DeLorme Street Atlas USA User Guide

Street Atlas USA® User Guide

This user guide is a printable version of the XMap Help system. When you are using XMap,
use the Help system to take advantage of links to related Help topics and tutorials.

Table of Contents

Getting Started ........................................................................................................ 1

Welcome to Street Atl

Frequently Asked Questions .................................................................................... 2

Helpful Tips .......................................................................................................... 8

Activating Advanced/Simpl

Basic Functions ................................................................................................... 12

Zooming In and O

Panning/Centering the Map ................................................................................... 14

Copying Your Map to t
Saving a Map as a Bitmap or JP
Measuring Distance a

Chart of Supported Coordinate Formats .................................................................. 17

Searching T

Exiting the Program ............................................................................................. 19

About the Interface

Tab Area ............................................................................................................ 20

Control Panel ...................................................................................................... 21

Overview Map ..................................................................................................... 22

Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 22

Tutorial

Map Legen

Using the Toolbar ................................................................................................... 53

s ............................................................................................................... 25

Tutorial: Use the E-Z Nav Route Wizard .................................................................. 25

Tutorial: Find Points of I
Tutorial: Plan a Long Di
Tutorial: Create Route Avoi

Tutorial: Add Maps and Imagery ............................................................................ 37

Tutorial: Share Maps
Tutorial: Phone Tab Re
Tutorial: Route with X

Map Legend ........................................................................................................ 49

Showing/Hiding Tool
Reordering the Tool
To Create a New Map

To Open a Map File .............................................................................................. 54

To Save a Map Fi

To Share Maps .................................................................................................... 54

To Create a Route ............................................................................................... 54

To Start/Stop Your GP

To Use GPS NavMode ........................................................................................... 55

ips .................................................................................................... 18

d .......................................................................................................... 49

as USA .................................................................................. 1

ified File Management ..................................................... 12

ut ............................................................................................ 12

he Clipboard ........................................................................ 14

EG Image ............................................................... 14

nd Area ................................................................................ 16

............................................................................................. 20

nterest on a Route ............................................................. 29

stance Trip......................................................................... 31

ds ............................................................................... 34

........................................................................................... 40

sults by Road ...................................................................... 43

Data Points .......................................................................... 46

bar Options ............................................................................ 53

bar Options ............................................................................. 53

File ..................................................................................... 53

le .............................................................................................. 54

S Connection ....................................................................... 55

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To Open the Map Li

brary ...................................................................................... 56

To View Imagery ................................................................................................. 56

To Get Information About a
To Choose Opti

ons .............................................................................................. 58

To Exchange Files with a Handhel
To Add Images to a G
To Grab and Pa

n the Map ..................................................................................... 59

Location ...................................................................... 57

d Device .............................................................. 59

PS Location .......................................................................... 59

To Measure Distance ............................................................................................ 59

To Print ............................................................................................................. 60

To Print the Map Screen

Customizing the Map and Tab

....................................................................................... 60

Display ....................................................................... 61

Customizing the Interface ..................................................................................... 61

Displaying Basic Map F

eatures .............................................................................. 61

Customizing the Map Feature Preferences ............................................................... 63

Changing the Map Colors ...................................................................................... 64

Changing the Map Magn

ification Level .................................................................... 65

Changing How POIs Display on the Map .................................................................. 65

Setting Units of Measur
Resizing the Map a

e Preferences ..................................................................... 66

nd Tab Areas ............................................................................ 68

Showing or Hiding Tabs ........................................................................................ 69

Importing/Exporting Tab Ma
Reordering the Tab

Using Keyboard Shortc

s ............................................................................................ 71

uts ....................................................................................... 73

Selecting a Keyboard S

nager Preferences ........................................................ 70

hortcut Scheme .................................................................. 73

Creating a New Custom Scheme ............................................................................ 73

Assigning Keyboard Shortcu
Customizing a DeLorm
Renaming a Custom Sc
Deleting a Custom Sc

heme ................................................................................... 76

ts in a Custom Scheme .................................................. 73

e Scheme ........................................................................... 75

heme ................................................................................ 75

Importing a Custom Scheme ................................................................................. 76

Exporting a Custom Sc

heme ................................................................................. 76

Searching For Commands ..................................................................................... 77

Viewing All of the Shortcut

Keys for a Scheme ......................................................... 77

Viewing Map Data .................................................................................................. 79

Saving Data to Your Hard Drive ............................................................................. 79

Connecting Data ................................................................................................. 79

Viewing Imagery ................................................................................................. 80

Showing Roads in Rast

er Data .............................................................................. 80

Using Map Files ...................................................................................................... 81

Map Files Overview .............................................................................................. 81

Creating and Deleti

ng Map Files ............................................................................ 82

Opening an Existing Map File ................................................................................ 82

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