User Guide

• There are other ways to delete waypoints, and you can also change the

symbol, name and location. For instructions on these functions, along

with other tips, see Create Waypoint, Delete Waypoint, Insert Way-

point and Edit Waypoint in the Help file's Command Reference sec-

tion.

If this is all the GPS information you need for now, skip ahead to the

lesson "Saving a GPS Data File" on page 69. Remember, to get the way-

points you just made into your GPS unit, they must be saved in a GPS

Data File. But, if you want to add some icons or a route to the GPS

Data File, check out the next two lessons.

Creating an Icon

Icons are graphic symbols used to mark some location, personal point of

interest or event. These features are also called event markers, or

event marker icons. Event marker icons don't store as much informa-

tion as waypoints. You can't use a menu to navigate to them as you can

with waypoints, and you can't change their names. But you can change

their symbols. In fact, waypoints and event marker icons share the

same set of symbols, but they are two different types of GPS data with

different capabilities.

NOTE:

Until you change the default symbol, any icon you create will look

like a yellow and red waypoint, but without a name

. For this les-

son, we will stick with the default, but if you want to change the

symbol, refer to Edit Icon in the Help file's Command Reference.

Event marker icons are a handy way to mark a spot when you don't

need to save or edit much information about the location or event. Cre-

ating an icon on your map is as easy as setting waypoints. Here's how:

(Refer as needed to the "Toolbars" section, beginning on page 43.)

1. Center the Master Map display on the area where you want to set

the icon. Click the

CENTER MAP cross-hair button , and then

click the cross-hair mouse pointer

on the area you want centered.

2. If needed, click the

ZOOM IN or ZOOM OUT buttons

so you can see enough detail to accurately place the icon.

3. Click the

CREATE ICONS button on the GPS Data toolbar, and your

mouse pointer becomes an arrow with a red and yellow icon symbol

4. Move the mouse pointer so that the arrow point is where you want

the icon. Click to set the icon. Move your mouse away, and you can see

the icon.