for routing

If you right click over a street you can prohibit routing through it. To enable it again got the

user object list

. In the closed roads sections you will see a list of all prohibit roads. To reenable it for use in routing right click on it and select Delete.

Calculate route

Calculate a route based on the currently selected route points. If the destination or departure has not been selected then

routing

will begin/end the route at the home point.

Navigate route

This will start voice driven, step by step navigation

. Note that you must have a GPS device connected and configured for this feature to work. Also, it is not necessary to select a

Departure for your journey as the route is calculated from your current GPS position.

Add pushpin

Click this item if you want to place a user pushpin at the spot on the map where you clicked.

If you have right clicked over a pushpin or a route point you will additionally see the following items.

Highlight

Zoom in on the object and highlighted with a flashing effect in the colour defined in

settings.

Zoom in

Zoom in on the object to greater map detail.

Delete

Remove the object from the map and the user object list.

Copy as

If you have right clicked over a pushpin the following options will be visible:

Copy as route start

Make the pushpin the beginning of a route



Copy as waypoint(s)

Make the pushpin a waypoint on a route

Copy as route start

Make the pushpin the end of a route

Copy as home point

Make the pushpin the Home Point

If you have clicked over a route point then the following option will be visible:

Copy as pushpin

Add a

pushpin

at the coordinates of the waypoint.

2.2.2

Zooming

There are several ways to zoom in and out of the map. Lets go through each of them.

Zoom bar

In the bottom right corner of the Navigator window the current scale is shown, with the zoom bar next to it.

Moving the slider changes the magnification of the map. Move the slider to the left to zoom in on the map and to the right to zoom out. The scale bar will automatically adjust to give a correct reading.

This method zooms in/out of the centre point of the map view.

Toolbar zoom buttons

Clicking the first two of the above buttons in the toolbar will zoom out (increasing area shown on the map by one third) or zoom in (decreasing the area shown by one third). Click the third button to zoom to maximum detail the last button to display the whole map.

Click and drag

First you must change the cursor mode to Zoom in/out. Now you can 'click and drag' anywhere on the map. As you drag across the map you will see that a rectangular region is shown on the map and that the cursor has changed.

This signifies the zoom area. Once you have released the mouse button you have two options. Click inside this rectangle to zoom in to it, or click outside it to zoom out. The smaller the region the larger


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Key shortcuts

The F5 and F6 keys can be used to zoom in and out of the map quickly. Press F5 to zoom in and F6 to zoom out.

2.2.3

Moving the map

There are several ways of moving the map around. Lets go through each of them.

Scroll bars

This is the most obvious way of moving the map about. The square slider between the arrows relates to the horizontal/vertical position of the displayed area relative to the whole map. By clicking on the left arrow the display area will shift to the left. To move the map further you can click the square and slide it as far as necessary.

Panning

If you move the mouse pointer near the edge of the map you will notice it change to a chevron symbol.

Now click the left mouse button to move the map in the direction of the chevrons. This way you can move in eight directions, move the mouse pointer near the corners of the map to move diagonally.

Grabber hand

To move the map more precisely it is often better to use the grabber hand. First change the cursor mode to Grabber hand. Use this to 'grab and slide' the map around in its window. Click any point on the map, hold down the left mouse button, and move the mouse. The mouse pointer will change to a hand symbol.



The blank areas will be redrawn in when you release the button.

You can also switch between the grabber hand and the zoom cursor by pressing the space bar.

Map overview

From the input pane select Overview

. The current map view is shown as the purple rectangle in the map overview. Click and drag this rectangle to move the map to a new position.

Goto to coordinates

If you know the coordinates of the location you want see on the map then you go there directly. From the menu select Search/Go to coordinates to bring up the Go to position dialog.

The dialog already contains a set of coordinates. These signify the position at the centre of current map view. Use the Coordinate system drop down menu to select which type of geographical coordinates you wish to input. Now enter the coordinates and click the Go To button to see the location on the map.



2.2.4

Bubble

When you click on an object on the map an information bubble should appear as shown above.

The bubble shows details of the object you clicked on - in this case Spital Street in Dartford. Because the map is made up of layers, you may have clicked over several objects. In this case there are four, as can be seen at the top of the bubble - entity 1 of 4.

To see the other information on the other layers click the small arrows in the top right corner of the bubble.

To exit the bubble click the cross in the top right corner. Click menu to see the

map menu

.

2.3

The Input Pane

See Settings/Application to find out how to enable/disable components on the input pane.

2.3.1

Overview

The overview tab shows the an overview of the current map location. The map view corresponds to the purple bounding box visible on the overview.



You can click and drag the bounding box to move the map around.

If you have rotated the map or have map rotation set through GPS the bounding box will automatically rotate to in sync with the map view. The brighter edge of the bounding box signifies the top of the map view.

Show entire map

Check this option if you want to force the overview to always display the whole map. If not selected you can choose the scale of the overview in relation to the current map view. On the bottom right of the tab you can the current overview scale.

Show all views

If you have more than one map view open you can check this option to display the bounding boxes of all of them. Note that the View:Overview will be in relation to the map view with the highest zoom.

Select layers

If you find the overview too cluttered then you can use this feature to remove some of the map layers.

Once you have clicked the Select Layers button the following dialog should appear.



Click the + next to a layer to see all its sub-layers. Simply select which layers to show/hide by toggling the check box next to them. Click OK to exit and keep the changes.

2.3.2

Search

The search tab allows you to search all map databases, except postcodes ( see postcode tab

). By initial Search tab looks like this.

This allows you to search all databases for name of the location you are looking for. To find Abbey

Road type 'Abbey Road' and click the Search! button. You do not have to type the full name. For example typing just 'Abbey' will find Abbey Road but it will also find Abbey Street, Abbey Lane and so on. The more you type the more precise the result will be.

Show categories

By default Navigator searches through all databases. So typing 'Abbey' will not only search for all


19 Navigator 4.0 Help streets beginning with the word 'Abbey' but also all other points of interest. For example, this search will also find the Abbey Visitor Centre in Bury St Edmunds, the Abbey Hill Golf Club in Milton Keynes and many more. To narrow the search to one or more databases check the Show categories option.

A list now appears with three option.

All databases in Navigator are divided into three master categories - Geographical features, Points of

interest and Roads and Streets. To exclude an entire category from the search make sure to uncheck it. To speed up the search for Abbey Road uncheck Geographical features and Points of Interest in the list. Now Navigator will only look up the streets databases.

Notice that the amount of fields you can search has increased. You can now specify even the town in which the street is located.

