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| CiscoKid - 2/26/2014 7:10 AM
As mentioned the newest MH article brings up a very nice tip with the SI units, and is pretty much what JLong is saying. You can drive along with the SI units and mark structure off to the side. You can then move your cursor over to it on the screen, and lay a waypoint on structure. You no longer have to drive directly over the top of a crib, or sunken log/tree, or rock pile to lay a waypoint. That is a real time saver! I did some of it last year when I finally got up to date with technology, but not nearly enough.
You dont hear of many guys using the structure map feature on Lowrance but it is sweet. No need to follow waypoints if you make a structure map first. The map is overlayed right on your gps map. You just need to record your sidescan images, convert to a map on chip and then overlay. Doesn't allows work and depends on the structure but you can set up some pretty sweet trolling passes and cast some pretty cool structure just based on your map overlay. Works really good at night when you don't want your map cluttered with waypoints. Waypoints don't mark everything and sometimes it is difficult to remember exactly what they mean which moves us to one more feature and that is waypoint management.
Waypoint management is a breeze on the touch units. Add the necessary descriptions and data by just typing on a touch screen keyboard. No need to waste time moving the cursor to one letter at a time and hitting enter. Put whatever you want on your screen and do it fast before you forget with the touch screen.
If you have multiple units this is even better. The Lowrance units share map chips. They share created structure map info too. You can put essential info such as owners manual, fishing regulations, pictures, trolling charts, depth charts whatever you want on a pdf file, store it on a chip, put the chip into the card slot on your Lowrance and have it displayed on the unit. Trolling chats, licenses, anything you want. I used it for my Canada license last year and showed it to a warden. Never worry about forgetting your license again. The wardens were really impressed with it too.
Enjoy the new technology.
Edited by 4amuskie 2/28/2014 10:26 AM
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Location: 31 | The reason you don't hear about guys using the structure map is because it's pretty advanced technology, not only is the equipment expensive, it looks like it takes a fair amount of skill and effort to get it dialed in too… and I’m not the least bit surprised you are at the front of the curve Jim.
This will be my first year using a touch screen and that structure map deal definitely piques my curiosity right along with the spotlight scan. I'll be trying to shoehorn a 12” touch alongside my old LCX-113 at the helm to have the option of three screens running at the same time on the touch (side-down-spotlight).
But until I get my hands on all of the equipment, and then figure out a way to route the spotlight scan to both the bow and helm, that configuration remains to be seen. My spotlight scan is still back ordered, and I'm not really planning on fooling around with this stuff until the weather breaks, but will post a review once I get the spotlight scan up and running on the water.
Haha, ya I'm still not ready to let go of my trusty 113s and icon maps... as silly as that sounds...  |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I'm with you Jerry I can't give up the ability to drop unlabeled icons. To me the turkey track looks like weeds. |
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| Jerry, Once you figure out how to make maps and if you want to troll an edge on it you will need to do the following. The point 1 antenna is a real helper for allowing you to follow the edge. With the heading sensor you can keep the boat following the exact line you need. Just keep the heading line displayed on the map lined up with your marks. You also must use the antenna on your bow unit so that you can make corrections sooner in your coarse. The problem is even though the antenna provides location up to 10 times a second , the fastest the unit updates the map is 1 time per second. This allows for a lag time between actual location and the time the map updates it. The internal antenna is pretty good on the HDS2 units and will provide a fairly accurate location. The point 1 is used for heading, direction and will provide compass readings even when stopped.
The point 1 is normally mounted in the rear of the boat. This is because the trolling motor will cause magnetic interference with it and your heading will be in error. It is also closer to your transducer thus providing more accurate waypoint markings. Use the point 1 for heading and the bow mount for location when trolling. |
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“The video capability will be slick for folks that have underwater cameras and clear water. You can hook your camera from its video output into an adapter cable that feeds into the power on the back of the unit and port video right into your unit.”
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Location: WI | The insight genesis software that you are talking about is much easier than you would think. And until you actually load it on your graph it's free. You just start logging on the water with a card in the unit. Keep the files to 45 minutes or so. Then load them onto your computer and it will begin creating a map for you. You can do this all season and buy the software to load it on your graph later or do it as you go. It is more detailed than any other chip you can buy. Yes it takes time to do but say you drift a piece of main lake structure 10 times in a day. You have just created a perfect map of that structure that is your forever. Many if not most of the lakes I fish in northern WI Are not mapped. Now I can make my own! |
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