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Information for each version of the GPS ORV Trail Maps

You can tell which version you have by:

  • Choosing "about MapSource", then clicking "installed products"
  • Noting the date listed on map image files.
  • Noting the information in the Read Me file (shown during the installer program as well as located in the C:\VVMapping\ folder)
  • Noting the date listed on the installed map information screen on your GPS.

Version 2.1.1 (11/10/08)
Updated/corrected color of trails when GPS units are in "night" mode.

Version 2.1.0 (7/18/08)
Added Indian River ORV Route
Corrected major issue with Marquette county where some GPS units would fail to show map detail when physically located within county boundary.
Major corrections for Norway ORV Trail.
Updates for Felch Grade ORV Route; Forest Islands ORV Trail; Bass Lake Motorcycle Trail; Porterfield Lake ORV Trail.
Misc POI (gas stations mostly) updates for much of UP and some LP areas.
Updated maps to support latest Garmin MapSource version 6.14.1.

Version 2.0.1 (6/3/08)
Added Sidnaw to Bergland ORV Route
Added Freda Grade ORV Route

Version 2.0.0 (5/19/08)
Updated ORV Trail depictions to match new State DNR rules regarding motorcycle-only trails in addition to visual differentiation between Route, Trail, Cycle Trail, MCCCT and Street Licensed Cycle Trail.
Added secondary installer to facilitate loading maps directly to Nuvi and other units including directly to memory cards.
Corrected Wayne County, now just one tile for entire county instead of 2.

Version 1.5.0 (5/16/08)
Incorporated MVUM Road data from all three National Forests in Michigan. Manistee is incomplete, Huron, Hiawatha & Ottawa are complete.

Version 1.3.0 (5/7/08)
Added USFS Roads for Hiawatha National Forest including representation of current Motor Vehicle Use Map. USFS Roads open to ORVs labeled as "FS OHV ####" to indicate Forest Service Off Highway Vehicle road number.
Updated Meadows ORV Trail.
Updated White Cloud ORV Trail.

Version 1.2.0 (2/5/08)
Added hundreds of points of interest (POI). Includes Commercial Members of the Michigan Snowmobile Association - members have "(MSA)" appended to end of name. POI added include gas, food, lodging, dealers and other (not all POI have had coordinates verified, expect some location discrepancy).
Corrected search function for POI such as fuel, food and lodging so that "find" within the GPS will work as expected.
Modified zoom levels so that trails now show at extended views (was 3 miles, now is 150+ miles). Changed county and forest roads to show only at lower zoom levels, improves map display performance.

Version 1.1.0 (12/15/07)
Major updates. Trail line is now thicker, yellow with orange border. Trail lines display proper color on 276C and other models that had this bug.
Dozens of new gas stations; several parking/staging area updates.
Trail now displays at further-out zoom levels (3 miles on computer, 2 miles on GPS).
Advanced Users have multiple color options for trail display (see documentation).
Updated portions of Tomahawk ORV trail.
Added connector to St Helen ORV trail from Richfield Township Park.
Added options to change trail color (see C:\VVMapping\Color Picker).

Version 1.02 (7/19/07)
Removed non-existant parking lots for some trails.
Updated trail data for Danaher Plains, Kinross, Foreman Lake, Bay City Lake, Birch Hills & Cranberry Lake.

Version 1.01 (5/9/07)
Updated (some) rural roads in Luce, Montmorency & Presque Isle counties.

Version 1.00 (4/23/07)
First full release.
Updated gas station location and southern county boundaries.

Version 0.99.5 (4/19/07)
Generated new ORV lines, Public Land data to more accurately break at county borders for 24K data.
Added 2nd Tomahawk parking lot (missing) near Indian River

Version 0.99.2 (4/16/07)
Added ORV Use Areas with different color than State land

Version 0.99.1 (4/14/07)
Added Devil's Lake ORV Route
Updated Oakland County

Version 0.99.0 (4/14/07)
Fixed display of towns/cities to really stand out
Added ORV related fuel stops
Added ORV campgrounds (direct trail access)
Added ORV trail intersections
POI for trails, parking, etc.

Version 0.95.0 (4/6/07)
Corrected several Hwy names
Updated major lake poly and shorelines to be more accurate
Updated background outlines for each map segment to more closely match the acutual border
Changed levels for features to show/hide to allow further zoom to see high detail.
Many other feature enhancements & corrections
First release of ORV system/full State

Version 0.94.1 (3/29/07)
Corrected typo on several features

Version 0.94 (3/28/07)
Added:
Rest Areas
North Country Trail (non-motorized)
Changed:
Zoom Levels so that full detail is now shown up through 1.2 miles in MapSource when at highest detail level.

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