If, instead, you wanted to search for all golf clubs beginning with 'Abbey' then first uncheck all three categories. Now expand the Points of Interest category by clicking the plus symbol next to it. This will list all databases in that category. Scroll down until you see Golf Course and select it.



Now you have narrowed the search to only look up the Golf Course database, and only Golf course results will be shown. Note that the amount of fields you can search has increased even further.

Restrict countries

If you have several countries installed it is possible to restrict a search to particular countries. Tick this check box and select which countries should be searched.

Show search mode

Tick this check box if you want to limit the search by area. Now select the in area/along route radio button. If you have previously planned a route it will be shown in the list below. Check it to search for locations along it. To set the width of the search corridor see

Settings/Search

.

The list will also show a search area if you created one on the map. To create a search area change the cursor mode to Rectangular, Elliptic or Free shape. If you are in rectangular or elliptic mode just click and drag out the area on the map. In free shape mode you just click around the border of the region you want to search in.

Check the option you want to limit the search to.

Containing text

If you want to search for text that may not be at the beginning of the name you are looking then enable this mode. It will pattern search all databases. For example, the only way to find New Abbey

Road from 'Abbey' is by Checking this option.

2.3.3

Postcode

Click on the postcode tab if you want to search the postcode database.



Type the postcode you are looking for in the postcode field. Remember to delimit the two part of a postcode with a space - e.g. TN13 1WY. You do not have to fill in the postcode in its entirety. To find all postcodes in TN13, just type in TN13 and click the Find button.

You can use the other search fields also. To find all postcodes in Sevenoaks type Sevenoaks in the

Post Town field. Notice that as you type the nearest match is automatically found. So for Sevenoaks it is only necessary to type 'Sev'.

2.3.4

Routing

The route tab is where you set out your journey.

To add points to your route you can select them directly from the map. Simply right click on the map where you want to add the routing point. From the menu go to routing and select a waypoint type.



Or perform a search and add them from the output pane. Simply select the entry you want to route to and right click on it. From the menu go to routing and select a waypoint type.

Once a route point has been selected it will appear in the list as well as on the map.



Different route point are denoted by different icons on the map.

Departure

Destination

Waypoint

To change the order of a route point select it in the list and use the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Move a point to the top of the list to make it the departure and to the bottom to make it the destination of your route.

If you want to reverse the order of the route points click the Reverse button. This will plan your route back from your destination.

To remove a route point from the list select it and click the Delete button. To remove all route points, click Select all and the Delete. Note that deleting a route point will also remove it from the map.

If you have selected more than one waypoint you can get Navigator to automatically sort them to make your route faster. To do this click the Optimise button.

If you have not yet selected all your route points you can do so now. From the Select route points drop down menu choose which type of point you want to add and click the Select button. The mouse pointer will change to a target. Click a point on the map to locate the route point there.

Once you're happy that you have setup your route correctly you are ready to calculate it. From the

Choose route optimisation type drop down menu select whether you want to see the fastest, shortest or cheapest route. Click Find Route to proceed.



When a route is calculated it will be highlighted on the map, and the

itinerary

displayed in the output pane.

Navigate

Instead of clicking Find Route you can click Navigate. This will start voice driven, step by step

navigation

. Note that you must have a GPS device connected and configured for this feature to work.

Also, it is not necessary to select a Departure for your journey as the route is calculated from your current GPS position.

Routing in restricted access roads

If you select a routing point in a pedestrian street you will be warned with a message to let you know that the street may be inaccessible to vehicles. Routing points in private and restricted roads will not give a warning message but will appear in red in the route itinerary.

2.3.5

Customise

The last tab in the input pane is Customise. Here you can change the look and feel of the map.



To customise a particular layer you can either select it from the list or right click over an object on the map and select Show Legend. This automatically bring you the right place in the list.

The list is ordered first in major categories, like Streets, Railways and so on. Each of these categories has several layers. As you can see above the Streets category contains many different types of street.

If you expand a layer, by clicking the '+' next to it, you will see one or more drawers. There are four basic types of drawer - line (LINE), area (AREA), icon (PICT) and text (TEXT).

As you can see the local road shown above has three drawers - one line and two texts. The line represents the street on the map while the two text drawers show the street name and house numbers.



All drawers have the following common attributes:

id - internal Navigator id which cannot be edited.

maximal zoom - the top zoom at which the drawer remains visible, i.e. the point at which it disappears from the map as you zoom out.

minimal zoom - the lowest zoom at which the drawer remains visible, i.e. the point at which it disappears from the map as you zoom in.

status - set the drawer to be VISIBLE (shown on the map in the zoom boundaries defined above),

BLINKING (shown as a highlight) or HIDDEN (not shown).

Line and Area attributes

fill colour - the colour of the line. Click the value and a browse button will appear. Click this to open the Select colour dialog.

fill style - the way in which the line styled. Click the value and a browse button will appear. Click this to open the Fill Style dialog.

Here you can set different transparency levels and fill patterns. You can also select a user pattern but this is for advanced use only.

frame colour - the colour of the line edge/border.

frame width - width or the edge/border in pixels. The larger the number the thicker the border. Select

0 to make the border disappear.



Line only attributes

end type - defines the look of the end of a line.

square round trapezium


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join type - when a road link is made of several points this setting affects the way the middle points are represented.

miter


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line width - the width of the line. The larger the number the thicker the line.

minimum width - as you zoom out the line representing a street gets thinner. Use this value to stop the line from shrinking beyond a certain pixel width.

size shrinking - the rate at which the line shrinks with each zoom. The larger the number the faster the line shrinks.

Text attributes

font - sets the font effects and size of text. Click the value and a browse button will appear. Click this to open the Fill Style dialog.



Font - select the font type and size.

Color - select the font colour. If you tick the draw Frame check box then the text will be displayed in a frame. The frame border and colour can also be selected here.

Align - how the text is aligned in regard to its geographical position.

Size shrinking - affects the text size as you change zoom. The higher the number the smaller the text will become as you zoom out.

Width:height ratio - affects the spacing between letters. In most cases you want to keep this set to proportional. The lower the value the closer characters will be.

Pict attributes

icon file - Click the value and a browse button will appear. Click this to open the Choose a file dialog.

Here you can select an alternate icon to represent the layer. Note that most icon layers have two

PICT drawers, one for detailed zooms and a smaller one for higher zooms.

2.4

The Output Pane

2.4.1

Search Results

After performing a search the result will be shown in the output pane, which will appear at the bottom of the Navigator window.



