Map Management Module

In Hydromagic, the map management module is a tool that allows you to quickly find the correct map for the area in which you are working. When downloading or importing maps, information about these maps, such as projection and geo-referencing is automatically added to a database. If you need one of the maps in this 'cache' later, you can add it to your new project by double-clicking.

When starting a project, you can refer to the map management module to open a map that is suitable for the new project, which means it should match the coordinate reference system used in your new project.

Launching map management

The map management window can be opened by selecting 'Map Management...' from the 'Options' menu in the main window. Depending on whether you already loaded or created projects, the list of maps will be either empty or contain a few items.

The map management window contains a collection of maps used earlier.

Adding maps manually

When maps are imported or downloaded, their information is automatically stored in the map management database. However, it is possible to add a single map or a collection of maps manually.

To do so, click the "Add..." button and a file open dialog will appear. In this dialog, you can select one or multiple map files to index and store them in the database.

The following map formats can be indexed:

• S-57 Electronic Nautical Charts;
• S-63 Electronic Nautical Charts;
• ESRI Shapefiles;
• BSB nautical maps (version 3);
• GeoTIFF files;
• AutoCAD DXF files;
• PNG, GIF, JPEG, and BMP image files;
• Google Earth KML files;

After importing a collection of maps, the list may look like this:

The map management window contains a collection of imported maps.

Adding a map to your project

To add a recently loaded map to your project, right-click the 'Maps' folder in the 'Project Explorer' and select the 'Choose...' map option. When the map management window shows up, just double click the map you want to include into your project.

Select a map from the map management window by
selecting the "Choose..." option from the context menu.

Finding a map

When a valid GNSS position is available and your vessel is displayed on the map view, you can try to load a map from the map management database automatically. When a map is available for the area you are in, it will be automatically added to the project and loaded. To search for a map, right-click in the map view window and select the 'Find Map' option from the context menu:

Try finding a suitable map in the map management database.