So I have just begun to research this topic and I was very excited when I read that I could create my own maps for lakes where no maps exist !!!
This is the situation for one of my favourite fishing holes and many other water bodies around the region.
So I am wondering if anyone here in Canada has a HB unit and has used this new feature to successfully create their own maps.
The more I have been reading, the less I believe that this is possible.
First off, they mention the use of LakeMaster chips. Everything I have read so far pretty much says there is no LakeMaster coverage for Canadian lakes except the Great lakes, LOTW, or Rainy River.
On top of this, in order to save your custom maps you must save them to somethinfg called your ZeroLine Map card which costs another $100 but that's not a big deal.
This card has a number of different folders on it which are used to create and save your map but one of these folders is the following directly from the installation manual:
LkMaster: This fiolder provides the basemaps files for your regional map. DO NOT change the contents of this folder!
I'm assuming this would be the geo-positional outline data for all lakes in the region.
So seeing as LakeMaster has no Canadian coverage to start with, what is the likelyhood that they would have any Canadian basemap data on this card ?
I guess it is possible so it would be very helpful if anyone with one of these new units could reply and let us know if this actually works.
Thanks.
Paul.