Each result appears as a new tab in the output window. Here we can see two searches have been performed, one for 'Abbey' in search and a previous one for a postcode.

Each result tab is divided into two lists. On the left is a category list.

This list shows all the databases had records beginning with 'Abbey'. The number in brackets after shows the number of records found in that category. If there is a '>' symbol before the number then this indicates that not all records are listed. In the interests of speed Navigator only searches for a limited number of records in a databases. To increase or decrease this maximum limit +++see



Settings/Search+++. Click a category in the list to see its matching records.

The list on the rights list all records that match the search criteria for the category you selected. The columns listed may vary from category to category. For example, the Roads and Streets category has

Name, Type and Details columns but Museums will contain Street, Number, City and Phone columns.

Right click a record to bring up a pop up menu.

Show on map

Click this to show the selected record on the map. It will be highlighted in flashing colours on the screen. If you have selected more then one record, they will all be highlighted on the screen and the map will automatically adjust to show them all Note that this performs the same function as clicking the following button in the top right corner of the Output pane.

Copy to clipboard

If you want to past the selected record in to another application the use this to copy it to clipboard first.

Set as search area

This option will be greyed out for all records that are not regions. If you want to search for 'Abbey' in

Kent then search for Kent first. Go to County in the Result Category list and right click on Kent in the right hand list. Now select Set as search area. Kent will automatically be added to the Show search

mode list box and can be selected for area search.

Routing

Moving the mouse pointer over the Routing entry brings up the routing submenu.



To add the selected record as a point on your route select one of the options from this menu. You can also make it the home point, a feature designed to save you time. This point will automatically add as the opposite end of the journey. So, if you have selected a departure then the home point will be added as a destination and vice versa.

Once you have selected your routing points the you can use this menu to

calculate the route

or

initiate navigation

.

2.4.2

Route Results

When a route is calculated it is highlighted on the map and the itinerary displayed in the output pane.



The itinerary is shown in several columns.

Town - The town in which the street is located

Number - The road number is there is one for that street.

Name - the name/number of each road on the route

Type - the road type of each street on the route. There are five basic road types in Navigator motorway, primary, major, minor and unclassified. See

Routing settings for a further explanation of

these types.

Comment - other information about the maneuver (e.g. roundabout, slip road)

Length - the distance you will travel before the next manoeuvre

Distance - the total distance traveled on the journey so far

Time - the length in time before the next manoeuvre

Total time - the total time traveled on the journey so far

Instruction - the manoeuvre to execute at the end of each item in the itinerary

Right click any item in the list to bring up the following dialog.



Show on map - displays the selected item on the map

Copy to clipboard - copies the selected line to the clipboard for use in other applications

Set as closed - this will set the road you clicked on as closed. If you now recalculate the route the routing engine will avoid it. This is particularly useful when you want to avoid traffic jams and so on.

All closed roads appear in the

user object list

. Deleting them from the list will enable them in routing again.

The top right corner of the output pane shows several buttons.

- highlights the current route on the map

- clears the current route from the map

- copy itinerary to clipboard

- send itinerary to printer

- close the current route itinerary

A summary is also added to the Route summary tab.

This shows you the total distance, time, consumption and cost of the journey. To calculate costs

properly you must fill in the correct fuel price in Routing settings

2.4.3

Highlights

To bring up the Highlights tab in the Output Pane click the following button in the toolbar.

Alternatively, select View/Show map highlights from the menu.



Each time you select to show an object on the map it will be listed here.

The list is broken into two categories: Database and Routing. Routing contains a list of all current routes and Database contains a list of all object highlighted through searches.

If you find that your map view is cluttered with too many highlights then this is the place to remove them. To dehighlight an object temporarily untick the check box next to it.

Right click an item to bring up the following menu.

Zoom in - show the selected item on the map and zoom in on it.

Change colour - This option is only available if the Colour/Icon column is not an icon. It will bring up the Select color dialog which lets you choose a different highlight colour.

Delete - deletes the highlight permanently so it cannot be show again without re initiating the search or route.

2.5

GPS

2.5.1

GPS tracking

If you own a GPS receiver you can connect it to your computer and display your position on

Navigator. To start the GPS interface select Tools/GPS/GPS Tracking from the menu. Before you do this you must set your unit up in

Settings/GPS

.



If your unit is recognised then GPS tracking will start straight away. Your position is represented by an arrow on the map and the output window shows the data coming from your receiver.

To keep your position always on screen select Tools/GPS/Centre GPS from the menu.

One unique feature that navigator has, is the ability to rotate the map as you drive. This way your driving direction is always towards the top of the screen which makes the map easier to read. To enable/disable this feature select Tools/GPS/Rotate map from the menu.

To reset the map to north up select Tools/Reset map rotation to north up from the menu.

If you have selected to display GPS information and snail trail on the map (see

Settings/GPS

) you will also see a history of your most recent positions as well as your speed, direction, altitude etc..

2.5.2

Replay

To replay a previously recorded journey select Tools/GPS/Replay GPS from the menu. The Open

File dialog will pop up which will let you select a file containing a recorded journey.

The replay will begin immediately. The replay controls appear on the right of the output pane.



The slider at the top controls the replay position, the left being the beginning and the end on the right.

You can move to jump to positions in the replay.

Click the two buttons below the slider to pause or end the replay.

To change the replay speed go to Settings/GPS/Replay .

2.6

Navigation

2.6.1

Navigation

Before you start navigation first make sure that you have selected to display the Navigation tab in the

Input pane (

Settings/Application/Input Dialogs

).

Navigation only works if a

GPS

device is plugged in and receiving data.

Now you must set the navigation destination. To select a destination from the map click the Set destination button. Otherwise, you can set any found record as a destination by right clicking it in the search result list and selecting Routing/Set destination.

Now the Start Navigation button in the Navigation tab should be enabled. Click it to begin. You can also initiate navigation by Clicking the Navigate button in the Routing tab.



Navigator will now calculate a route to your destination (according to the parameters in

Setting/Navigation/Route optimisation

). The screen layout will change to Navigation mode giving you a better overview of the map and the next maneuver.

There are two forms of guidance, voice and visual.

Voice - you will be verbally instructed ahead of your manoeuvre. Remember to turn up the volume on your computer.

Visual - in the Input pane instructions are shown in large, bold text as well as large graphical indicators representing a magnified view of your next manoeuvre.



Keeping the GPS icon on screen

When a GPS signal is received your position will be automatically displayed on the map.

To keep your position always on screen select Tools/GPS/Centre GPS from the menu. This is selected by default.

