This brings up a dialog box with a icon symbol selection drop-down:ĭ. To change the icon for a single waypoint, right-click on the waypoint in the list and choose Waypoint properties or, from the map, right-click on a waypoint and choose Waypoint Properties. Click on the Waypoints tab to bring up a list of waypointsĬ. Use MapSource to download the waypoints from your GPS.ī. But if Garmin’s MapSource program (aka Trip and Waypoint Manager) came with your GPS or with a mapset you’ve purchased, you can easily do a symbol conversion, either one at a time or in bulk.Ī. Unfortunately, there’s no way on your Garmin GPS unit to bulk convert waypoint icon symbols created on your Garmin you have to edit them on the unit one at a time. Use MapSource to modify the waypoint icons. Once you’ve selected a new waypoint symbol, it will be used for all subsequent waypoints you create on your Garmin.ģ. But you can choose any icon you want or see my series on creating custom Garmin waypoint symbols if you want to design your own.
I like the small green dot because it takes up far less display space than just about any other symbol. Then press Enter, and choose a smaller icon: You can change the waypoint icon in the waypoint creation screen by moving the yellow highlight box using the arrow keys: If you’ve never changed the waypoint icon, that will be a blue flag. When you create a new waypoint on your Garmin, the waypoint icon used is the same as the last one used. Change the default waypoint symbol on the Garmin unit to something smaller.
But if you actually want them visible when zoomed out to a lower scale, you’ll need to do something else.Ģ.
Since you’re zoomed in closer to the waypoints when they show up, they’ll be spaced more widely. From Setup Map – Points:Ĭhange the User Waypoints setting to the desired zoom level at which waypoints will first appear. But you can set a specific zoom level so that waypoints don’t appear until you reach that zoom. The default setting for waypoints to display is Auto, which usually means that they’ll show up at virtually every zoom level. Set the waypoints zoom level so that they don’t appe ar until you’ve zoom in. There are a number of ways to deal with this problem.ġ. This is especially when the display is zoomed out to a lower scale: It takes up a huge amount of screen space, and if you have multiple waypoints spaced closely together, it can become impossible to differentiate them. If you use any of the color Garmin eTrex or GPSMap series, you’ll quickly discover that the default waypoint symbol, a blue flag, is pretty useless. I’ve been asked this question twice already, which is good enough for me to write a post about it.
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