Garmin Zumo 350 waypoint symbols? Discussion in ' Mapping & Navigation ' started by stefan., May 14, 2013. Have made waypoints in Basecamp with different symbols for different things, only to realise that when transfered to the gps they all end up as some kind of green heart symbol!? Selecting a waypoint and editing it on. Dec 14, 2019 Apparently Garmin does not have their act together when it comes to coordinating the custom symbols between BaseCamp and the device, even though it is the exact same 10 BMP files, and they are located in Garmin's chosen 'My Garmin Custom Waypoint Symbols' directory on the PC and the Garmin CustomSymbols on the device! Custom Waypoint Symbols for Garmin. I have searched the forum extensively but cannot find any reference to custom waypoint symbols for Garmin. Even the latest version of Mapsource (6.16.2) is very limited in choice of waypoint symbols. The most glaring omissions is a symbol for a train. Manage waypoint symbols and create rules on how symbols are handled when downloading data or sending data to a GPS unit. Datum Transformations The Datum Transformation dialog provides details of the spatial references and transformation method.
It goes without saying that POI's are also points and are generally supplied by the manufacturer. They have a different name (not called waypoints) because they are stored in a different memory area than waypoints and may have more memory allocated per point for longer names and additional information such as addresses and phone numbers. The 'searching' function in the GPS receiver is a bit different for the different types of points. The 'searching' function may be done by category in the GPS receiver (and the manufacturer's supporting software). The manufacturers haven't supplied software for users to make their own POI's. And it's unlikely the manufacturer's supporting software will let you edit the POI data to make corrections or additions. However; like uploading maps, there is a user effort to write software programs to allow users to upload their own POI's.
On the Garmin GPSmap 76 with some Metroguide version 4 data loaded and some Topo data loaded, the 'Points' menu consists of:
'Points of Interest' is further subdivided into:
And the subdivisions may also be further divided. For instance 'Food & Drink' is subdivided into:
Garmin Waypoint Icons
POIs are either built into the receiver or transferred to the receiver from the manufacturer's software. You don't transfer POI's from the receiver to your software. Waypoints can be transferred both ways. A GPS receiver that only supports 1,000 waypoints can have hundreds of thousands of POIs.
Garmin Gps Waypoint Symbols