One unique feature that navigator has, is the ability to rotate the map as you drive. This way your driving direction is always towards the top of the screen which makes the map easier to read. To enable/disable this feature select Tools/GPS/Rotate map from the menu. This is selected by default.

To reset the map to north up select Tools/Reset map rotation to north up from the menu.

2.7

Exporting to PDA

2.7.1

Exporting from Navigator

To export maps from Navigator to Pocket PC device (ARM only) select Tools/Export to PDA from the


41 Navigator 4.0 Help menu.

The following option dialog will appear.

Here you can select what type of export you wish to perform. The top three option let you export a map section only. The last two options let you export a route.

Exporting a map

Select the type of region you want to cut out and export. There are three choices:

rectangular - cut out a rectangular/square region of the map

elliptic - cut out an oval/circular region of the map

polygonal - cut out in irregular, user defined region.

Click Next to continue.

Now drag out the region on the screen. When you release the mouse button the following dialog will appear.



This dialog lets you select which map layers you want to export. All layers with a tick next to them will be exported. Note that all the layers have sub layers which can be selected/deselected individually.

To see these click the '+' next to the layer you want.


Enter where you want the data to be exported to and what you want the map to be called (Map name).



To select an already existing folder click Browse. Click Next to continue.

Navigator will now display the progress of the export

You can cancel the process at any time by clicking Cancel.

If successful you should see,

Click Finish and copy the maps to your PDA

.



Exporting a route

Here you have two choices:

found route and its route corridor - exports the navigation data for the route selected below and a user defined map area either side of the route.

found route only - exports the navigation data only for the route selected below.

Select one and click Next to continue.

If you are exporting a route and map then you will now be shown the layer selection dialog.

This dialog lets you select which map layers you want to export. All layers with a tick next to them will be exported. Note that all the layers have sublayers which can be selected/deselected individually. To see these click the '+' next to the layer you want.




Enter where you want the data to be exported to, what you want the map to be called (Map name) and a name for the navigation data (Navigation name). To select an already existing folder click Browse.

Please note that if you have selected to export a route only then the Map name will not be shown.


Navigator will now display the progress of the export

You can cancel the process at any time by clicking Cancel.


If successful you should see,


Click Finish and copy the maps to your PDA.

Copying Maps to your PDA

If you did not export directly to your PDA but to a folder on your PC, then you need to copy that folder to My Documents on the Pocket PC or a storage card. Instructions about copying files to your

PDA should have been provided by the PDA manufacturer.

2.7.2

Installing on PDA

End the end of the Navigator installation you should have been offered the chance to install, the

Pocket PC program files. If you chose not to do so at the time or have acquired a device since then, you can run the setup again from the Navigator program group on the start menu.

During the installation you can select a language and the type of units to use (imperial or metric).

Before you

use Navigator CE

you must first export

map/route data from Navigator.



2.8

Toolbar

2.8.1

Toolbar buttons

Map

- Open a map

- Close map

- Copy map to clipboard

- Print map

- Save map as image

Routing and navigation

- Set route departure on the map

- Set route waypoint on the map

- Set route destination on the map

Tools

- Search for an object

- Find the nearest object in each layer to the selected point on the map

- Goto coordinates

- Measure distance on the map

- Measure area on the map

- Measure bearing

- Display pointer co-ordinates in status bar

Pushpins

- Add a new pushpin on the map

- Delete a pushpin from the map

- Display/Hide pushpins on the map

- Show pushpin list

GPS

- Start/Stop GPS tracking

- Replay a GPS journey from file

- Centre map on GPS position

- Automatically rotate map with direction of travel

View

- View input pane

- View output pane

- Open a new map window

- Close active map window

- Switch to fullscreen mode


- Tile map windows

- Cascade map windows

Settings

- Configure Navigator

Map Controls

- Zoom in

- Zoom out

- Zoom in to maximum detail

- Zoom out to overview

- Centre map

- Rotate map

- Reset map rotation to north up

- Undo last map operation

- Redo last Undo

2.8.2

Customising the toolbar

Right click on the toolbar and the following menu will appear.


The top two entries toggle the visibility of the input and output windows.

The next set of entries show the defined tool groups. Each group is a collection of buttons on the toolbar whose visibility can be toggled using the check box on the left of it. To edit the groups and the buttons they contain click Customize.

This will bring up the Toolbar editor.



This dialog is divided into two sections. The list on the left contains all available tools and groups and the list on the right the currently selected groups and the tools they contain.

To see the tools in a group click the '+' next to it.

You can add/remove groups and tools using the buttons in the centre of the dialog. If a group contains many buttons you can additional subdivide them using separators. These are thin vertical lines between buttons.

Lets try to make a new group.

Click the Add Toolbar button. This will add a new entry in the list. Simply type in a new name, 'My tools' for example, and hit enter.

Now, from the list on the left expand one of the groups to reveal all the tool buttons it contains. Lets


Using Navigator 50 expand Cursor modes.

Select the Grabber hand tool and click Add action. This will add the grabber hand tool to the My Tools group. Perform the same operation again, but this time with the Zoom in/out tool.

Now click OK. This will add a new tool group to the toolbar. You can move it by clicking and dragging the vertical double lines to the left of the group.

If the buttons in your toolbar are not neatly arranged you can click Line up and Navigator will stack them together.

2.9

Pushpins

2.9.1

Adding a pushpin

There are two ways to add a pushpin on the map.

From the map

The first thing you must do before you add a pushpin is to move the map to the correct position.

As an example lets say that we want to add a pushpin on the map to show the position of "John

Smith" from Grant Close in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.

First we must

search

for Grant Close and highlight it on the map.



Now we are ready to add the pushpin. You can initiate this action in several ways:

- from the menu Tools/Select Target/Add Pushpin

- click on the add pushpin button in the

toolbar

- right click on the map and select Add Pushpin from the

menu

When you move your mouse pointer over the map it will change to a target symbol target on where you want to position your pushpin and click the left mouse button.

From the route point list

In the routing tab you can right click on any point in the list and select Copy as.

. Centre the



Both methods will bring up the following dialog.

There are two text boxes to fill in here. The pushpin name is the name that will appear in the list of user object and as label on the map. You can also add a short Description with further details about the pushpin.

Although an icon is automatically suggested, you can select a different one by clicking the '...' button.

Now click OK and the pushpin will appear on the map.



2.9.2

User Object List

To display the User Object list click in the toolbar or select View/Show user object list from the menu.

The list will appear in the Output Pane.

