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Functionality of CarryMap 5.6

application
for Android devices
 Content

Overview of buttons located on map window ............................................................................................................... 3

Creating new feature ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Creating features by coordinates.................................................................................................................................... 7
Creating point feature by photo ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Editing features .............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Adding attachments to feature ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Measuring distance and area ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Recording track. Creating polygon by track............................................................................................................... 23
Creating project, editing project name ........................................................................................................................ 25
Opening project ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Working with layers in project ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Adding layers to project ................................................................................................................................................ 35
Adding map to project................................................................................................................................................... 37
Changing settings for layer parameters (selecting symbology, setting labeling, adding fields).............................. 38
Selecting symbol when creating feature in the existent layer .................................................................................... 43
Importing data ............................................................................................................................................................... 45
Exporting data ............................................................................................................................................................... 47
Searching features. Going to feature by coordinates. ................................................................................................. 49
Selecting map scale ........................................................................................................................................................ 54
Adding online services ................................................................................................................................................... 54
Specifying destination .................................................................................................................................................... 56
Creating bookmarks ...................................................................................................................................................... 58
Creating marks .............................................................................................................................................................. 59
Saving map extent .......................................................................................................................................................... 65
Application settings ....................................................................................................................................................... 66
Working with Maps catalog .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Finding current location................................................................................................................................................ 68
Using external GPS receivers........................................................................................................................................ 69
Working with protected maps ...................................................................................................................................... 70

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Overview of buttons located on map window

Create object – creates objects on the map (points, polylines, polygons).

Record track – records and saves GPS tracks.
Measure – measures distances and areas on the map.
Compass – returns map northwards.
My location – defines current location of the user.
Marks on map – creates graphic marks on the map.

Search on map, go to coordinates – performs text and numeric search, goes to coordinates
in DD and DMS formats.

Additional tools for work with map – saving map extent as bookmark or PDF document.
Main menu – provides options to make settings of the app without leaving the current
project, to add layers and maps to project, to manage layers visibility and to perform operations
with layers (zoom in/out, delete, view legend, view layer properties, etc.).

Change map scale – zooms in/out the map.

Creating new feature

To create new feature on the map, tap the Create feature button.

In the appeared menu select the feature type: point, polyline, or polygon.

Specify the feature geometry. To do so, consequentially tap the required places on your map.

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To delete the needless point on the map, tap it. To add the new point, pull the edge in the
needed place and the point will be added there. To change location of the created point, tap
and hold it, then drag it to the new place on the map.

Now select the layer where you want to create the new feature. To do so, in the feature card
tap the arrow near the Save to option.

In the appeared window you can either select the layer from the currently opened project, or
select the previously created layer in the application, or create the new layer.

To select the layer from the existing data, press Select from data and select the required layer
from the list of GPKG layers stored in the application.

To create the new layer, press Create new.

The layer will be automatically created with the default name, but you can rename it, to do so,
enter the new name using the keyboard.

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To confirm the layer name, tap the tick mark near the layer or tap Enter on the keyboard.

If there are previously added layers in the project, then to create the feature you need to select
the required layer from the list. The selected layer will be marked with the check sign.

To select another layer, press its name in the list and it will be marked with the blue check
sign.

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To go to changing parameters of the layer settings, press . See Changing settings for layer
parameters section for more details about changing layer settings.

To go to saving the created feature and filling in the fields, press the back arrow.

To fill in the Feature name and Description fields, tap the required line and enter the text.

To complete creation of the feature, press Create. The feature will be saved. If you need to
cancel this operation during the feature creation process, press Cancel.

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Creating features by coordinates

To create the feature by coordinates, during the creation process go to the line for entering
coordinates in the feature identification card (see Creating new feature section for details).

To create the feature by your current location, press Coordinates by location button in
the identification card of the created feature.

Coordinates of the point feature will be changed to coordinates of the current location. The
new point with coordinates of your current location will be added to the created polygon or
polyline feature.
To add the feature by manually entered coordinates, go to the line for entering coordinates.

You can change coordinates format, if needed. To do so, select the feature and in the appeared
identification window tap the line with coordinates to change the format.

The available coordinate formats are as following:

• Degrees-minutes-seconds;
• Decimal degrees;
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 • UTM meters (if you selected Projected coordinate system in Settings, see “Settings”
section for details).

