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#MAKING LOWRANCE MAPS FOR FREE#
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#MAKING LOWRANCE MAPS DOWNLOAD#

After clicking the X, you can use the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to zoom in and out of areas of interest on your map.

If at this time, you are interested only in looking at the map online, simply click the blue “X” located directly to the left of the waterbody name and the gray box will disappear.

A drop-down menu for choosing the contour interval for your map a drop-down menu for choosing the sonar/GPS unit on which you will use your map.

When the Social Map chart for your requested waterbody first loads, you will see in the upper left-hand side of the screen a gray box with the heading “Download Queue,” followed by:

Note: If your search returns no results, consult Google quickly to ensure that you spelled the waterbody’s name correctly.

Simply click on the name of the waterbody to open the chart If a Social Map chart exists of your requested waterbody, it’s name will appear as a blue-text link underneath the name of the country and state/province/etc in which it is located.

You could also scroll down the page, but the waterbodies are grouped by country, alphabetically, so unless you’re looking for a waterbody in Angola or Australia, you’ll find the “QUICK SEARCH” function must faster!.

After clicking “List of Social Maps,” look to the far-right side of the screen and type into the empty “QUICK SEARCH” field the name of the waterbody in which you are interested, and then click “Search” Each blue dot you see represents a waterbody with a Social Map chart - click the dot to view the chart

#MAKING LOWRANCE MAPS DOWNLOAD#

The first listing under “SOCIAL MAP/view download social maps” is “Social Map.” By clicking this link, you will access an interactive map of all the waterbodies in the world for which there is an C-MAP Genesis Social Map chart.“List of Social Maps” will be the second listing underneath the heading “SOCIAL MAP/view and download social maps”.Navigate your cursor to the left-hand side of your C-MAP Genesis dashboard screen and click on the text “List of Social Maps” (see the image above)

Log in to your C-MAP Genesis dashboard following the step-by-step instructions above (Article continues after the image below)

In some cases, however, a waterbody is so far off the beaten path that there exists no basemap for it at all - these are the types of waterbodies for which C-MAP Genesis was created! For if wasn’t for the DIY capabilities of C-MAP Genesis, these waterbodies might never be mapped at all.įollow the steps below to search the vast Social Map for a community-sourced chart of your favorite waterbody. Zoom in on a blue dot and click to see and download the map for free.

When you and others record and upload sonar logs of boat trips in those gray-scale areas, you can replace the less-detailed gray-shaded contours with highly detailed blue-shaded C-MAP Genesis contours, and eventually create an entirely new, and amazingly accurate, map for the water body.Įach blue dot indicates a waterbody mapped with C-MAP Genesis. The gray-scaled contours on Social Map charts appear in areas where the C-MAP Insight basemap has not yet been improved by custom contour mapping with C-MAP Genesis. The blue-shaded areas are those that have been mapped with C-MAP Genesis, so those areas will appear in very high detail (usually with 2- to 5-foot contours, although shallower waterbodies can appear with 1-foot contours, and very deep waterbodies might display with 10-foot contours). On many waterbodies that are partially mapped, you will see both blue-shaded depth areas and gray-shaded depth areas. On the Social Map, online at waterbodies that are completely mapped feature charts with entirely blue-shaded depth areas - darker blue denotes deeper water lighter blue indicates shallower water. Some waterbodies have already been completely mapped by community-minded anglers, others are partially mapped, and some remain a blank slate, ready to be mapped.

#MAKING LOWRANCE MAPS FOR FREE#

How to search for maps to download for FREE from Social Map If you’re new to C-MAP Genesis, the first thing you might want to do is check if any of your favorite waterbodies have already been surveyed and have a chart available for free download from Social Map. This article will teach you how to find maps of the waterbodies you’re interested in and how to download those maps for use on the water in your compatible* sonar/GPS device. One of the most popular features of C-MAP Genesis is Social Map, an online database of FREE downloadable maps for waterbodies close to home, across the country and around the world.