GPS Menu

The GPS Menu Contains the following options.

• Start Tracking GPS
• Stop Tracking GPS
• Start Tracking GPS at Startup

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• GPS Setup
• GPS Information
• Sky View...
• Manage GPS Vessels
• View NMEA Data Log

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• Options...

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• Mark Waypoint
• Mark Waypoint from Averaged Position

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• Clear Tracklog
• Record Tracklog
• Save Tracklog
• Simplify (Reduce) Tracklogs when Saved

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• Send Raster Maps to Connected Garmin Device

Please click on any of the options above to see more information.

Global Mapper provides the ability to track the position of a serial GPS device connected to your computer's serial port (or USB via a serial-to-USB convertor) or a Garmin USB GPS device connected to the computer's USB port in real-time over the top of any loaded mapping data. For serial GPS devices, the GPS device must communicate in either NMEA-0183 v2.x or Garmin binary format in order to be compatible with Global Mapper.

When tracking a GPS device, you can mark the current location as a waypoint. You can also choose to record a bread-crumb trail, or tracklog, of where you have gone.

Below is a sample screen capture of what Global Mapper looks like when tracking a GPS device over loaded data. You can see the GPS vessel location. The GPS Information dialog displays current GPS status information.