Enter the required coordinates and press Return on the keyboard.

The point with the specified coordinates will be added on the map.

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To save the point, press Create.

Creating point feature by photo

To create the new point feature by photo, press Create feature button in the map window and
in the appeared menu select Create point by photo button.

To be able to use this option, in your smartphone settings you need to allow CarryMap app to
have access to the device camera and memory. Besides, for all photos made with your device,
the option of using geolocation should be enabled.

After pressing the Create point by photo button the camera window will open.

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Press Take photo button.

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To use this photo, press Use photo.

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To take another photo, press Retake. In the appeared camera window take the new photo and
press Use photo again.

To use the existing photo, press Gallery.

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Select the required photo from your Gallery. Now coordinates of selected photo will be used
to create the point on your map and this photo will be added as attachment to the point.

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Changing the layer and its settings is done same as when creating features, see Changing
settings for layer parameters section for details.
To complete creation of point by photo, press Create button.
To cancel creation of point by photo, press Cancel button.

Editing features

To start editing feature, select it on map or find it searching by attribute or coordinates (see
“Searching on map” section for details) and tap Edit icon in the feature identification card.

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Being in the feature editing mode, you can change the feature geometry. To delete the point,
tap it on the map. To add the new point, tap the empty place on the map. To move the point,
select it on the map and drag it to required place on the map.

To save your changes, tap Save . To cancel made changes, tap Cancel .

To change the feature name, enable the editing mode and select Feature name in the feature
card.

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Enter the feature name and tap Done.

If feature name has not been specified, the feature card will have the default name Untitled,
but the default name will be changed right after you specify the name of this feature.

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Adding attachments to feature

You can add attachments to any feature on the map. To do so, in the feature card tap Add
attachments.

To add photo or video, tap Take photo/video.

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To be able to use this option, in your smartphone settings you need to allow CarryMap app to
have access to the device camera and memory.

Take a photo or video and tap Use photo, to add it as attachment to the feature.

Added photos can be viewed in the feature’s card. To open the photo, tap the appropriate
thumbnail.

To delete the added photo, tap Delete.

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To share/send the added photo, tap Share.

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Added videos can be viewed in the Files section of the feature’s card. To view or delete the
video, select it in the card and select the required option.

To add the media file from the gallery that is already on the device, tap Add from gallery, to
add the document, tap Add file.

Measuring distance and area

To measure distance or area, tap the Measurements button.

The button will change its color and the tool window will appear. If you want to measure
distance, tap Measure distance icon.
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If you want to measure area, tap Measure area icon, accordingly.

To start measurement, sequentially tap the map adding points.

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To delete the needless point, tap it again. The calculated distance or area will be shown in the
upper part of the measurement window.

Measuring distances and areas is also possible using My location option. To start measurement
from the point of your current location, tap and then . Now the point of your current
location will be used as the starting or one of the intermediate points of measurement.

To change measurement units, go to Settings of the map menu (note that changing units is
possible if you are not in the measurement mode). In the Measure units section select the
required units:

• Metric: meters – kilometers;

• British: feet – miles – acres.

To close the measurement window, tap the cross icon in the upper right corner of the window
or tap Measurements button again.

To copy the measurement result, long tap the output value and tap Copy in the appeared dialog.

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Recording track. Creating polygon by track.

To start recording track or to start creating polygon by track, press . To record track, press
Record track button.

To create polygon by track, press Create polygon by track button.

When recording track or creating polygon by track starts, the tool button becomes red.

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To complete recording track or creating polygon by track, press the tool button again.

In the appeared window select the layer where to you want to save your track or polygon. Enter
the track name in the Feature name field, if needed.

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Note that every 5 seconds your track will be saved automatically. That is, even if your device
switches off by some reason, the track will be automatically saved to the selected layer and so
will not be lost.

Note that recording track does not hinder any other operations provided with the app (for
example, feature creation or editing, adding new layers to project, etc.).

Recording track can be stopped by tapping Record track or Create polygon by track button
again.

Creating project, editing project name

To create project, open CMF2 map and data in GeoPackage, KML, KMX, SHP or GPX format
(see Importing data for more detail), the project will be created automatically.

The project name can be changed in the map menu, to do so, tap the editing icon.
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Enter the new name and tap Enter

Opening project

To open the project stored on your device, tap Close map button in the Main menu.

