Your Garmin Nuvi has the ability to mark points of interest on the map display, to make sure that landmarks or intermediate destinations aren't missed. Think of these as the GPS equivalent of a browser bookmark. The procedure for marking a waypoint with a Garmin Nuvi is fairly simple. One of the other features of the Nuvi line is the ability to make custom symbols for your waypoints as an added bit of personalization. Windows 7 extreme edition 64 bit iso.
Creating the Custom Symbol
Step 1
Download and install Garmin's xImage software from the company website. In addition to making custom icons for your Garmin Nuvi, it also allows you to take screen captures of the Garmin's screen.
Garmin Basecamp Waypoint Symbols
Step 2
Plug your Garmin Nuvi into your computer via the USB port.
Now you can and more with our extended set of custom waypoint symbols for your Garmin GPS. We will be adding more species and symbols to our collection. A waypoint is a favorite location that you mark on the map. Create and synchronize custom waypoint symbols between Garmin BaseCamp and your compatible GPSr.
Step 3
Launch xImage. The initial dialog box asks if you want to download an image from the GPS device or upload one to it. You will be downloading one of the existing images and modifying it into a custom waypoint symbol, then putting the modified image back on to the GPS.
Step 4
Select 'Get Images From The GPS.' Then click 'Next.' The dialog box changes.
Step 5
Select 'Waypoint Symbol' on the dropdown menu. The dialog box displays a list of all the waypoint symbols on your GPS.
Step 6
Select the waypoint symbol you want to modify. You can select multiple images by holding down the 'Shift' or 'Ctrl' key while selecting multiple file names. Click 'Next' after you've selected the image you want to modify to open a 'save file' dialog box. It's important that you do not change the file name. https://fupotent.weebly.com/autodesk-autocad-structural-detailing-2011-keygen.html. The file will be a 256-color indexed BMP file.
Step 7
Open the file in your image-editing program of choice. The file will be an 8-bit-per-pixel, 16-by-16-pixel bitmap.
Step 8
Alter the image as desired. Make sure that you have your program set to 'Indexed Color.' The transparent background color is purple (R 255, G 0, B 255) in indexed colors – anything that's exactly that color will not show up on the icon. This can be useful for making icons that have a cut-out effect.
Step 9
Save the edited icon as a BMP file. Make sure that you don't enable any RLE compression.
Step 10
Open the edited BMP file in Microsoft Paint. Verify that the image is still at 96 DPI in Paint and save it as an 8-bit color image. Do not change the name of the image. Many newer programs save only 24-bit color bitmaps, which causes xImage to refuse to upload the image to the GPS device. Microsoft Paint still saves 8-bit images.
Start xImage again or switch back to it if you haven't turned it off and select 'Send Images To GPS.' When prompted, navigate to the edited image you saved. Provided the images are identically sized and formatted, and the name matches the image you want to replace, xImage will replace that image on the GPS unit.
Using the Custom Symbol
Step 1
Turn on your Garmin Nuvi. The Graphical Map will load.
Step 2
Step 3
Click the desired location on the graphical map. Alternately, you can use the 'Find' feature, and click the 'Make Waypoint' feature in the 'Find' window. Both methods bring up the 'Waypoint Properties' dialog on your GPS unit.
Enter the desired waypoint properties on the selected location. One of the options will be to select an icon for this waypoint. Select the customized icon you created in the first section.
Warning
- Some older models of Garmin Nuvi don't work with xImage; the download page for xImage is dated 2005. If your Garmin is more recent than that, it should work.
Items you will need
- USB cable
- Image-editing software
- Microsoft Paint
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