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Before you can download your points from your GPS and create your farm map you must install WMC Map and the Garmin GPS drivers. WMC Map is the software application you will use to draw, edit and print your farm map. The Garmin GPS drivers allow your PC and GPS to communicate with each other.
WMC Map requires Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Seven, to operate.
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This section only applies if you are installing on a Mac: |
If installing from CD:
Place the WMC Map CD in your CD-ROM drive. The installation process should automatically begin. If it does not begin to install automatically, go to ‘My Computer’ and browse the CD drive, then double click the ‘setup.exe’ file.
If installing from internet download:
Wait for download to complete. If installation does not start automatically, start it by double clicking the file you have downloaded.
The installer may ask you to accept license agreements to install various items that WMC Map requires to operate correctly – click ‘Accept’ to allow it to install these. Once these other items are installed the WMC Map setup will launch, guiding you through a couple of simple steps – you should be able to just click ‘Next’ a few times and it will install properly.
To start WMC Map, click ‘Start’ then ‘Programs’. There will be a new menu item called “WMC Technology”. WMC map is under this menu heading.
If you have any trouble with WMC Map not running properly after you have installed it, please see our Technical Support section.
You will need to register WMC Map the first time you run the software. Registration can be done either online or by phone. We recommend you register online, as we will not always be available to register your PC by phone.
When WMC Map starts up, it will ask you to select how you would like to register. Click “Register Online”.
Type the registration number as it appears on your CD ROM in the box at the top of the registration window. Make sure that your computer is connected to the internet, and then click “Register”. Your copy of WMC Map will register and you may then use the software.
When WMC Map starts up, it will ask you to select how you would like to register. Click “Register Over the phone”.
Type your registration number as it appears on your CD ROM in the box at the top of the registration window. Phone us on +64 6 2120550, and we will give you the second code needed to register your product.
If you downloaded WMC Map as a trial, you will have been emailed a serial number along with a link to download WMC Map. If you received a CD that did not have a serial number printed on it, you may click “Get a free 30 day trial online” (making sure that you are connected to the internet) and fill in your details on our website. After you have filled in your details, click on “Get Serial Number”. The following page will then give you your serial number. Go back to WMC Map and follow the steps in “1.2.1 How to register online”.
After trialling WMC Map, you may decide to purchase a full license online.
To do this, when you start WMC Map, making sure that you are connected to the internet, select “Click here to purchase a full version online”. Your browser will open to a page where you can select whether you would like to purchase a GPS mapping kit, or simply WMC Map on its own. Click on the “Buy Now” text next to the item you would like to purchase.
The next page will show your order and your contact details should show up. Select which payment method you prefer, then check your contact details are correct. Modify any details if necessary then click on “Continue to next step”.
Check your details again, then making sure that you are satisfied everything is correct, click on “Submit Order”. An invoice will be emailed to you, and your order will be processed when your payment is received.
You may register WMC map twice before your registration key runs out. You may use these two registrations as you choose, either using one and keeping one spare in case your computer dies and you need to reinstall, or you may install the software on two separate computers.
Should you require another activation due to hardware failure (virus attack, etc)after your two activations are used, you may contact us to reset your activation uses on our licensing server.
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This section only applies to users who wish to interface with a Garmin handheld GPS. This includes our DO IT YOURSELF GPS FARM MAPPING KIT. If you are drawing your map from an aerial photograph or have had your farm mapped professionally and do not need to set up your computer to interface with a GPS, please skip to section ‘4. Open Demo Map’. |
To allow your computer to download and upload information from your GPS you must first set up the Garmin GPS drivers. Make sure that your WMC Map CD (Not the Garmin Trip and Waypoint manager CD) is in the computer’s CD drive before you begin this procedure. OR install from the WMC Map download.
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You are now ready to send data between your GPS and PC.
If you have any trouble installing the Garmin USB drivers, please see our Technical Support section.