Converting MapSend .img files to eXplorist .

imi files
1 Thanks
Big thanks go to all the members of the mapsend_format and mobilemapper2 Yahoo! Groups. In particular, I need to thank Mikhail Sharono and Serguei Miridono for the tools and information included in this document.

2 Software to download/install
!here are three soft"are packages that #ou "ill need to do"nload and install. magsendtool b# Serguei Miridono . $ook for magsendtool%dist%2&&'%(&%().*ip +or ne"er, in http-..groups.#ahoo.com.group.mapsend_format.files./nal#ser. MobileMapper Office b# !hales !he latest ersion is a ailable for do"nload at !hales 0!1 site ftp-..ftp.thalesna igation.com.Mobile Mapping.MM 2ffice.Soft"are. MMOconverter b# Mikhail Sharono 3lick the <DOWNLOAD> link, then select MMOconverter.zip http-..msh%tools.com.mmocon erter.html

.! "nstall magsendtool
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mapsend_format/files/Analyser/ 4n*ip magsendtool%dist%2&&'%(&%().*ip +or the current ersion, to some kno"n director#, I5ll assume 3-6magsendtool in this document. In that folder "ill be a sub% folder named "indo"s. It is easiest if "e add this folder to our 1/!7 en ironment ariable so that the e8ecutable and the .dll files can be found. If #ou alread# kno" ho" to do this, #ou can skip do"n to Install MobileMapper Office !he method for changing the 1/!7 ariable aries for different ersions of 9indo"s, but 9indo"s :1 has been around long enough that I think it is safe to assume most users are on 9indo"s :1 or 9indo"s 2&&&. 7ere are screen shots from 9indo"s 2&&&, the :1 instructions are similar enough that #ou should be able to follo" along. 3lick the 9indo"s Start button, then Settings, then 3ontrol 1anel

;ouble click the S#stem Icon

!hen select the /d anced tab

3lick the <n ironment =ariables button

4nder 4ser ariables, there should be a ariable named 1/!7, if so, select it and click the <dit button, if not click the >e" button. If the =ariable alue field of the resulting pop up is empt#, t#pe in 3-6magsendtool6"indo"s +or "here er #ou un*ipped magsendtool to,. If the =ariable alue field has some data in it, go to the end of the current alue, add a semicolon +?,, then t#pe in 3-6magsendtool6"indo"s.

3lick 2@ on all the open "indo"s, and that should do it! You can double check b# going to a command line "indo" and t#ping 1/!7. !he 3-6magsendtool6"indo"s

should appear in the alue. You can also tr# t#ping in the command magsendtool, "hich "ill error because there is A>o input file name.B

"nstall Mo#ileMapper Office

!he latest ersion is a ailable at ftp-..ftp.thalesna igation.com.Mobile Mapping.MM 2ffice.Soft"are.MM2ffice)_&&.*ip It is nearl# C& megab#tes, so it "ill take a "hile to do"nload. /fter un*ipping the MM2ffice *ip file, #ou should see a Setup.e8e file, "hich uses a regular "indo"s installer, so #ou should not ha e an# problems installing it. /fter installing MM2ffice, #ou need to add a alue to the mobileoffice.ini file. /t the end of the D;<=I3<_;<0/4$!SE section, add B#te_2rderF(. You can see Mikhail Sharono 5s page on ho" to setup MM2ffice for e:plorist recei ers for more details http-..msh%tools.com.e8ploristmain.html

.$ "nstall MMOconverter
http-..msh%tools.com.mmocon erter.html !his is Mikhail Sharono 5s G4I ersion of the tool "hich makes MM2ffice generated maps compatible "ith Magellan G1S recei ers. !he *ip file contains a single e8ecutable "hich #ou can un*ip into an# folder.

3 Extract .shp files with magsendtool

0rom the command line use the cd command to change to the folder that has #our .img map region file. I recommend using a specific director# for this rather than the MapSend e8port director#. In m# e8ample I use 3-6maps. Gun magsendtool "ith the %S option to

e8tract the shp files.