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In the My maps tab all the previously saved and autosaved projects are stored.

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To open project, select it from the list. To delete project, select three dots menu and select
Delete from device.

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To change name for project, tap Rename in the menu, enter the new name, and tap ОК. If you
rename autosaved project, it will be moved to the My projects section.
To open another map, tap Close map button in the Main menu and select the required map
from the list. If the selected map is used in other projects, the appropriate message will appear.

To open map as a project, select the project from the list. If you need to open the map only,
select it from the list.

To create new project for this map, add gpkg layers to map (see “Creating new object” and
“Working with layers in project” sections for more details).

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Working with layers in project

All layers added to project can be viewed in the map menu. You can change the layers order
in the project. To do so, long tap the layer and drag it to the required position in the list of
layers.

If the layer is the first one in the list, it will be displayed on top of all layers on your map,
accordingly. To zoom to layer in the project, tap the three dots menu and select Zoom to layer.

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To delete layer from the current project, tap three dots menu and select Delete.

To delete layer from the device, go to library tapping in the layer menu and select
Delete from device tapping the three dots menu of the layer you want to delete.

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The layer will be deleted from the device. To view all features containing in the layer, press
the layer in the main menu of the map.

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All objects containing in the layer will be shown in the list.

To view feature on the map, select it in the list and it will be highlighted on your map.

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To zoom to all layer in the project, tap Zoom to map button in the Main menu.

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Adding layers to project

To add layer to current project, tap Add button in the map menu.

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Select the required layer from library and it will be added to your current project. If you need
to select multiple layers, tap Select all or long tap the required layers and then tap Open.

Selected layers will be added to the project.

To turn off layer visibility, tap near the required layer name and the icon will change its
color to grey . Note that the layer will not be deleted from the project, it just will not be
shown on the map. To turn the hidden layer on, tap the icon near its name again.
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Adding map to project
If you want to add map to project, tap and go to My maps tab showing all CMF2
maps stored on your device.

Select the map you want to add from the list.

Map will be added to the current project.

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Changing settings for layer parameters (selecting symbology, setting labeling, adding
fields)

To view symbology used for layer, tap three dots, and select Legend in the menu.

In the appeared window you can view all symbology used to display this layer. To turn the
layer off, pull the layer visibility shift.

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To add fields to the layer attributes, select Layer properties in the menu.

Now tap the Fields section.

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In the appeared window tap Add field button.

In the appeared field tap the Field name line and enter the
name of the new field, then tap ОК.

Now tap the Field type line and select the required field type from the list.

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To delete created field, tap Delete . To save made changes, tap Save in the upper part
of the window. To change the object fill color, select Fill color in the Layer properties menu.

In the appeared list select the required color and all features will be changed accordingly.

To change properties of the layer symbology, select Customize symbology.

With the Customize symbology option you can change the symbol shape, size, show/hide its
border and select border color, set transparency. To change symbol shape, tap Shape and select
the required shape from the appeared list.

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To select image as symbol, tap and select the required image from the Gallery.

To show labels for features, select Layer properties, tapping three dots menu.

Pull the switch in the Labeling section to display labels.

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In Label field line select the field which attributes will be used to label all features.

To add the new field, see “Setting layer symbology. Adding new fields.” section above.

In the Font size line specify the font size pulling the shift to the required value.

Select the labels color in the Font color line.

Selecting symbol when creating feature in the existent layer

When creating the feature in the existent or the newly created layer you can specify different
symbols for features of one layer. To do so, create the new feature and select the required
symbol in the feature card.

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In the appeared list select the required symbol.

Tap Save . Changing symbology for the feature is also possible when editing mode is on.

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Importing data
To add data to current project, tap in the map menu. All data that can be added to
project are shown in the Library section consisting of Data, My maps and Maps catalog tabs.

The Data tab contains data in GeoPackage, KML/KMZ, SHP and GPX formats. To add the
existing KML/KMZ, SHP, GPX file to the project, select it and select CarryMap from the list
of apps to open this file.

The file will be added to Data tab.

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To add gpkg layer, tap again the added file, it will be converted to gpkg layer and added to the
project, and the appropriate message will appear.

Converted gpkg layer will be added to the project.

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The same steps mentioned above should be done to add KML/KMZ, SHP, GPX files.

