This document provides a step-by-step explanation of how to use the GPS (i.e. marking waypoints, creating tracks), and how to download the saved information onto your computer.
Marking Waypoints
1) Turn on your GARMIN GPS 76CSx device.
 Press and hold the POWER key to turn the unit on.
2) Mark your current location.
 Press and hold the ENTER/MARK key until the ‘Mark Waypoint’ page appears.
 Make note of the waypoint name in your field notes (typically a number).
 Press the OK button to accept the waypoint.
Creating Tracks
1) Turn on your GARMIN GPS 76CSx device.
 Press and hold the POWER key to turn the unit on.
2) Open the Tracks page.
 Press the MENU key twice to open the MAIN MENU page.
 Select ‘Tracks’.
3) Clear the previous track log.
 Use the ROCKER pad key to highlight the different fields in the ‘Tracks’ page.
 Select the ‘Clear’ button.
 A confirmation message will appear, press ‘Yes’.
4) Set up a track log.
 Use the ROCKER pad key to highlight the different fields in the ‘Tracks’ page.
 Select the ‘Setup’ button.
 Ensure the track log is setup in the following manner: o The ‘Wrap When Full’ box is checked.

o The ‘Record Method’ is set to ‘Time’. o The ‘Interval’ is set to ‘00hrs 00min 30 sec’. o Press the ‘Data Card Setup’ button, then check the ‘Log Track To Data Card’ box.
 Press the QUIT button to return to the ‘Tracks’ page.
5) Turn on ‘Track Log’ to create a track.
 Use the ROCKER pad key to highlight the different fields in the ‘Tracks’ page.
 Turn the ‘Track Log’ on.
 The track log starts recording as soon as the unit gets a location fix.
6) Save the track log.
 Use the ROCKER pad key to highlight the different fields in the ‘Tracks’ page.
 Select the ‘Save’ button.
 A message will appear asking you if you want to save the entire track. o Press ‘Yes’ if you wish to save the entire track.
 The ‘Save Track’ page will open
 Select OK. o Press ‘No’ if you wish to save only a portion of the track log.
 Use the ROCKER pad key to move the pointer to the point on the track line that you want to be the beginning point
 Press ENTER
 Repeat to select an ending point.
 Select OK.

Downloading/Saving Files
1) Create a subfolder for field day in the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Begin the name with the DATE the sampling was completed, end with SUBSECTOR abbreviation.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07_15_2012_BV
2) Open DNR GPS software.

3) Connect the computer to your GPS via USB.
 Press and hold the POWER key to turn the unit on.
 In the DNR GPS software, click the ‘GPS’ menu button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Connect to Default GPS’ button.
 Connection between your computer and GPS will be indicated under the menu buttons.

4) Download your waypoints.
 Click the ‘Waypoint’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Download’ button.
 The downloaded waypoints can be viewed in the ‘Waypoints’ tab.
5) Download your tracks.
 Click the ‘Track’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Download’ button.
 The downloaded tracks can be viewed in the ‘Tracks’ tab.

6) Save your waypoints and tracks as .gpx files.
 Highlight the waypoints or tracks you wish to save.
 Click the ‘File’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Save to’ button.
 From the presented options, click the ‘File…’ button.
 Save the .gpx files into the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Save file type as ‘GPS Exchange Format’.
 Name the .gpx files appropriately. o Waypoints
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘WP’.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_WP.gpx o Tracks
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_TRACK.gpx
*Note: You can highlight entire rows at a time by clicking the blank button to the left of the
‘type’ column. abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘TRACK’.

7) Save your waypoints and tracks as .shp files.
 Highlight the waypoints or tracks you wish to save.
 Click the ‘File’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Save to’ button.
 From the presented options, click the ‘File…’ button.
 Save the .shp files into the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Save file type as ‘ESRI Shapefile’.
 Name the .shp files appropriately. o Waypoints
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘WP’.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_WP.shp o Tracks
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_TRACK.shp
*Note: You can highlight entire rows at a time by clicking the blank button to the left of the
‘type’ column. abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘TRACK’.

8) Save your waypoints and tracks as Google Earth files.
 Highlight the waypoints or tracks you wish to save.
 Click the ‘File’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Save to’ button.
 From the presented options, click the ‘File…’ button.
 Save the Google Earth files into the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Save file type as ‘Google Keyhole Markup Language’.
 Name the Google Earth files appropriately. o Waypoints
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘WP’.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_WP.kml o Tracks
 Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR abbreviation.
 End the name with ‘TRACK’.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_TRACK.kml
*Note: You can highlight entire rows at a time by clicking the blank button to the left of the
‘type’ column.

