Chapter 7
170 OmniSeed™ Viper Pro™ Installation & Operation Manual
To Download Street Maps
1. Create a folder on the computer in which to store the download files.
2. Access the TIGER/Line
®
web page at:
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2013/main
3. From the Select a layer type drop-down list, select the Features-Roads option.
4. Click Submit. The Roads page displays.
5. From the All Roads drop-down list, select the desired state, then click Submit. The Select a County drop-
down displays.
6. Select the desired county, then click Download.
7. When prompted to Open or Save/Save As, select Save As. The Save As screen displays.
8. Select the folder created in step 1 and click Save. The file is saved to the selected folder.
9. To download additional street maps, repeat step 4 through 8.
Note: Before loading the compressed map files to the Viper Pro, extract the map files to the folder
created in step 1.
To Load Street Maps to the Viper Pro
1. Rename the three files to the name of the county. For example, rename the “tgr46087lka.shp” file for Dallas
county to “Dallas.shp.”
Note: To rename a file, right-click on the file and select Rename. Type in the new file name. Be sure to
keep the same file extension or the file will not work with the Viper Pro system.
2. Copy the files to the streetmaps folder within the Viper directory of a USB flash drive.
Note: The streetmaps folder should be located in: X:\viper\misc\streetmaps, where X is the root drive
letter of the USB device. Do not copy the files into sub-folders. Viper will not be able to locate files
within sub-folders.
3. From the Viper Pro main screen, select Menu, then File Maint., and then select the option labeled
Advanced File Maintenance.
4. On the Advanced File Maintenance screen, select:
a. Street Map, then Copy or Move.
b. To move files from the USB drive to the Viper Pro, select the External --> Viper option, and Copy All
or Copy Selected.
c. Viper will upload streetmaps files to the internal memory.
5. Touch OK to exit the File Maintenance feature.
6. Select Menu, then Setup, Maps, Street Map, Install Streets, and OK. Viper loads the map files for viewing
on the Main tab of the Viper Pro.
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