Connecting To The Garmin Quickdraw Community With Garmin Connect; Sharing Your Garmin Quickdraw Contours Maps With The Garmin Quickdraw Community Using Garmin Connect; Downloading Garmin Quickdraw Community Maps Using Garmin Connect - Garmin GPSMAP 12x3 Owner's Manual

Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Garmin Connect

1 Go to connect.garmin.com.
2 Select Getting Started > Quickdraw Community > Getting Started.
3 If you do not have a Garmin Connect account, create one.
4 Sign in to your Garmin Connect account.
5 Select Dashboards > Marine to open the Garmin Quickdraw widget.
TIP: Make sure you have a memory card in your computer to share Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps.
Sharing Your Garmin Quickdraw Contours Maps with the Garmin Quickdraw Community Using Garmin
Connect
You can share Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that you have created with others in the Garmin Quickdraw
Community.
When you share a contour map, only the contour map is shared. Your waypoints are not shared.
1 Insert a memory card into the card slot
2 Insert the memory card into your computer.
3 Access the Garmin Quickdraw Community
Connect, page 45).
4 Select Share Your Contours.
5 Browse to your memory card, and select the /Garmin folder.
6 Open the Quickdraw folder, and select the file named ContoursLog.svy.
After the file is uploaded, delete the ContoursLog.svy file from your memory card to avoid issues with future
uploads. Your data will not be lost.

Downloading Garmin Quickdraw Community Maps Using Garmin Connect

You can download Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that other users have created and shared with the Garmin
Quickdraw Community.
If your device does not have Wi‑Fi technology, you can access the Garmin Quickdraw Community using the
Garmin Connect website.
If your device has Wi‑Fi technology, you should access the Garmin Quickdraw Community using the
ActiveCaptain app (Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with ActiveCaptain,
1 Insert the memory card into your computer.
2 Access the Garmin Quickdraw Community
Connect, page 45).
3 Select Search for Contours.
4 Use the map and search features to locate an area to download.
The red dots represent Garmin Quickdraw Contours maps that have been shared for that region.
5 Select Select an Area to Download.
6 Drag the edges of the box to select the area to download.
7 Select Start Download.
8 Save the file to your memory card.
TIP: If you cannot find the file, look in the "Downloads" folder. The browser may have saved the file there.
9 Remove the memory card from your computer.
10 Insert the memory card into the card slot
The chartplotter automatically recognizes the contours maps. The chartplotter may take a few minutes to
load the maps.
Garmin Quickdraw Contours Mapping
(Memory Cards, page 7).
(Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Garmin
(Connecting to the Garmin Quickdraw Community with Garmin
(Memory Cards, page 7).
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