4 Create .imi with Mo ileMapper !ffice

2pen MM2ffice, select the !ools menu then Background Maps. Make sure that the =ector Maps tab is selected, then click the Map <ditor button

3lick the add la#ers icon, or select $a#ers then /dd from the menu

In the resulting file bro"ser pop up, bro"se to the folder that contains our .shp files, and select all the .shp files, and click the 2pen button

!his "ill add the la#ers to the map that "e are building.

9hen done, #ou can modif# the color and st#le for each la#ers obHects b# clicking the <dit $a#er icon, or selecting $a#er then <dit from the menu. You should also specif# that the >/M< attribute should be displa#ed.

2nce #ou5 e completed this, click the 3reate Map icon, or select 2perations them 3reate Map from the menu

9hen #ou close the =ector Map <ditor "indo", #ou "ill be prompted to sa e the proHect. Gi e #our proHect a name and sa e it. Select #our map from the list and click the /ttach Map button, then click 2@. Your map should no" appear in the MM2ffice main "indo".

Select the region like #ou "ould in an# MapSend product, b# clicking the Select Gegion icon, or selecting !ools, then 3reate Gegion from the menu. !hen drag the rectangle o er #our map. 3lick an#"here outside the region to highlight the region #ou5 e Hust selected

=ersions abo e 2.I of MM2ffice need to detect the G1S recei er before #ou can sa e an# detail maps. /ttach #our e:plorist to a 4SB port on #our 13G and turn unit on. Set the e:plorist to one of the >M</ ;ata 3omm modes. I usuall# use >M</ ;ata 3omm %J 2ff. !hat puts the e:plorist in serial communication mode, but does not send an# >M</ sentences to the 13. 2n #our 13 #ou need to find out "hich modem port the e:plorist is using. 2pen 3ontrol 1anel %J S#stem Select 7ard"are !/B and click ;e ice Manager button 4nder Modems #ou should find something like AMagellan e:ploristB. +!hough I don5t ha e 2 e:plorists, mine sho"ed up as AMagellan e:plorist K2B, ;ouble click this to bring up properties "indo" Select Modem tab, and #ou should see the 32M port that the e:plorist is using displa#ed near the top. Make a note of the 32M port, then click 3ancel on each of these "indo"s to close them. >ote- !his 32M port "ill change depending on "hich 4SB port the e:plorist is plugged into, and "hat other de ices are currentl# connected to the 13. >o" in MM2ffice #ou can select 0ile, then 4pload !o G1S, then Background Map...

MM2ffice "ill tr# to detect #our e:plorist. If it cannot autodetect the e:plorist, #ou "ill be prompted to select the 32M port that the e:plorist is connected to +"hich #ou identified abo e,, and click the A!estB button. MM2ffice should find the e:plorist then.

2n the pop up "indo", select the Store on 7ard ;ri e radio button and click >e8t

!hen click 0inish

If #ou installed MM2ffice into the default location, the resulting .imi file is in3-61rogram 0iles6MobileMapper 2ffice6<8port6Images6>e"Map.imi

" Con#ert file with MM!con#erter

/fter follo"ing the steps abo e, #ou "ill ha e #our .imi file. You can rename it to "hate er #ou like, but keep the .imi e8tension. >o" start the MM2con erter b# double% clicking the MM2con erter.e8e file "here er #ou un*ipped it to.

3lick the A......B button ne8t to the 0rom field, and use the resulting file bro"ser to find the .imi file that #ou5 e created.

Select the file, and click 2pen. You ma# need to change the e8tension sho"n in the A0iles of t#peB drop do"n list to AMM2 L.imi file.B

B# default the !o file "ill be the same file. If #ou don5t "ant to o er"rite the .imi file that MM2ffice created, #ou can change the !o file. I ha e no need to keep the original, so I go ahead and lea e it as is. 3lick the 3on ert button, and MM2con erter does its thing. You can no" cop# the file to the ;etail Maps folder of #our e:plorist memor#, or S; card and #ou5re done. You can select the detail map Hust like #ou "ould an# other detail map.

$ %ppendix
Mikhail Sharono also has some steps for using MM2ffice "ith the MapSend data to create .imi files. !his eliminates the need to create an .img file from MapSend first, and then e8tract the .shp files "ith magsendtool. !hough #ou do still need to run the resulting .imi file that MM2ffice generates through MM2con erter. http-..msh%tools.com.e8ploristmsend.html