LEI Electronics 6 manual Creating a Waypoint

to hit the road, but if you'd like to add a little GPS navigation information to your unit, read the following lessons.

Creating a Waypoint

Waypoints are the building blocks of GPS navigation. A waypoint is simply an electronic "address," based on the latitude and longitude of a position on the earth. MapCreate lets you set a waypoint and mark it with a symbol, name or number. This appears on the Master Map and eventually on the custom map displayed on your GPS unit's screen.

With your GPS, you can navigate to a waypoint. Waypoints can be used to mark a favored spot or to mark something to avoid such as a dead- end road or a boating hazard on a lake. Waypoints linked together in a sequence allow you to navigate along a pre-planned route. In the field, your GPS unit can also be used to set waypoints. You can bring these field- generated waypoints into MapCreate for storage and use on later trips.

Creating a waypoint on the Master Map is easy. 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 waypoint. 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 waypoint.

3.Click the CREATE WAYPOINTS button, and your mouse pointer becomes an arrow with a waypoint symbol and the

abbreviation "Wpt."

4.Move the mouse pointer so that the arrow point is where you want the waypoint. Click to set the waypoint. Move your mouse away, and you can see the waypoint, with the default name of "Wpt 001."

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