The type column list the different user objects categories. Categories are only visible if there are user objects defined in them. For example, if you have yet not defined any route points then the Routing points category will not be shown. Possible categories are pushpins, routing points, closed roads and search areas.

Pushpins

Select Pushpins from the left hand column and all your pushpins will be shown on the right. Right click on the name of a pushpin to bring up the following drop down menu.



Click Highlight to zoom in on the pushpin and highlight it.

Click Zoom in to show the pushpin on the map.

Click Delete to remove the pushpin from the list and the map.

Moving the mouse pointer over Copy as will reveal a Routing point sub menu, which in turn reveals options to set the current user pushpin as a point in a route or a home point.

To change a pushpin name or description double click it in the list. One you have amended the text press Enter.

To select a different icon for the pushpin simply click the entry in the Icon file path column. This will bring the standard Windows Open dialog where you can select an alternative icon.

The last three columns let you toggle visibility on the map. Only two settings are possible here - yes and no.

Icon visibility - show/hide the pushpin and label from the map.

Label contains name - show/hide the name in a text label under the pushpin.

Label contains description - show/hide the description in a text label under the pushpin.

Routing points

All routing points are listed here.

Right click on a point in the list to see the a menu with the following options.

Click Highlight to zoom in on the route point and highlight it.

Click Zoom in to show the route point on the map.



Click Delete to remove the route point from the list and the map.

Moving the mouse pointer over Copy as will reveal a Copy as pushpin item which lets you add a

pushpin


The list has the following columns:

Name - Name of the street on which the route point is located.

Description - If you want to add a short note to a route point click the description column and modify it.

Icon file path - You cannot change the icons representing route points.

Icon visibility - show/hide the pushpin and label from the map.

Label contains name - show/hide the name in a text label under the pushpin.

Label contains description - show/hide the description in a text label under the pushpin.

Type - the route point type (departure, destination, waypoint, home point)

Closed roads

If you have prohibited any roads from being route on then they will appear in the list here.

Right clicking on a road reveals the following options:

Click Highlight to zoom in on the route point and highlight it.

Click Zoom in to show the route point on the map.

Click Delete to remove the route point from the list and permit routes to go through it.


pushpin



Name - Name of the street on which the route point is located.

Description - The type of road and its location (town, county, country)

Search areas



If you have set a search area it will appear here.

Right clicking on a road reveals the following options:

Click Highlight to zoom in on the area and highlight it.

Click Zoom in to show the area on the map.

Click Delete to remove the area from the list and the map.


pushpin

at the centre of the area. It also reveals the Routing point sub menu, which in turn reveals options to set the current area as a point in a route or a home point. The route point will be added to the street nearest the centre of the area.


Name - Name of the search area which is also used in Search/Search in area.

Description - If you want to add a short note to a search area click the description column and modify it.

Visible - show/hide the area on the map

2.9.3

Removing a pushpin

If you want to hide all pushpins from the map without deleting them click the Display/Hide pushpins on the toolbar, .

To delete a pushpin permanently you can use one of the following two methods:

1) From the User Object List

Right click on the name of a pushpin to bring up the following drop down menu.



Click Delete to remove the pushpin from the list and the map.

2) From the map

Make sure that the pushpin you want to delete is shown in the map pane.

Select the Delete a pushpin from the map button from the toolbar . As you move the mouse pointer over the map it will change to a target symbol want to remove and click the left mouse button.

. Move the target over the pushpin you

2.10

Position marks

Position marks are a tool to save your favorite views, so that you can return to them quickly at a later date.

Position marks store the current position and zoom level of a map window. If you open a position mark Navigator will restore the map window to that position. Position marks also appear in the

Select Map

dialog. This way you can open maps at the bookmarked position.

Position marks can be accessed from the main File menu.



If you want to bookmark the current view select Bookmark position from the list. You will now see the

Remember your map position dialog.

In the textbox enter the name for the position mark and click OK.

It will now appear in the File menu under Position marks.

To go to the saved position simply click on it in the list. To amend your position marks click Edit. The following dialog will appear.

If you want to save the current view click Save current position. To edit a current position mark, select


59 Navigator 4.0 Help it from the drop down menu.

You can now do one of three things:

Show position - go to the saved position on the map.

Save current position - change the saved position for the current map view.

Delete position - delete the position mark from the list.

2.11

Points of Interest

- Airline Access

- Airport

- Amusement Park

- Important Tourist Attraction

- Beach

- Cash Dispenser

- Company

- Frontier Crossing

- Camping Ground

- Park and Recreation Area

- Car Dealer

- Rent-a-Car Facility

- Casino

- Cinema

- Convention Centre

- Cultural Centre

- Theatre

- Courthouse

- Government Office


- Embassy

- Exhibition Centre

- Museum

- Ferry Terminal

- Petrol Station

- Golf Course

- Dentist

- Doctor

- Hospital/Polyclinic

- Pharmacy

- Hotel or Motel

- Rest Area

- Tourist Information Office

- Music Centre

- Nightlife

- Parking Area

- Parking Garage

- Rent-a-Car Parking

- Mountain Pass

- Mountain Peak

- Concert Hall

- Opera

- Police Station

- Post Office

- Public Phone

- Swimming Pool

- Water Sport

- Restaurant Area

- Restaurant

- Ice Skating Rink

- Library

- College/University




- Car Repair Facility

- Shopping Centre

- Shop

- Sports Centre

- Stadium

- Tennis Court

- Railway Station

- Toll

- Veterinarian

- Scenic/Panoramic View

- Winery

- Place of Worship

- Yacht Basin

- Zoo


Part

III


3 Importing Data

This feature is only enabled in Navigator Professional - to upgrade Navigator to the professional version please contact us.

3.1

Importing your database

To initiate the import procedure select Tools/Import wizard from the Navigator menu.

The first import wizard screen will now appear.

Select import

You have two choices:

Create a new import - select this option if you have never imported this database before.

Select existing imported - lets you amend the settings of an existing import.

If you are creating a new import you must give it a name under import name.

If you are amending an existing import please select it from the list.

Now click Next>

Specify data source


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From the Driver Type drop down menu select the type of database that you want to import. If your database type is not listed you can try to import through an ODBC connection. The easiest way to import data in to Navigator is from a DBase (dbf) type database. You can export tables to dbf from most commonly used applications including Microsoft Access and Excel.

Once you have selected a driver click the New Driver button to select a database or ODBC Driver to connect to. Once you have selected a database the lower part of this dialog will give you details about the connection status, including the database table name, driver type and if a Navigator has successfully connected to it.

Click the Properties button to select a different database or edit your ODBC connection.

Click Next> to continue.

