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Garmin BirdsEye User Manual

Summary of BirdsEye

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    Birdseye users guide contents purchasing a birdseye subscription or credits .................................................................................................... 1 activating your subscription via your mygarmin account .....................................................................

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    To purchase a birdseye product, follow the instructions below: 1. Select the product you want from the website. 2. Birdseye subscriptions must be “activated” to your garmin device. You will be prompted to do this activation after checkout. If you missed this step, or have a device that came preloade...

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    3. Clicking “activate now” from the order confirmation page will take you to your mygarmin account. Here, under the maps tab, you can see which subscriptions need to be activated. 4. You will see “activation complete” when done. Now go to basecamp to download the imagery..

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    Activating your subscription via your mygarmin account 1. You can manually log into mygarmin to register your device and activate the birdseye subscription to a compatible device. 2. Once in mygarmin, you can go to maps to see your purchased and current mapping subscriptions..

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    3. Birdseye subscriptions must be associated to a device. By clicking “activate now”, you have the option to select a current device or register another device for which to use the subscription..

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    Activating your subscription via basecamp tm birdseye imagery is downloaded via garmin basecamp. Once you connect a compatible garmin device, basecamp checks to see if the device has an active birdseye subscription or remaining birdseye select credits. 1. Open basecamp and connect your device. Windo...

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    2. Select birdseye > download birdseye imagery from the menu. In this case, it sees the rino 655t connected to basecamp. Windows view: mac view.

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    3. In this example we will select to use this rino device, even though no birdseye products have been activated for this device. It shows no “birdseye select eire” credits for this device. (note, if this was a subscription based product, the button would say “where is my subscription?”.) 4. If this ...

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    5. The screen below shows a successful activation through basecamp. Note, this method is only needed if you did not activate at order confirmation or manually via your mygarmin account. 6. The pop up box below is now showing 600 square kilometers of credit for birdseye select eire (ireland) raster m...

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    How to download birdseye imagery 1. Start the process by clicking on birdseye on the menu bar within basecamp. Windows view: mac view: 2. The pop up should recognize your birdseye compatible device. The next screen will ask you to select which product you want to use. 3. Birdseye will draw a rectang...

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    Mac view: 4. When you are satisfied with the area to download, select “next” if using windows or “confirm” for mac. For credit based subscriptions, you will be asked to confirm via your mygarmin account, as the selection will reduce your number of remaining credits. Windows view: mac view:.

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    If downloading satellite imagery, those screenshots are shown below for windows. The process is similar for mac. The estimated file size is just that – an estimate. This number can change somewhat once the data is actually downloaded off the server..

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    Transferring images to the internal device memory or an sd card within the device transferring the imagery to your device is simple, and will allow you retain the data permanently. 1. From your “my collection” menu, drag and drop the imagery into either the “internal storage” of the device or into t...

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    2. Clicking the folder where you dragged the imagery will show what birdseye imagery is on the device. Windows view: mac view: 3. When you turn on the device, imagery on device internal storage or the memory card will show when you zoom into the area. Clashmore birdseye raster map clashmore birdseye...

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    Deleting birdseye imagery 1. To delete birdseye imagery, simply select it from the folder where it is stored, then right click and select “delete”. Make sure to save any imagery you may want to use at a later date in your “my collection” folder within basecamp. Windows view: mac view:.

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    Birdseye on devices after subscription expires once your birdseye subscription expires, images contained on the device internal memory or sd card will remain with the device. However, without an active subscription you will no longer be able to transfer images stored in your “my collection” folder t...