9) Save Google Earth image of each subsector.
 Double click the saved Google Earth files (waypoints & track) in the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder. (This will open the Google Earth software)
 Load the 2012 Environment Canada waypoints. o Click the ‘File’ button. o From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Open’ button. o Find the 2012 waypoints file and press ‘OK’
 Zoom in or out to capture an image including all the subsector sampling points and the
Environment Canada waypoints.
 Click the ‘File’ button.
 From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Save’ button.
 From the presented options, click the ‘Save Image…’ button.
 Save the Google Earth image into the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Save file type as ‘Jpeg Images’.
 Name the Google Earth images appropriately. o Begin name with the DATE the sampling was completed, end with SUBSECTOR abbreviation. o EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07_15_2012_BV.jpg

10) Save a Google Earth Progress Map for each subsector.
 Double click the saved waypoints and tracks Google Earth files in the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder. (This will open the Google Earth software)
 Load the 2012 Environment Canada waypoints. o Click the ‘File’ button. o From the dropdown menu, click the ‘Open’ button. o Find the 2012 waypoint file and press ‘OK’
 Location of Mainland waypoints (divided into subsectors):
K:\Projects\121240.00 - Marine Monitoring 2012\Field
Resources\Mainland\Google Earth Waypoints, click on the file called
Mainland waypoint 2012 per subsector
 Location of Cape Breton waypoints (divided into subsectors):
K:\Projects\121240.00 - Marine Monitoring 2012\Field
Resources\Cape Breton\Google Earth Waypoints, click on the file called
Cape Breton waypoint 2012 per subsector
 Once the waypoints, tracks and Environment Canada (EC) waypoints have been opened in
Google Earth, they will show up in the ‘Temporary Places” folder on the left-hand sidebar in
Google Earth.
 Left click and hold to drag the Google Earth track file into the waypoint file.
 Next Click on the triangle to the left of the Environment Canada waypoints file to expand the folder. o Within the folder are subfolders containing the EC waypoints for each subsector. o Right click the desired subsector folder and click ‘Copy’
 Right click the Google Earth waypoint file for the subsector and click ‘Paste’.
 Now that the sampling waypoints, sampling track and EC waypoints are all placed into one bundle, right click the file and click ‘Save Place As…’
 Save the Google Earth file into the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Save file type as ‘Google Keyhole Markup Language’.
 Name the Google Earth files appropriately. o Begin name with the DATE of sampling, following with the SUBSECTOR abbreviation. o End the name with ‘PROGRESSMAP’. o EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 = 07152012_BV_PROGRESSMAP.kml

11) Upload the Google Earth image and Google Earth Progress Map to the wikispaces webpage.
 Go to the following address: http://marinemonitoringnovascotia2012.wikispaces.com/
 Login to the wikispaces page.
 To upload the Google Earth Progress Map, click the ‘Pages and Files’ button from the lefthand navigation bar on the webpage. o This will take you to the ‘Pages and Files’ page where you can upload files to the website. o Click the ‘Upload Files’ button in the top right-hand corner of the page, this will open a new window. o In the new window, press the ‘+ Add Files’ button. o Search for the Google Earth Progress Map for the subsector saved in the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder. o Click the Google Earth Progress Map file to upload it to the wikispaces website

 From the left-hand navigation bar on the webpage, click ‘Mainland Progress Maps’ or ‘Cape
Breton Progress Maps’.
 In the top right-hand corner, click the ‘EDIT’ button to edit the page. o Type the date the subsector was sampled. o Underneath the date, upload the Google Earth image to the website.
 Press the ‘File’ button from the editing toolbar at the top of the page, this will open a new window.
 In the new window, press the ‘+Upload Files’ button.
 Search for the Google Earth image for the subsector saved in the subfolder you created within the ‘GPS Downloads’ folder.
 Click the Google Earth image to upload it to the wikispaces website, then click it again once it is finished uploading to upload it to the page. o Next, add a link to the Google Earth image.
 When you click the image, additional editing options will appear.
 Click the ‘Add link’ button; this will open a new window.
 In the new window, click the triangle beside the ‘Page Name’ dropdown menu to open a search bar.
 Search for the name of the Google Earth Progress Map file you recently uploaded.
 Click on the Google Earth Progress Map to link it to the image. o Finally, add a caption to the Google Earth image.
 When you click the image, additional editing options will appear.
 Click the ‘Add caption button.
 In the caption bar, type the subsector code and subsector name, followed by
NS-010-01-001 Baie Verte, July 15 2012 o Press the ‘Save’ button from the editing toolbar at the top of the page to save your edits. the date you sampled.
 EXAMPLE: sampled Baie Verte on July 15, 2012 =