Geocoding



In order to import data to the right locations on the map it is necessary to tell Navigator how to geocode it. From the Coordinate System drop down menu select what type of information your database contains. If your data already contains geographical coordinates select the type you are using. If you have address data from the United Kingdom you can choose to geocode data by postcode. In this case your data must contain the full postcode.

Once you have selected a coordinate system you must specify which column (field) in the database contains this information. In some instances, like British National Grid or Latitude/Longitude, two fields must be selected. In other cases, like postcodes and Ordnance Survey, only one field is necessary.


Select icon(s)



This dialog lets you specify how to your data should be represented on the map. If you are happy for all records to be represented by a single icon leave the Source Data Column drop down menu as

[single icon for all records]. Now select an icon by clicking the Browse icon button. Many icons can be found in the Navigator installation folder (typically C:\Program Files\InfoMap\picts\24x24\).

If you want to break down records into several icon groups then select a column (field) from Source

Data Column which indicates which group each record belongs to. Once you have done this the dialog will change.



To add a new icon group click Add row. Under Condition Value enter the value which distinguishes one group from the next. Under Icon file select an icon to represent that group. Ideally each group should be represented be a different icon.

Whether you are importing one icon or many you can limit their visibility. Select the zoom levels between which you want your icons to be visible by setting minimal zoom and maximal zoom.


Database columns


Importing Data 68 here you can select which columns will be visible on the map (as text labels) and in the user object list (Table). If you want to be able to amend data in Navigator select the edit check box for the field in question. If you do not select the edit check box then the column (field) will be read only.

Columns will appear in the user object list in the order shown here. If you want to change the order of a column highlight it and use the Move Up/ Move Down buttons.


Schedule import updates



There are three option here.

On application start - Navigator will update from the source database every time it starts

Every - Navigator will update from the source database at regular intervals

Do not schedule - Navigator will not automatically update. Update can still be performed manually.


Import summary



This dialog outlines the import settings you have just selected. If you are not happy with any of the values click < Back and ammend them. Select the Import database now checkbox to import you data immediately or deselect it to import at a later date.

Click Finish.



Now you should see the import progress dialog. Any unplaced records will be listed. To terminate the import process click Cancel import.

3.2

Updating your database

If you have not set to update your database automatically and want to update it manually then select

Tools/Import update from the Navigator menu.



From the drop down menu select which database you want to update and click Run import.

3.3

Deleting your database

There are two ways to remove imported data from Navigator.

To delete all data but leave the import settings intact select Tools/Import update from the Navigator menu.



Now select a database from the drop down menu and click Delete all imported data.

To delete all data and the import profile select Tools/Import wizard from the Navigator menu.



Now select Edit existing import and highlight the database you want to delete. Click Delete.


Part

IV

Configuring Navigator 76

4 Configuring Navigator

To customise Navigator to your needs use the Settings dialog. Bring up this dialog by selecting

Tools/Settings from the menu.

This dialog is made of two parts. On the left an icon list, where you can select which part of Navigator you want to customise. Use the scroll bar to display other options.

On the right side of the dialog you can see the settings for that section.

4.1

Application

Here you can configure general application behaviour.

Language

If you had chosen to install several languages you can switch between here.

Startup and exit

Open last active map on startup - select this option if you want Navigator to open the map on startup at the same point at which you exited.

Save map appearance on exit - select this option if you have changed map appearance and want to keep them for future Navigator use.



Save user objects on exit - select this option if you want to keep any pushpins, you added to map, for future Navigator use.

Unit system

Toggles the use of metric (kilometres, metres and litres) or imperial units (miles, yards and gallons).

This is of particular interest when measuring map distances or areas and routing.

Toolbars select whether to show large or small buttons on the toolbar.

Input dialogs

From this list you can control which tabs appear on the input pane.

4.2

Bubble

Here you can select if and how a bubble containing information about map objects appears.

Activation

mouse over - bubble appears if you leave the mouse pointer over a map object for more than 1 second.

left click - bubble appears if you left click over a map object



4.3

GPS

There are three tabs available here, one for setting up communication with a GPS device and one for setting up replay of previously recorded journeys.

General

Device communication

Communication protocol - Select the data output protocol of your device. In the vast majority of cases this means NMEA

Port - Select which port your device is attached to. Note that if you have a USB receiver, a COM is still created by the USB driver. In windows go to Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device

Manager/Ports (COM&LPT) to find out which port your device is using.

Set the speed etc. at which your GPS unit communicates. Make sure that Baud rate, Byte size, Parity and Stop bits match the settings of your COM Port.

Timing

Select how often you want your position to be updated on the map. One second is the lowest time interval (the highest update frequency).

GPS devices usually communicate Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). If you are in a different time zone or in the UK when clocks have changed to British Summer Time (BST) then you can adjust the time displayed and recorded with the Time offset spinner. As an indication, BST is set as 1 hour ahead of

GMT.



GPS positions list

Set the maximum number of position shown in the GPS output pane.

Replay

Live speed replay - select this option to replay a file at the same speed at which it was recorded.

Accelerate replay - select this option to replay a file at a higher speed than that at which it was recorded. Use the spinner on the right to set the replay acceleration.

Skip time gaps larger than - this is a useful feature which lets you skip parts of the file where the position is stationary. Use the spinner on the right to select what sized gaps to skip.

Visualisation



Here you can set which information to display on the map along with the current GPS Position.

Icon Bubble - tick which information you want to see in a label on the map next to the GPS position icon. If you do not select any option then no label will be shown.

GPS Trail - If you want to see a 'snail trail' of where you have been then select how long it will be. The number represents historical positions (if your GPS updates every second then the number of seconds). The higher the number the longer the trail. If you want to see a trail over the last 2 minutes then enter 120. If you select 0 then no trail will be shown.

4.4

Map

Here you can adjust map attributes to your liking.

General



Panning Area

Set how far from the edge of the map pane the panning chevrons appear, as a percentage of the total window. A higher value means that the chevrons appear further away from the edge. Set this value to zero to removing panning entirely.

Maximum zoom limit

Use this to adjust the scale at the most detailed level. The higher the number the further you can zoom in to the map. The number in the spinner corresponds to the number of screen pixels that will represent one metre on the map.

Mouse sensitivity

This feature to remove annoying mouse over sensitivity when operating on the map view. For example, if you find that clicking on the map results in unwanted selection or zoom boxes appearing then increase the number in the spinner.

Scale adjuster

In order for Navigator to be able to work out map scale accurately it must know how your the size of your screen. Use a normal plastic/wooden ruler to match the distance shown in the slider to that on the ruler.

