Just got Insight Genesis and recorded sonar on a local lake. When I tried to upload to the site via the Insight/Genesis Upload Tool it told me my file was not a sonar log file. Can anyone tell me what I might have done wrong. Also, when I click on my file “save” or “save as” where not an option.
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Just got Insight Genesis and recorded sonar on a local lake. When I tried to upload to the site via the Insight/Genesis Upload Tool it told me my file was not a sonar log file. Can anyone tell me what I might have done wrong. Also, when I click on my file “save” or “save as” where not an option.
I had the same problem. Why can’t companies make software that works?
I did an update and I hope that fixes things. Of course, I have to go back to my chosen lake and drive around it for an hour or two (when do I have time to do that) logging sonar that I hope will work when I get back home.
I have an Elite 7 HDI with the latest update. I don’t think it is that. I guess I’ll call Lowrance to see if I can get it figured out.
I contacted insight support on another issue. Sonar log uploading is through the roof for what their servers can handle due to the current tournaments sponsored by them and the recent upload competition they have going on. They said the beginning and end of the month are the worst time to upload and may not work properly, so try waiting a week or so. ALSO- for anyone with the FREE 1-yr subscription, you CANNOT keep your logs PRIVATE and you ONLY get contours from each log but are UNABLE to MERGE THE LOGS INTO A MAP. You will not get to see bottom hardness or vegetation either. The freebie if you obtained it is simply “log sonar for Navionics to use and make more money off your time and gas”
Because of this I am saving my “logs” this year onto my computer and will probably subscribe next year when they work the bugs out and simply upload the logs then to get the actual map upgrades.
also note you need to be going 4mph or less to get all data required for vegetation mapping.
Did you record your sonar logs with an Elite unit?
There is a bug in the Elite software (which the Genesis team is working to fix) that doesn’t save it with the .SL2 file file extension. If you type “.sl2” to the end of the file name, it should work.
Triple A,
As a Lowrance employee working on Insight Genesis, I’d be happy to address your concerns.
To clarify, Insight Genesis is available in a free subscription and a Premimum subscription. However, the free subscription is not limited to a year, it’s ongoing. The Premimum subscription does last one year.
As you noted, a Premium subscription does allow the Genesis user to mark all of their sonar uploads (and the maps made from them) as private. With the free subscription, your sonar data (but never your waypoints, tracks, trails, etc) are contributed to the Insight Genesis Social map, which all Genesis users (free or premimum subscribers) can access. Social map is a constantly updated database of maps, worldwide. Available now in Beta mode, Social Map already has several hundred maps of Minnesota lakes. So even though the functionality is not there to merge separate trips in your account, Social Map will essentially do that for you, as it compiles all public sonar data for any given water body.
And while you are accurate in stating that only the Premium subscription enables you to load your maps onto your sonar unit, I think you’ll find that a free subscription is quite valuable, especially with the release of Social Map.
The best thing about Social Map is that you get all the Social Map data (maps) in the world, even if you only ever just upload sonar data for one lake.
So a few fishing buddies or a fishing club, etc, can easily create a map of their favorite lake by working together and using the community-sourcing capability of Social Map. For example, in an hour on the water, the average boater can cover about 100 acres. If 10 people upload an hour of data collection from the weekend a 1,000-acre lake is mapped very quickly. Just think what will happen when 10,000 people are contributing an hour or more per weekend.
If you have any additional questions about Genesis, don’t hesitate to ask.
Regards,
Greg
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