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How to Record Sonar Logs With Your Garmin Plotter

Users can record and upload depth information created with the Garmin Quickdraw™ Contours feature to enhance the Fishing layer available on Garmin Navionics+™ and Garmin Navionics Vision+™ mapping products.


Recording Quickdraw Contours

A microSD™ / SD™ card is required to generate and save maps created using Garmin Quickdraw Contours on compatible chartplotters (ECHOMAP™ and GPSMAP® devices)

Striker™ Plus / Vivid units do not have micro/SD card slots. These devices have internal storage allocated specifically for Quickdraw Contour content.


Striker

Select Quickdraw Map > Striker Menu Button > Quickdraw ContoursStart Recording  / Stop Recording


ECHOMAP

From the chart view select Menu / ... > Quickdraw ContoursStart Recording  / Stop Recording


GPSMAP

From the chart view select Options Quickdraw ContoursStart RecordingStop Recording



Uploading / Contributing Quickdraw Contours

To share Garmin Quickdraw Contours to the Quickdraw Community Contributions sharing must be enabled from within the ActiveCaptain® application on a smart device.  Once contributions have been enabled sharing occurs automatically when paired to the fishfinder or chartplotter.

  1. Open the ActiveCaptain application on the smart device > select Sync with Plotter > under the Quickdraw Community Contributions enable Contribute to Community

    ActiveCaptain Sync with Plotter Icon    ActiveCaptain Enable Contribute to Community 

  2. Sync Quickdraw Community Data