Size of map icons

If you find map icons too small you can switch to a larger set (24x24). Change down to 16x16 to reduce the size.

Map dependent



Projection

Changing the projection of a map will change its shape on screen.

Type of co-ordinates shown in status bar

Change the coordinates displayed in the status bar as you move the mouse pointer over the map.

4.5

Navigation

Here you can change the behaviour of the navigation/voice guidance feature of Navigator.

General



Lost along route

Select whether you want Navigator to automatically recompute your route if you stray away from your original route.

Navigation information to next maneuvre/end of route

Select how you want information about how far away you are from the next maneuvre to be represented

Show distance - shows how far away you are in metric (kilometers and meters) or imperial (miles and yards) distances.

Show time - shows how far away you are in time (hours, minutes and seconds).

Maneuvre map view

This section sets the look of the enlarged view of the next maneuvre.

Arrow width in pixels - your direction of travel through the next junction is represented by a large transparent arrow. This setting adjust the width of that arrow.

Arrow transparency - sets how transparent the arrow should be. Move the slider towards the min side to make it less transparent and towards the max side to make it more transparent.

Arrow colour - sets the colour of the directions arrow.

Route fill colour - To distinguish the route from streets on the maneuvre map it is highlighted in a different colour. Here you can set that colour.

Route border colour - the route highlight has a border. If you do not want to see a border select the same colour as the route fill colour.

Map



This section lest you choose which layers to display in the maneuvre view.

Selecting fewer layers can have a beneficial effect by making the map look less cluttered. You can choose which layers to display by ticking the check boxes next to them. All layers with a '+' next to them have sublayers which can also be selected and unselected. To select/deselect all the layers tick the Select all layers checkbox at the top of the list.

4.6

Routing

Here you can customise routing behaviour and set the correct parameters for your car.

General



Results

Set the maximum number of routing results you want to see in the output pane at any one time.

Fuel consumption

Set the fuel consumption parameters for your car. If you have set Navigator to

imperial measurements

then consumption is displayed in miles per gallon, otherwise, when set to metric units it is shown in litres per kilometre.

Fuel cost

Enter the average price per litre of petrol in your car.

Runtime

This is the maximum amount of memory available to the routing module. In most cases it is best to leave this value untouched.

Map dependent



Use this tab to change average speeds and preferences for 'fastest' route calculations. From the drop down menu select a road type to amend. Move the Preference slider to the right to increase preference and make Navigator favour that type of road in your route calculations. You can also set the average speeds in and out of urban areas.



4.7

Search

Maximum search results

Set the maximum number of search results you want to see in the output pane at any one time.

Maximum records found (per category)

To speed up Navigator searches you can limit the maximum number of records it will look for in each category. The smaller the number the faster the search, but there is also more chance of missing the record you are looking for.

Maximum nearest objects to find per category

This sets how many records will be returned for each searchable map layer when you perform the find nearest

Maximum distance from a street when searching along route

If you want to look for objects along a route, you can set the size of the search corridor. In the above example Navigator will look for objects up to 999 metres both sides from each road you travel on - i.e.

the corridor is 1998 metres wide. Use the drop down menu to change between imperial and metric units.

4.8

Selections

Set the properties of map highlights.



Selection set

Select the type of highlight you wish to amend.

Number of colours

Set the maximum number of colours for the selected highlight type. If you display more highlighted objects than the number of colours selected the first colour will be used again.

Click the Colour column in the list to change to another colour.


Part

V

Navigator CE 90

5 Navigator CE

5.1

Starting up and opening a map

After installation you can run Navigator CE, from the Start menu on your device.

Navigator will now appear on your screen.

The first task is to open a map. You should have already exported

a map out of Navigator and copied


91 Navigator 4.0 Help the data to your device.

From the Tools menu, select Open.

The following dialog will appear.

All your exported maps should appear in the list. Select the one you want.


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Opening a map may take time, depending on how big the map is.

If you have exported a map along a route then it will look something like this:

5.2

Controlling the map

Once a map has been opened, move around in the same way as you would with Navigator on a PC.

In the toolbar you will see a magnifying glass symbol. This signifies that you are in zoom mode. To zoom in and out of the map simply drag your stylus diagonally across the map to draw out a


93 Navigator 4.0 Help rectangle. Then simply tap the screen inside the rectangle to zoom in or outside it to zoom out.

To move the map click the magnifying glass on the toolbar. It should now change to a grabber hand symbol. Now you can move the map by dragging it around. Alternatively, you can move the map around by using the scroll bars.

You can also use the View menu to quickly zoom the map to overview or maximum detail.

If the use of hardware buttons is enabled in

Settings

then you can zoom using hardware buttons 1 and 2.

5.3

Linking with a GPS

If you have a GPS device that connects to your PDA then you can use it to display your position on the map.

Before you start make sure that the device is connected. You must first set it up Navigator CE

correctly in settings

.

To start displaying your position on the map select GPS/Tracking from the menu.


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Once you have connected with your device, a position should appear on the map (assuming the GPS device has acquired a signal).

Rotation - select this feature is you want the map to rotate in the direction of travel. This way your driving direction is always towards the top of the screen which makes the map easier to read.

Centre - toggle between keeping your position always visible on the screen and free movement around the map.

Save Position - Save your journey to file. You can record your journey and replay

it at a later date.

GPS info - Display additional GPS information beneath the map - speed, number of satellites in view and your latitude and longitude.

Odo - before you start using the odometer make sure that you have enabled it in settings

. The odometer is particularly useful if you want to keep a track of business and/or private mileages. There are several entries in the Odo submenu:



Show - display the odometer on screen, below the map.

Private counter - Start accumulating private mileage. When you select this item mileage will begin to be added to the private counter.

Business counter - Start accumulating private mileage. When you select this item mileage will begin to be added to the business counter. Note that you can only enable one counter at a time. Enabling the business counter will stop the private counter.

Reset private - reset the private counter to 0.

Reset business - reset the business counter to 0.

Reset total - the total is the sum of both private and business mileage. This resets it to 0.


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5.4

Navigation

To open an exported route for voice navigation select Nav/Navigation from the menu. The Open

navigation dialog will appear.

Select the route you want to take and click OK. If your GPS device is connected then voice instructions will start guiding you when you start driving. Navigation instructions are always given at predefined distances away from the next maneuver. You can adjust at which distances instructions are given in

settings

. can be If you would like to see the next maneuver on screen select Nav bar from the Nav menu.



