Brunton MapCreate 6 - Manual (Page 62)

• 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 Waypoint
and Edit Waypoint in the Help file's Command Reference section.
If this is all the GPS information you need for now, skip ahead to the les-
son "Saving a GPS Data File" on page 61. 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 information as way-
points. You can't use a menu to navigate to them as you can with way-
points, and you can't change their names. But you can change their sym-
bols. In fact, waypoints and event marker icons share the same set of sym-
bols, but they are two different types of GPS data with different capabili-
ties.
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 lesson,
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. Creating an
icon on your map is as easy as setting waypoints. Here's how: (Refer as
needed to the "Toolbars" section, beginning on page 35.)
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1. Center the Master Map display on the area where you want to set the
icon. Click the
C ENTER M AP
cross-hair button , and then click
the cross-hair mouse pointer on the area you want centered.
2. If needed, click the Z
OOM
I
N
or Z
OOM
O
UT
buttons
so you can see enough detail to
accurately place the icon.
3. Click the C
REATE
I
CONS
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.