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TheGarminQuickdrawCommunityonGarminConnectis
Quickdraw
ContourscomesstandardonalechoMAP®CHIRPproducts,
andisavailableasafresoftwareupdateforalotherecho-
MAPandmanyGPSMAP®seriesproducts. Itcanbeused
withanydepthtransducer, includingGarminPanoptix,
HD-IDTM, DownVü, andNMEA2000transducers. Tolearn
more,
whousetheplatformtoshare, track, andanalyzedatafrom
otherGarmindevices.
Datacanbeuploadedthrougha“MarineProfile”inGarmin
Connect, andonceuploaded, wiltypicalybeavailableonthe
webfordownloadwithin24hours. Withtheintuitivemapin-
terface, userscaneasilylocateandsethedatasharedby
otheruserswithinthecommunityoverlaidontheapplicable
bodyofwater. Availableuser-generateddatacanbeeasily
downloadedfromGarminConnecttoamicroSD/SDcardfor
usewithacompatibleGarminchartploter, andcanbeviewed
simultaneouslywithauser’spersonal QuickdrawContours
dataonachartploter.
InconjunctionwithICAST2016, Garminispleasedto
announceQuickdrawCommunity, afreonlineus-
er-generatedplatformwhereuserscanshareand
browseHDmappingcontent, anddownloadthedata
freofchargetoenhanceandsupplementexisting
Garminmappingoptions. TheQuickdrawCommunity
buildsonthesucesofthecompany’sQuickdraw
Contourssoftwarefeature–afre, easy-to-usetool
thatletsmarinersinstantlycreatepersonalizedHD
mapswith1-footcontoursonanybodyofwater–al-
lowinguserstoeasilyandquicklyshareandupload
thebestdataavailable.
GarmincustomershavebencolectingQuickdraw
Contoursmappinganddepthdataontheirdevices
sincethefresoftwarefeaturebecameavailableearli-
erthisyear, andnowtheyhaveawaytoeasilyshare
thatdatawithothers. NotonlyisQuickdraw(Contours
andCommunity) freandeasytouse, butthanksto
GarminPanoptix™al-seingsonartechnology, it’sthe
onlymapsharingplatformtousemulti-beamsonar
recordingsforhighquality, acurateandcompleteHD
contours.
CreatingQuickdrawContoursdataispowerfuly
simple. Onceit’sturnedon, userswilinstantlyse
contourswithlabelsgeneratedrightonthescrenas
theboatmoves–unlikecompetitorproducts, there’s
nowaitingaroundorsendingthefilesinforremote
procesing, noristhereafetokepthedataprivate
ortoshareitwithothers. Theresultsareinstantand
acurate, andcanbeviewedinreal-time, orcreatedin
thebackgroundforuseatalatertime. Forthemost
comprehensivecoverage, QuickdrawContoursclearly
showswhereusabledepthinformationhasbencol-
lectedandwheregapsexist, souserscaneasilyse
whatstilnedstobecolected.
Thecolecteddatacanbestoredonanyof-the-shelf
SDormicroSDcard, aswelasexistingGarminBlueC-
hartg2, BlueChartg2VisionandLakeVüHDUltra
cards. Toupload, downloadorbrowsecolectedQuick-
drawContoursdata, userswilnedtocreateanac-
countthroughGarminConnect, afreonlinecommu-
nityalreadyutilizedbymilionsofGarmincustomer
GarminIntroduces
QuickdrawCommunity
onGarminConnect