LEI Electronics 6 manual Creating an Icon

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Waypoint and Edit Waypoint in the online Command Reference section.

If this is all the GPS information you need for now, skip ahead to the lesson "Saving a GPS Data File" on page 50. But, if you want to add icons or a route, check out the next two lessons.

Creating an Icon

Icons are graphic symbols used to mark some location, 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 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 blue and white 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 online 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 Toolbar figure on page 30.)

1.Center the Master Map display on the area where you want to set the icon. Click the CENTER MASTER MAP cross-hair button, 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, 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.

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Contents MapCreate6 LEI Extras Inc PO BOX Catoosa, OK USA Table of Contents Creating Rectangle Map Borders Creating Corridor Map Borders Center Master MapIntroduction Page How MapCreate Works File Formats & Functions GPS Data File Atlas File Page Custom Map File Size and Build Time Examples Mapping Detail Theres more here than meets the eye Cursor over Pop-up Exit symbol BoxCursor over POI symbol Pop-up box How to use this manual typographical conventionsMouse Page System Requirements Installation TypesUSA-West disc Data overlap area USA-East disc Installing MapCreateType D\setup.exe where D is the drive letter for your CD-ROM Page Page Care of your MapCreate CDs Starting MapCreate Easy Mode and Advanced Mode To add a direct shortcut to your Start Menu To add a direct shortcut to your desktopSection Working With MapCreate Advanced Mode Quick Start Reference Starting MapCreate MapSelect Screen MapCreate Screen MapCreate 6 opening screen Closing MapCreate Tips Selected Symbol Tip Box Map Category Options Window Tip Icon List Window Route Waypoint List Window Moving Around the Master Map Zoom Box Cross-hair Creating Rectangle Map Borders Handle Box Mouse Pointer Map Border Creating Corridor Map BordersPoint Saving a Map Border File Creating a Custom Map File Building Map Progress dialog box Save As dialog box appears Creating a Waypoint Delete Waypoint Creating an Icon Tip Creating a Route Tip Tips Saving a GPS Data File Creating a Corridor Map From a Route Borders around Route command Corridor Width slider bar Creating a Route From a Trail Plot Trail shown in green Page Appendix 1 MapCreate Command List Help Topics Command Search a Help document for the term map border Page Cities AirportsCountries County/Parish Marine NavaidsPOI-Marine POI-ServicesPOI-Restaurants POI-ShoppingAppendix MapCreate 6 Symbol Key Page Page POI Appendix 4 Considerations When Planning Highway Routes Page Page Page LEI Databases License Agreement Databases Limited Warranty LEI Software License Agreement ONE-YEAR Media Warranty For Lowrance 800-324-1356. For Eagle How to Obtain Service…Accessory Ordering Information for all countries Visit our web site