Using Libraries and Collections in Garmin Explore App With Garmin Dog Tracking Products

The Library is where all of your data is listed and managed in the Garmin Explore app.

The different types of data can be viewed all at once, or by category:

• Activities
• Waypoints
• Routes
• Tracks 
• All
• Unorganized (data created that has not been assigned to a collection)

• Collections are a secondary grouping system for waypoints, activities, tracks, and routes.
• Collections are used to group together different data items in meaningful ways to review your activities and for trip planning.
• Collections can be shown or hidden on the map. This allows you to focus on the specific items that you choose, rather than looking at the entire library all at once.

Each time a Hunt is ended on the dog tracking handheld and it syncs to the app, a new Hunt Collection is automatically created in the Library.

• The newly created Hunt Collection will contain the most recent dog tracks, activity tracks, marked truck location, and any contact tracks.
  • The Hunt Collection is named by the time and date the Hunt was started.
    • Example Collection name: Hunt: Aug 29, 2020, 9:36am
    • The Hunt Collection can be renamed.
• If a Hunt is not manually ended on the dog tracking handheld, a Collection will be automatically created upon rebooting the handheld.

• When manually adding a new Collection, you choose the name and what data is assigned to it.
• Deleting a Collection does not delete the data from the main Library.
  
  • Delete the data from the Library to remove it there. 

• Any waypoint, activity track, or route can be assigned to show in one or multiple Collections. It can also be unassigned so that it is absent from any Collection you choose. 

• Data that is not assigned to any Collection is categorized as Unorganized Data.
  • This occurs if data is purposefully removed/unassigned from all Collections but is in the Library.
  • This also occurs if data created within the app is not assigned to a Collection.
• All Unorganized Data will show on the map unless it is Hidden via the Map Setting option.
  • See the step-by-step Instructions section on Show or Hide Unorganized Data On the Map.

• Show a dog's activities/tracks over multiple different hunts in one collection
• Organize important waypoints on the map and hide everything else
• Group the handheld tracks to create a track based map of all the off road places you have driven
• Use a Collection to represent items done in a particular month (or any span of time)

There are two ways collections are created. Collections can be created automatically, or manually. 

Automatic Collections

• When a Hunt is ended on the handheld and synced to the Garmin Explore app, a Hunt Collection is automatically created.

Manually Creating a Collection

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Touch the Library.
3. Touch Add next to Collections.
4. Touch Create New Collection.
5. Enter the Collection's name.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Touch the Library.
3. Find the item you want to assign to a Collection within either Activities, Waypoints, Routes, Tracks, or All.
4. Touch on the item to view its details.
5. Touch Collections.
6. Touch the Check Box so that a check mark is present for the Collection and any other Collections you want the data in.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Touch the Library.
3. Touch the Collection you want to adjust.
4. Touch the item you wish to remove.
5. Touch Collections.
6. Touch the Check Box so that the check mark is no longer present.

The item is now removed from the Collection.

If the item is not assigned to any Collection, it will be considered Unorganized Data, which can be shown or hidden on the Map.

• See Showing or Hiding Unorganized Data On the Map below.

Once a Hunt Collection has been established, you can show or hide its data on the Map via the Map Settings.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Navigate to the Map.
3. Touch the Map Settings icon (top left of screen).
4. Touch Collections.
5. Under Collections, touch the toggle on the right side of any Hunt Collection you want to show or hide.
   NOTE: You also have the option of Hide All or Show All.

Data in the Library that is not assigned to any collection is called Unorganized Data.

• Unorganized Data is located in the Library under All or its data type (waypoint, route, etc).
• All unorganized data can be either shown or hidden from the Map
  1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
  2. Navigate to the Map.
  3. Touch the Map Settings icon (top left of screen).
  4. Touch Collections.
  5. On Unorganized Data, touch the toggle to show or hide the data.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Touch the Library.
3. Touch Edit.
4. Touch Delete on the Collection you wish to remove.

NOTE: Any item that was assigned to the removed Collection will still remain in the Library.

Use this option if you wish to remove select data from the Garmin Explore app entirely.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Touch Library.
3. Locate the item (waypoint, track, route, or activity) you want to delete from the system.
4. Touch the item to view its information page.
5. Touch Menu.
6. Touch Delete.
7. Touch Delete again to confirm.

The item is now removed from the Library and any Collections it was assigned to.

Use this option if you wish to remove track or waypoint data from the Map to reduce clutter.

1. Open the Garmin Explore app.
2. Open the Map.
3. Locate the item (waypoint, track, route or activity) you want to delete.
4. Touch on the item to view its information.
5. Touch the menu icon in the upper right.
6. Touch Delete.
7. Touch Delete again to confirm.

The item is now removed from the Map and Library.