![]() The results are instant and accurate, and can be viewed in real-time, or created in the background for use at a later time. Once it’s turned on, users will instantly see contours with labels generated right on the screen as the boat moves – unlike competitor products, there’s no waiting around or sending the files in for remote processing, nor is there a fee to keep the data private or to share it with others. “Not only is Quickdraw (Contours and Community) free and easy to use, but thanks to Garmin Panoptix™ all-seeing sonar technology, it’s the only map sharing platform to use multi-beam sonar recordings for high quality, accurate and complete HD fishing contours.”Ĭreating Quickdraw Contours data is powerfully simple. “Garmin customers have been collecting Quickdraw Contours mapping and depth data on their devices since the free software feature became available earlier this year, and now they have a way to easily share that data with others,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of worldwide sales. The Quickdraw Community builds on the success of the company’s Quickdraw Contours software feature – a free, easy-to-use tool that lets mariners instantly create personalized HD depth maps with 1-foot contours on nearly any body of water – allowing users to easily and quickly share and upload the best data available. Garmin, the global leader in satellite navigation, have announced the Quickdraw Community, a free online user-generated platform where users can share and browse HD depth mapping content, and download the data free of charge to enhance and supplement existing Garmin mapping options. As with any new product it is difficult to know all the questions without physically using it first.įortunately Chris Gillit from Garmin will be present during our promo day and I am sure that he will be able to answer most of the questions we'll have.An online community of free user-generated depth map data As for the swell, according to the literature I have studied, it does have an option to calibrate the Quickdraw in accordance with the swell height and period. I personally think the Quickdraw software's purpose is more too draw the contours in uncharted areas rather than calculate depths dependent on the tide, but I might be wrong. If you look under your tidal menu of your GPS, you will see that your GPS always knows the tide as well as the height of the tide depending on the moon phase.It might be that the unit will use this data to auto calibrate, but I cannot confirm that at this stage. Now if one looks at your normal digital (and paper) charting, depths are always given at the lowest possible depths. I'd like to load this onto my 721xs, will the software also work on my Garmin 50s? And would i be able to take recordings and transfer them from unit to unit? ![]() Does it take tides into consideration? I like to sometimes plot reefs in shallow water and wondering how it might draw different images depending on tidal differences i.e water depths? And how will it take swell into consideration? Dorado wrote:This is fantastic news Deon, was wondering when this software would come to Garmin and now i see its a free upgrade! Just something that i was wondering about when i first heard about this.
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