Creating Maps
Maps can be created by clicking the Map button on any window. Google Maps, GPX files, and GPI files can be output. To select which of these to output you need to right click the Map button then left click one of the entries. A radio button will show which has been selected. Next time the Map button is left clicked the selection made previously will be used. It is therefore only necessary to left-click tthe Map button to output a map.

Google Maps supports multi-point output. However the number of points is limited to about 20. The exact number depends on the amount of data there is for a location.

GPX files and GPI files can have an unlimited number of points. If a GPX or GPI map is output the status bar will indicate how many points were output.

GPX and GPI are industry standard formats that can be used by many GPS devices and map viewing applications.  GPX and GPI files can be loaded into a Garmin GPS device. GPX files can be used directly by map viewers such as nRoute, Google Earth, and ArcGIS Explorer. There are many other devices and applications that can use this format. GPI format can be used by the Garmin Mobile PC application either on a computer or a Garmin GPS device.

The name of the map output file and the type of map symbol used for locations is specified in Tools > Preferences. See the Preferences topic for details.