Information for each version of the GPS Snowmobile Trail Maps

You can tell which version you have by:

• Choosing "about MapSource", then clicking "installed products"
• Panning the map to Saginaw Bay and noting the gas/parking icons for VVMapping listed with version number for the product.
• 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 4.6.0 (2/1/12)
Added new connector between Trail 59 and 591 near Middleville; thanks to J. Berens for data.
Added section of Trail 2 near Rapid River back to map (now open); thanks to B. Olsick for info.
Added new Trail 159 near Baraga.
Updated Trails 3, 8 & 13 in western UP, thanks to R. Mrakitsch for data.
Updated Trail 8 near Shingleton, thanks to C Pomerville for data.
Updated Trail 109 near Alston.
Updated Trails 310, 8, 14, 16, 116, 111, 5, 2, 15, 107 & 3; western UP.
Removed closed sections of Trails 16 and 107; Ontonagon and Iron Counties.
Added misc local access trails; updated misc POI.
Misc fixes to routing functions in Gladwin & Roscommon counties.

Version 4.5.0 (12/28/11)
Added new trail 665 near Glennie (Iosco).
Added Trail 643 near Lupton (Oscoda).
Added Trail 692 near St Helen (Roscommon).
Updated Trail 3 near Ahmeek (Keweenaw).
Added Keweenaw Lodge connector trail (Keweenaw).
Updated trails 492 & 493 on Drummond Island, thanks to R Mrakitsch for data.
Added Alpena Town Routes (Alpena)
Updated Trail 35 near Bass Lake (Manistee).
Updated/Added many POI (food/fuel/lodging/parking). Now list "Seasonal" if gas station is questionable if it will be open.
Improved visibility of certain lines including thicker forest and county roads.

Version 4.2.0 (2/28/2011)
Added new Trail 760 to Petoskey.
Updated Trail 59 near Niles.
Added Trail 11 near Niles.
Updated Trail 3 near Baldwin, thanks to F Hovorka for info.
Updated Trail 3 & 36 near Baldwin, Irons, Thanks to J Rigterink for data.
Removed closed Trail 3 (connector) near Mass City, thanks to A Wilkins for info.
Updated Trail 478 near Mancelona.
Updated Trail 7 near Frederic.
Updated Trail 124 & 3, removed closed section of Trail 135 near Houghton/Keweenaw; thanks to B Much for data.
Updated Trail 8 and other in-town trails in the Soo.
Added new Trail 386 to Bear Lake.
Updated Trail 59, 12 and 130 near Edwardsburg & PawPaw.
Updated Trail 59, 19 and 191; Allegan and Shelby areas, thanks to J Berens for data.

Version 4.1.1 (1/1/2011)
Corrected misc routing errors

Version 4.1.0 (12/26/2010)
Updated Trail 590 in Berrien County, thanks to C White for data.
Updated Trail 99 and 996 in Presque Isle County, thanks to H Lawson for info.
Updated Trail 6/7 near Higgins Lake, thanks to M Kelly for info.
Updated Trail 5, 14 & 310 near Big Bay, thanks for P Allen for data.
Added Trail 82 near Ishpeming, thanks to D Britton for info.
Removed closed section of Trail 2 west of Manistique.
Removed closed section of Trail 415 near Garden.
Corrected misc routing errors.

Version 4.0.0 (11/26/2010)
Added routing functions to include trails and roads; will now route on snowmobile trails and county/other roads and is configured to prefer snowmobile trails. This release does not include routing support for forest roads on State land (does include roads on USFS land).

Version 3.3.0 (7/10/2010 not released)
Removed portion of closed trail 19 in Oceana County. Update Trail 194 in Oceana County.
Updated Trail Trail 130 near Cassopolis, thanks to T Noone.
Updated Trail 122 & 124 near Gay.
Misc trail updates in Keweenaw.
Updated Trail 33 near Gwinn, thanks to B Much.
Updated Trail 3 near Maple Valley, thanks to A Zell.
Updated Trail 5 near Cedar Springs, thanks to M Kelly.

Version 3.2.0 (2/5/2010)
Updated Trail 4 near Lakes of the North, thanks to R Edmunds for data.
Updated Trail 5, 6, 37, 379 & connectors near Caberfae & Cadillac.
Added SM-134 back in; removed closed portion of SM-124 (Keweenaw area), thanks to A Hicks for data/info.
Updated Trail 8 & 89 near Seney/Grand Marais, thanks to F Kraemer & S Chick for data/info.
Corrected label on portion of SM-473 (near Rexton, was SM-2), thanks to B Ulrich.
Updated MVUM data with current 2010 release Data for Huron National Forest (USFS Road)
Updated/added various POI.

Version 3.1.0 (1/16/10)
Added trail 996 (Rogers City connector).
Added trail 101 (near Konteka/Bergland).
Updated trails 4, 9, 99, 992, 464 (minor changes).
Added numerous points of interest (gas/food).
Thanks to Fred K, Bob U, Andrew W and Mark U for notice of needed trail updates & data.

Version 3.0.1 (1/3/10)
Added new feature/function that enables gas stations and parking lots to show on all units, especially Nuvi models, at all zoom levels. Now can visually browse the map up to 5 mile zoom to see gas stations in addition to search functionality.
Improved appearance/functionality of several points of interest.
Modified behavior in MapSource to signficantly reduce detail when zooming out futher (major performance improvement, only affects MapSource on Windows).