Note that on the standard version of Navigator CE you will be warned when you deviate from your route but a new route will not be recalculated.

You can choose to display the itinerary showing you several maneuvers ahead by selecting

Nav/Itinerary from the menu.

To switch back to a map view select Nav/Itinerary again.


5.5

Navigator CE settings

To access the settings dialog, select Tools/Settings from the menu.

GPS

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This tab is where you set up Navigator CE to work with a GPS device.

Protocol - Select the data output protocol of your device. In the vast majority of cases this means

NMEA.

Port - Select which COM port your device is attached to. If you want to replay a file select file:. You will now be prompted to select a prerecorded NMEA file to replay.

Set the speed etc. at which your GPS unit communicates - Baud rate, Byte size, Parity and Stop bits.

In most cases you want to keep it as default 4800/8/none/1.5.

Check for position every - Select how often you want your position to be updated on the map. One second is the lowest time interval (the highest update frequency).

Misc



Units System - Shows which units the use of metric (kilometres, metres) or imperial units (miles, yards).

Odometer - select the use odometer check box is you want to enable mileage tracking. This is useful for mileage allowances etc.

Hardware buttons -- select the use hardware buttons to enable control using the PDA buttons. When this is enabled the buttons on you PDA will no longer start Contacts/Calendar/Tasks etc but will be used to control Navigator CE. The controls are as follows:

Hardware button 1 - Zoom in

Hardware button 2 - Zoom out

Hardware button 3 - Switch between itinerary and map.

Navigation


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Here you can change Navigation settings.

You are lost when you are X meters away from route - after you stray more than the set distance (in meters) you will get a 'You are lost' warning.

Voice Navigation - set at which distances before the next maneuver you want the voice prompts to be played.

Click OK to exit settings.


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FAQ's

Will Navigator work with my GPS device?

When I connect my GPS device the mouse starts jumping around uncontrollably. What can be done?

When I start GPS tracking I get a message 'GPS data out of map boundaries'. What is wrong?

How can I tell which COM port my GPS device is connected to?

Q: Will Navigator work with my GPS device?

A: Navigator will work with any GPS device that can output NMEA data. This is the standard output format that is support by 99% of all GPS manufacturers, including Garmin, Magellan, Haicom,

Saphire etc.

Q: When I connect my GPS device the mouse starts jumping around uncontrollably. What can be done?

A: This problem is caused because Windows sometimes incorrectly recognises the GPS as a pointing device. In most cases the quickest solution is to unplug the GPS and plug it back in.

If you have a detachable USB cable (like on a Haicom 204) then simply detach the unit from the cable. The mouse should stop jumping immediately. Now go to My Computer/Control

Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager. Here you will see a list of all the hardware devices in your system. Expand the Mice and other pointing devices item. You should see at least two devices listed here, one being Microsoft Serial Ballpoint. Right click on it and select Disable.

This should prevent another occurrence of this problem.

Q: When I start GPS tracking I get a message 'GPS data out of map boundaries'. What is wrong?

A: There is nothing wrong in this instance. In fact, if you see this message, it means that the GPS is connected and communicating with Navigator. The message is simply a warning that a position cannot be displayed because the coordinates being sent by the GPS are outside the currently opened map.

There are two reasons for this.

1. If you have an older version of Navigator Europe, make sure that you have the correct map opened.

2. The GPS has no signal. This is generally a problem with brand new units which have never acquired a signal in your country. Most devices remember their last position and transmit it when they have no signal. The GPS is probably reporting a position from the country of manufacture. The problem will disappear as soon as your GPS acquires a signal in your country.

Q: How can I tell which COM port my GPS device is connected to?

A: Go to My Computer/Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager. In the list expand Ports

(COM & LPT). Your device should be listed here.



Index

- A -

Accelerate replay 78

Add action 48

Add pushpin 9

Add row 63

Add Toolbar 48

Add waypoint 9

Application 76

- B -

Bubble 77

- C -

Centralise position 9

Centre GPS 36, 38

Choose route optimisation type 21

Communication protocol 78

Condition 63

Configuring Navigator 76

Containing text 18 co-ordinates 80

Cursor modes 9

Customise 24

- D data source 63 databases 18

Delete all imported data 72

Departure 21

Destination 21

Device communication 78

- E -

Edit existing import 72

Elliptic 9

Exit 7

Export to PDA 40

Exporting a map 40

Exporting route 40

- F -

Find nearest 9

Find Route 21

Free shape 9

Fuel consumption 84

Fuel cost 84

Fullscreen 9

- G -

Geocoding 63

Goto to coordinates 14

GPS 78

GPS tracking 36

Grabber hand 9, 14

- H -

Highlights 35

Home Point 9

- I import 63

Import summary 63

Import update 71

Import wizard 63

Importing 63 in area/along route 18

Input dialogs 76

Installing on PDA 46 itinerary 33

- L -

Line up 48

Live speed replay 78

Lost along route 82

- M map menu 9


Map overview 14

Maximum distance from a street when searching along route 87

Maximum records found (per category) 87

Maximum search results 87

Maximum zoom limit 80

Mouse sensitivity 80

- N -

Navigation 38 navigation destination 38 new map 6

Note 50

Number of colours 87

- O -

Open another view 9

Open last active map on startup 7

Overview 9, 16

- P -

Panning 14

Panning Area 80

Port 78

Postcode 20

Projection 80 pushpin 50

Pushpin name 50

- R -

Rectangular 9

Redo map position 9

Remove pushpin 9

Replay 37, 78

Replay GPS 37

Reset map rotation to north up 36, 38

Rotate 9

Rotate map 36, 38 route itinerary 38

Route optimisation 82

Route Results 33

Route summary 33

Routing 9, 21


Runtime 84

- S -

Scale adjuster 80

Schedule import updates 63

Scroll bars 14

Search 18

Search Results 30

Select Map 6

Selection set 87

Selections 87

Set as search area 30

Set departure 9

Set destination 9

Show all views 16

Show categories 18

Show entire map 16

Show legend 9, 24

Show map highlights 9

Show on map 30

Show search mode 18

Show user object list 53

Size of map icons 80

Skip time gaps larger than 78

Source Data Column 63

Start 5

Startup and exit 76

- T -

The Input Pane 16

Timing 78

Toggle coordinates 9

Toolbar 47

Toolbar editor 48

- U -

Undo map position 9

Unit system 76

User Object List 53

- V -

View/Show map highlights 35

Voice 38

Index 104


Voice navigation 82

- W -

Waypoint 21

- Z -

Zoom bar 13

Zoom in/out 9

Zooming 13


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