Exporting data

You can share files in GeoPackage, SHP, KML/KMZ, GPX formats or share KML/KMZ,
SHP, GPX files stored on your device. To do so, open the layer menu in the Data section
pressing three dots, and select Share.

When sharing gpkg layer you can select the format: SHP, KMZ, GPKG, GPX.

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After selecting the format, select the method you want to use to share your file.

Besides, you can share the single feature, to do so, tap it on the map and in the appeared card
press Share.

Select the data format in the appeared window.

After that, select how you would like to share the feature.

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Searching features. Going to feature by coordinates.

To search for GPKG feature or CMF2 by attributes, open the search field pressing the search

button .

Enter the search text to the appeared field (for example, the point name, description, etc.) and
press Return on the keyboard. The search results will be shown in the list.

To go to the found feature on the map, press its name in the search results list.

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The feature will be marked on the map.

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To perform an "exact search", before entering the search numeric or text value, put "!" and
then enter the required number or text to search for.

To clear search request, press Clear search.

To view all found features, press the arrow and all found
features will be marked on the map.

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If no features were found during search, you would see the Features not found message.

To go to feature by coordinates, open the search field pressing the search button .
The text search field will appear. To switch to the go to coordinates mode, press Switch button.

To open the go to DMS coordinates window, press Switch button one time.

To open the go to DD coordinates window, press Switch button two times.

When entering DMS coordinates, to put º (degree), ʹ (minute), or ʺ (second) sign, press space
after the number and the sign will automatically appear in the go to coordinates line. After

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entering the longitude and latitude values you need to enter their name: north, south and west,
east.
Then press Return on the keyboard. The found point will be marked with icon on your
map. The coordinates that you searched for will be shown in the card.

To go to DD coordinates, first enter Х, then Y coordinate, and press Return.

The found point will be marked with icon on your map. The coordinates that you searched
for will be shown in the card.

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Selecting map scale

To set map scale open the map window and click on the scale bar.

In the window that opens, enter the scale and click OK, the map will be drawn at the
specified scale.

Adding online services

To add the online map service ArcGIS or WMS to your project, tap button, go to
Maps catalog and select Online maps. You can select the online service from the provided list
or add the new one.
To add the new online service ArcGIS or WMS, tap Add button.

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If you already have connected services, they will be shown in the list in the Services tab. If you

need to add another service, tap Add , fill in all the required fields and tap Ready.

Select the required service type, enter its name and link to this service.

The added service will be shown in the Services tab.

Select the required map from the service and it will be added to your project.
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Specifying destination

The Use as a destination point option allows selecting the feature or place on the map as a
destination you want to reach. To specify the place as your destination, tap the required place
on the map and select Use as a destination point.

When the Use as a destination option is enabled, the arrow showing direction to specified
target and distance to this target appear on the screen.

The target feature will be marked with the flag symbol .

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To disable use of the Use as a destination option, tap the cross icon in the upper part of the
screen and then tap Yes in the appeared dialog.

The Use as a destination option will be disabled.

When the Use as a destination option is enabled, the distance to specified target feature appears
in the upper part of the screen.

Your current location will be marked with the cross button and direction to the target will
be marked with the red arrow.

During use of the Use as a destination option you can create a point feature in your current
location point. To do so, tap the cross button .

In the appeared window select the layer where to the point feature will be added.

To confirm your selection, press .

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Creating bookmarks

Bookmarks are provided for storing the needed map extents and data. To create the bookmark,
set the required map area boundary, go to Additional tools for work with map and tap Create
bookmark.

Enter the bookmark name or leave the default name. To save the bookmark, tap ОК. To view
the created bookmark, go to Bookmarks section in the project menu.

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To delete the bookmark, tap three dots and select Delete. To rename already created bookmark,
tap Rename, enter the new name and tap ОК.

To go to the bookmark on map, select it from the list and it will be shown on the screen.

If previously created bookmark does not fall into the current map extent, it will be grayed out
in the list and you will not be able to view it.

To view all active bookmarks of the current map, tap .

Creating marks

To create the graphic mark on your map as a text, custom shape or arrow, press Create mark
button and select the note type.
To create the mark as the custom shape, press button. Draw the required shape on the map.

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To change the note color, select the required color from the provided list.

To save the mark, press Save .

To cancel creating the mark, press Cancel .

