A. It never will.

• The Garmin Nüvi GPS does not communicate using the Garmin USB protocol but is instead just seen as a Mass Storage Device, meaning it will show up as an extra disk in Windows Explorer (same as when inserting a USB stick). If there are .gpx files on the drive you can import them into GPSMaster. But you will NOT be able to up/download waypoints/routes/tracks like you would be able to when using a Garmin GPS which DOES support the Garmin USB protocol. So the fact that you can connect your Nüvi to your PC using USB does NOT mean it uses the Garmin USB protocol (like eg the Garmin GPS 60, or eTrex series do)!

A. A few things you need to be done.

• First, make sure you have the (latest) Garmin USB drivers installed (current version at time of writing 2.2.1). They are available for download at the Garmin website.
• Second, make sure you have selected the USB port under 'Garmin' on the 'Communication' tab under 'Adjust settings'. If there is no USB option visible there (and you have installed the Garmin USB drivers) then something weird is going on and I'd like to know more about it (what OS, what GPS etc)

A. When you move the mouse across the scene, the coordinate the mousepointer is above will be displayed on the main screen.

• If you press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse, you will translate the scene
• If you press and hold the right mouse button and move the mouse, you will rotate the scene if 3D is selected
• If you roll the mousewheel you will zoom in/out
• If you press and hold the mouse wheel (as a button) and move the mouse it will display the distance and heading between the start coordinate and current coordinate. This will be done in either great circle navigation or Rhumbline navigation (see configuration menu)
• If the mouse pointer is above a waypoint-square, routepoint-square, trackpoint-square, mappoint-square or map-square the square will change its color to red and the mouse pointer will change into a pointing hand. Now there are a few things you can do:
  • click with the right mouse button on the selected item, a popup menu will show you available actions
  • hold down the shift button and drag the selected item to a new location
  • hold down the shift and ctrl buttons and drag a complete track to a new location
• If you hold down the ctrl key you can drag a zoom area using the left mouse button. After releasing the left mouse button, the scene will focus on the area you just selected.
• If the 'Waypoints' tab is active you can create a waypoint at the cursor position by holding down the left mouse button and simultaneously pressing and releasing the right mouse button.
• If the 'Routes' tab is active you can create a route by assigning waypoints to it. This is done by holding down the left mouse button and simultaneously pressing and releasing the right mouse button above the waypoint(s) you wish to add. The route creation is ended once you release the left mouse button. This may need some practice but once you know how to do it it's really handy
• if the 'Track' tab is active you can create a track by holding down the left mouse button and simultaneously pressing the right mouse button and dragging the mouse. The track creation is ended once you release the left mouse button.
• If you right-click on an item in the map/route/track/waypoint grid, the edit functionality of that item is activated.
• If you double-click on an item in the map/route/track/waypoint grid, that item will be centered on the screen and zoomed in to if possible.
• If you double-click on a map datum in the map datum grid (configuration screen), that map datum will be activated.

A. Just a few.

• If you press the Enter key in the map/route/track/waypoint grid, the edit functionality of that item is activated.
• If you press the Insert key in the map/route/waypoint grid, the create functionality of that item is activated.
• In grid : the standard keys like up, down, left, right, home, end, ctrl-a and F5

A. Not yet. GPSMaster however is easy to use. Just try. It's very intuitive.

A. A map is nothing more than an image representing (a part of) the earth. In order to let it represent the correct part of the earth it has to be calibrated.

When you create a map you first have to choose the image you want it to hold. This image can be a bitmap or jpeg. It can be any size but it is recommended (especially for larger images) that its width and height in pixels are a power of 2 (eg 1024, 2048, 4096). If your image is eg 1000x2000 pixels, that's ok, but GPSMaster needs to rescale it itself (it does that automatically, every time such an image is to be displayed) to power of 2 sizes, eg 1024x2048. This can be time consuming, depending on the speed of your CPU and VGA card. It is recommended to rescale the image yourself (outside GPSMaster, using Adobe Photoshop or any other suitable program. This way GPSMaster will be able to load and activate the map much quicker! Very important : before rescaling remember the image's original width and height! These values are used by GPSMaster do display the map in the correct aspect ratio.

A map in GPSMaster also has a map datum. Its sole purpose is to remind you of the map datum of the scanned map. Only when the map datum on the scanned map and the map datum selected in GPSMaster are the same, the gridlines (on the scanned map and the ones drawn by GPSMaster) will coincide.