Waypoints; Creating, Editing And Deleting Waypoints - GPS TrackMaker Reference Manual

3 Waypoints

3.1 Creating, Editing and Deleting Waypoints

Waypoints are geodesic points stored in the GPS receiver's memory and can be transferred to the PC using the
GPS TrackMaker® program. Usually they represent specific places, such as cities, squares, bridges, crossings, etc.
A Waypoint has the following components:
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Name up to 10 characters
• Comments up to 255 characters
• Rotation angle of the Waypoint Text
• Creation date
• Altitude of the Point
• Visualization in the screen
• Specific graphic symbol
After being transferred to the PC, all Waypoint data can be easily modified using the GPS TrackMaker® program.
To show or hide all Waypoints, click on the button
Creating a Waypoint
To facilitate the creation of Waypoints with text rotation, select a Tracklog or Route
segment and then create the Waypoint, The angle of the text will be the same as
the Tracklog or Route. This feature facilitates the creation, for example, of urban
maps, where the name of each street or avenue has the inclination of the street or
avenue. In the example, Waypoints were created without icons.
or press <CTRL W>.
Creating a Waypoint in GPS TrackMaker® program is a
very simple task. Just press the Pencil tool
Route Creation Tool
in the Tools menu and, using the left mouse button, click at
the point on the screen where you want to create a new
Waypoint.
A creation window will be displayed allowing to change the
geodesic coordinates of the point, the display scheme , the
icon, the name and comment and other fields.
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located on the drawing tool bar or
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