To create the text mark on the map, press .

In the appeared field enter the note text and press Done on the keyboard.

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To change location of the text mark, long tap the note and drag it to the new place on the map.

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To change the text mark direction, hold the text box on the map and rotate it as needed.

To change the text mark color, select the required color from the provided list.

To save the text mark, press Save .

To cancel creating the text mark, press Cancel .

To create the mark as the arrow, press .

Now draw the arrow on the map, specifying the start and end point of the arrow.

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To change location of the arrow, specify the start and the end point of the arrow again, and the
previously created arrow will be deleted.

To change color of the arrow mark, select the required color from the provided list.

To save the arrow mark, press Save .

To cancel creating the arrow mark, press Cancel .

To delete the arrow mark, long tap it on the map.

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Then press and your arrow will be deleted.

To turn off the layer with marks, go to the main menu pressing , and press the check sign

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To view all created marks, select Marks on map layer.

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The list with all marks will appear.

To go to any mark on the map, select it from the list and it will be opened on the map.

Saving map extent

To save the map extent for printing or to save it to PDF document, set the required map area
boundary, go to Additional tools for work with map and tap Save to PDF.

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In the dialog that opens, select the required action to save or print the created map extent.

Application settings

The Settings tab provides the following options to specify the app settings:
• Change measurement units;
• Hide or show buttons to change map scale ;
• Turn on/off device screen lock during app work;
• Specify maximum cache size for the app. To set the size, tap Set max size of cache and
select the required size value.
• Clear cache and select cache size for the app data. To clear cache, tap Clear cache.
• Select symbol for pushpins of my location and destination. To do so, open the appropriate
section (Pushpin, My Location, Destination point) and select the required symbol from the
appeared list.

• In the Coordinate system section, you can select UTM zone, if WGS-84 coordinate system
is used in the current project.
• Enable/disable display of buffer showing accuracy of the current location definition.

Working with Maps catalog

The Maps catalog tab contains maps in CMF2 format. All maps are divided in three groups –
Maps for outdoor activities, Thematic maps and World maps. To go to Maps catalog, tap
in the map menu or tap Close map button in the Main menu and select Maps catalog
tab in the appeared window.
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To download a map from Maps catalog, select it from the list and tap Download . The

download process will start. To cancel the process, tap Cancel .

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After downloading the map to your device, the download icon will change to . If the map
has available updates, you will see the icon near this map name. Tap this icon to download
the updated version of the map.

To delete map from device, tap the three dots menu and select Delete. You can download it
again from Maps catalog, if needed.

To share map, tap the three dots menu and select Share. Note that you can share maps
downloaded to your device only.

All downloaded maps can be viewed in My maps tab.

Finding current location

To define your current location on the map, tap My location .

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When the My location option is enabled, the button changes . To disable the option, tap
any place on the map. If you tap the location button again, the map will go to the tracking mode
and the button will look as . Being in the tracking mode, the map will rotate according to
your current location. To disable tracking mode, tap any place on the map.

Using external GPS receivers

Starting from version 5.3, CarryMap app supports external GPS receivers from Bad Elf. Using
these GPS receivers allows to specify coordinates of your current location more accurately.

Note that making all settings for Bad Elf GPS option is done outside CarryMap app. To connect
Bad Elf receiver, enable Bluetooth on your device and all available receivers will be shown in
the appeared list.

Select the required GPS device and set connection with your mobile device. To do so, tap OK
on your device and on Bad Elf receiver.

Bad Elf GPS receiver will be connected and you will see the appropriate message.
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If by some reason Bad Elf receiver works inappropriately, CarryMap app will automatically
use the embedded GPS receiver of your mobile device (if geolocation option is enabled), and
the following message will appear.

If geolocation option of your device is disabled and connection with Bad Elf receiver is lost,
you will see the following message.

To find your current location and to record tracks, enable geolocation option on your device
or check connection with Bad Elf receiver.

Working with protected maps

The maps protected with password are marked with the lock icon. To open the password
protected map, tap its name, enter password in the appeared window and tap Unlock.

The map will be opened in the project. Now access to this map is allowed, to lock it again, go

to Maps tab, press in the appeared window, and then ОК.

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Access to your map is locked and you will need to enter password again to continue working.

If the validity time of the map has expired, the map icon looks as and the appropriate
message appears.

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