Data Save Options - satmap active 20 Full User Manual

6. MAIN MENU: Settings Menu (... cont)

6.30 Data Save Options

(MAIN MENU → Settings → Data Save Options)
This option controls the format and location of your
saved activity data.
Route Format
Your routes can be saved in 3 formats
GPX (recommended)
.map (older Satmap format)
TCX
(used on some Garmins)
GPX
is a universal route format widely used by
many Activity logging and Mapping web sites. It is
also easy to e-mail to friends and family as a file
attachment.
.map
Is the earlier proprietary format used by Active
10 and 12 GPS units, and is provided here for
backward compatibility
TCX is another popular format, used especially by
Garmin GPS units.
The smallest amount of storage space is used when
GPX Only is selected.
Once completed, your activity files can be seen
and transferred from you Active 20 using either a
Windows/Mac browser or SatSYNC.
Preferred Data Location
Select either
Internal Storage, or
SD Card
Top Tip:
Use Internal Memory
MapCards frequently and wish to keep your routes
centralised on the GPS units; use
are doing very long trips and the size of your data
files is likely to be large.
Software v3.13.11
if you swap
SD Card if you
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