Version 3.0.0 (1/1/10)
Major new feature - Snowmobile Trails are now "routable".
Made adjustments to custom line colors to improve visibility of forest roads on some models as well as when used in "night" mode.
Removed Trail 159 near Baraga (closed for 2nd year)
Updated Thumb area trails including renaming to new numbers and adding new trails. Thanks to Thumbs Up snowmobile club for data.
Removed known closed fuel stations; added various other POI.

Version 2.6.0 (10/26/09)
Added Snowmobile Trail 464 near Alpena.

Version 2.5.0 (10/19/09)
Major change to road line appearance - now has same look/feel on all color models (eTrex to Nuvi) as well as MapSource.
Updated Snowmobile Trail 655e near Prudenville.
Updated Snowmobile Trail 591 near Middleville.
Added new search/Find functionality in MapSource and GPS, search for Fuel and see nearest, etc.

Version 2.0.0 (10/9/09)
Added/updated serveral POI
Added Manistee National Forest MVUM (Motor Vehicle Use Maps)
Updated MVUM for Hiawatha and Ottawa

Version 1.8.0 (2/9/09)
Added several POI (food/parking)
Updated trail 2 near Wakefield; trail 1 near Lake Gogebic; updated trail 132; added trail 122 from Gay to Lac La Belle back in; updated trail 3 near Lake Linden; Added Ranch Rudolf connector trail (Traverse City); Updated trail 37 to Mesick; updated trail 638 near Caberfae; added gas connector near M37-M55. Updated trail numbering on several sections near Wellston and Mesick.
Thanks to Rob E and Charlie K for updates in western UP.

Version 1.7.2 (2/6/09)
Updated trails 160 and 11 in Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties (including rename of trail 100 to 160). Thanks to Rob E for updates.

Version 1.7.1 (1/24/09)
Corrected major issue with Marquette county where some GPS units would fail to show map detail when physically located within county boundary.

Version 1.7.0 (1/13/09)
Added new "Horny Bear" trail near Mancelona (trail 768). Corrected trail designation on portions of 769 and 79; minor updates to trails 4, 7, 76, 79 & 769 near Starvation Lake.

Version 1.6.0 (12/20/08)
Minor updates to trail 442 in Alger County, 109 in Houghton County, 16 in Iron, 2 in Schoolcraft and trail 2 in Mackinac County. Thanks to Rob E for info.
Added secondary installer to facilitate loading maps directly to Nuvi and other units including directly to memory cards.

Version 1.5.2 (12/7/08)
Minor updates to trails in Luce County (including through town route).

Version 1.5.1 (7/20/08)
Updated to support latest Garmin MapSource (no map changes).

Version 1.5.0 (6/14/08)
Added National Forest Roads for all National Forest in Michigan based on current Motor Vehicle Use Maps released by the USFS. Note Manistee National Forest has not been finalized at time of release.

Version 1.2.3 (2/19/08)
Added old-style fuel station points to map to better show fuel stations on the map while also keeping the "new" style to better enable searching (points are now duplicated in map). This enables viewing on Nuvi/Zumo units which do not have ability to show all POI regardless of zoom unlike other Garmin models.
Added misc POI for food/fuel/other (approx 30 items).
Updated Trails 1, 3, 12, 120, 122, 124 from White Pine through Keweenaw.
Thanks to Gary R. & Craig P. for information and tracks for these corrections.
Updated Trails 59, 590, 591 near Niles.
Thanks to Tony S. for information and tracks for these corrections.

Version 1.2.2 (2/15/08)
Updated Trail 6, 96 and 960 near Foote Dam.
Thanks to Larry V. for information and tracks for these corrections.

Version 1.2.1 (2/14/08)
Updated Trail 7 from Alanason to Reams Rd (west of Indian River).
Updated Trail 4 near Waters (where Trail 4 & Trail 7 Intersect).
Thanks to Rob E. for information & tracks for these corrections.

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.
Corrected name for Trail 8 segment, was labeled Trail 2 from Shingleton to Wetmore.

Version 1.1.4 (1/30/08)
Added missing Trail 88 (888 to 43 North of Seney)
Added missing Trail 448 (from Lewiston to 404) - thanks to Rob E for notification and track data.
Corrected trail 4/76 (Alba to Starvation Lake) - thanks to Frank L for reporting issue and Rob E for notification and track data.
Updated, added Missing Spurs & Corrected Trails 14, 310, 14/310, 5, 7, 419, 417, 8, 419 Spur, 7/8, 2 in the Marquette/Big Bay/Munising/Manistique/Gwinn areas. Thanks to Mike H. for notification on 14/310 trail discrepancy.

Version 1.1.3 (1/06/08)
Updated Thumb Snowmobile Trail to current trail ground conditions as of publish date, significant change from previous trail. Thanks to Rob E. for assistance.

Version 1.1.2 (1/04/08)
Corrected missing trail data for Thumb snowmobile trail. Thanks to Rob E. for reporting issue.

Version 1.1.1 (12/27/07)
Minor update to installer only; corrected issue during upgrade from previous version that could cause error when loading maps to GPS (no reports of such an error nor was it found when testing specifically for error).

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 related bug.
Corrections on snowmobile trail data; removed incorrect trail segments (data errors); merged all segments for better performance.
Dozens of new gas stations; many 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).
Added options to change trail color (see C:\VVMapping\Color Picker).
Thanks to Tony Suddon for trail corrections near Indiana.

Version 1.00 (10/1/07)
First Release.

Version 1.01 (10/28/07)
Corrected Wayne(west) county

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