I also change the export/send waypoint options. Feel free to whip up your own (16x16 pixels, 8 bit color, hot pink (RGB:255,0,255) will be transparent) or do like I do and use the first generic cache symbol. Not all cache types have an icon because I was too lazy to create them. For each Cache Type in the top drop-down box chose the corresponding Icon from the lower drop down box. Next, choose Send Waypoints and press the Change Symbols button. From the GPS menu choose Setup and make sure Garmin is selected. Copy that file to C:\Program Files\GSAK\ (or whereever you have GSAK installed) then fire up GSAK. It contains the name of the extra custom icons that GSAK will soon be referencing. There should have been a file named GarminOther.txt in the zip file above. If uploading to a 60CSx model, you may have to edit the names removing the space between Waypoint and Symbol. After xImage is done doing it's thing verify the upload worked by creating a new waypoint and changing its icon. The icons are all named something like Waypoint Symbol #.bmp. Next, plug in your Garmin, fire up xImage, wait for it to find the GPSr, select the first 24 icons (0 through 23), browse to the location you extracted the icons & pick the ones in the Etrex folder. Extract them to some temporary location that you'll be able to find again.
Next, download the icons (I've zipped them up for you). This little piece of software can take screen shots of your GPS display and upload custom icons. You might also want to setup Mapsource to correctly show your custom icons.ĭownload a copy of xImage from Garmin's website. To achieve custom icon goodness, you must setup both your Garmin and your copy of GSAK.
If you would normally display the type of cache in the waypoint description then it saves you valuable characters that you can use to store the hint! The big advantage is that, at a glance, you can see what kind of caches are nearby. If you use GSAK & don't mind uploading your caches to the GPSr as waypoints (and losing the limited "geocaching" functionality) your screen can look like the image at the right. The Garmin 60CSx & Etrex Vista lines (among many others) are capable of using custom icons for waypoints. New Jersey State Parks & Forestry Geocache Hiding Permitĭetails Category: FAQs FAQs Written by Ericles Ericles.Scary Blue ? - List of Puzzle Solving Tools.Caching Dividends - It Pays to be a Cacher.C of the M - July 2010 - Tour de Cache - NJ County Challenge.How do I quickly search this site or ?.C of the M - February 2010 - Harts are where the home was.How to use the Central Jersey Icon/Geopicker.C of the M - November 2009 - Darby's Dilemma.Note to self: Things you learned the hard way while geocaching.
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