Re: GPS Waypoint Icons

Sunny,
I've made up a GPS map of our trails in the LH. I didn't add custom icons
though and I have to give you a lot of credit for that idea. I just used
the standard ones to make intersections. They don't look as pretty but have
been functional. I printed a couple of E size plots for the snowmobile club
back in 97 or so. It's been a while. I used a Garmin 45xl for that effort.
Since then I've collected new data with a newer Magellan SporTrak Topo unit
but haven't printed off the E plot just because the other one is still
accurate enough. Like you said, much better than hand drawn for sure.

Steve m....
www.lhsc.net (Laurel Highlands Snowmobile Club) The map is on the "Main
page".

"Sunny" <sunny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The only trail maps my club has are 10 years old and were originally
> hand-drawn by one of the founders. My new toy (Garmin Quest GPS) says they
> aren't very accurate, so I've decided to make a project of updating the
> maps this winter.
>
> I figure it would be nice if the new maps had waypoints matching the
> signage on the trail - perhaps not every corner, but definitely the ones
> you need to slow down for, and all road and railway crossings, junctions
> etc.
>
> Google didn't find any GPS waypoint icons for snowmobile trail signage, so
> I tried making my own. My GPS uses 16x16x8-bit icons, and I found it
> difficult to make signage look decent given so few pixels to work with -
> but I have about 20 I'm happy with and a few more that are OK but could
> use some tweaking. For example, it's easy to make a black triangle on a
> 16x16 yellow diamond look like a steep hill sign, but try adding the sled!
>
> Anyone else working on GPS snowmobile trail mapping? Care to share
> waypoint icons and/or other tips?
>
> Sunny
>


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