Gps Satellite Settings; Garmin Adventures; Sending Files To Basecamp; Creating An Adventure - Garmin GPSMAP 64sc SiteSurvey Owner's Manual

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1 Select Profile Change.
2 Select a profile.

Area Calculation

Calculating the Size of an Area
1 Select Area Calculation > Start.
2 Walk around the perimeter of the area you want to
calculate.
3 Select Calculate when finished.
Satellite Page
The satellite page shows your current location, GPS
accuracy, satellite locations, and signal strength.

GPS Satellite Settings

Select Satellite > MENU.
NOTE: Some settings are only available when Use Demo
Modeis enabled.
Use Demo Mode: Allows you to turn the GPS off.
Use Satellite System: Allows you to turn the GPS on.
Track Up: Indicates whether satellites are shown with
rings oriented with north toward the top of the
screen or oriented with your current track toward
the top of the screen.
Single Color: Allows you to select whether the satellite
page is displayed in multicolor or single color.
Set Location On Map: Allows you to mark your current
location on the map. You can use this location to
create routes or search for saved locations.
AutoLocate Position: Calculates your GPS position using
the Garmin Auto Locate

Garmin Adventures

You can create adventures to share your journeys
with family, friends, and the Garmin community. You
can group related items together as an adventure.
For example, you can create an adventure for your
latest hiking trip. The adventure could contain the
track log of the trip, photos of the trip, and geocaches
you hunted. You can use BaseCamp™ to create and
manage your adventures. For more information, go to
adventures.garmin.com.

Sending Files to BaseCamp

1 Open BaseCamp.
2 Connect the device to your computer.
On Windows
computers, the device appears as
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a removable drive or a portable device, and the
memory card may appear as a second removable
drive. On Mac
computers, the device and memory
®
card appear as mounted volumes.
NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives
may not display device drives properly. See your
operating system documentation to learn how to
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feature.
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map the drive.
3 Open the Garmin or memory card drive or volume.
4 Select an option:
• Select an item from a connected device and drag it
to My Collection or to a list.
• From BaseCamp, select Device > Receive from
Device, and select the device.

Creating an Adventure

Before you can create an adventure and send it to
your device, you must download BaseCamp to your
computer and transfer a track from your device to your
computer
(Sending Files to BaseCamp, page 8)
1 Open BaseCamp.
2 Select File > New > Garmin Adventure.
3 Select a track, and select Next.
4 If necessary, add items from BaseCamp.
5 Complete the required fields to name and describe
the adventure.
6 If you want to change the cover photo for the
adventure, select Change, and select a different
photo.
7 Select Finish.

Starting an Adventure

Before you can start an adventure, you must send an
adventure from BaseCamp to your device
to BaseCamp, page 8)
.
1 Select Adventures.
2 Select an adventure.
3 Select Start.
VIRB
Remote
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Before you can use the VIRB Remote function, you
must enable the remote setting on your VIRB camera.
The VIRB Remote function allows you to control your
VIRB camera from a distance.
1 Select VIRB Remote.
2 Select an option:
• Select REC to record video.
• Select Take Photo to take a photograph.

Waypoint Averaging

You can refine a waypoint location for more accuracy.
When averaging, the device takes several readings
at the same location and uses the average value to
provide more accuracy.
1 Select Waypoint Manager.
2 Select a waypoint.
3 Select MENU > Average Location.
4 Move to the waypoint location.
5 Select Start.
6 Follow the on-screen instructions.
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