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A Waypoint can be defined as a marked position on a map, somewhere on the earth, with known coordinates. A Waypoint can be part of a route. In GPS receivers, a Waypoint is a point that can be selected as a coordinate to navigate to, or it can be used to just display a symbol on a map.
In GPS Mapping Studio, there are multiple ways to create waypoint. You can create one manually from the waypoint list, click on the map or create by applying a projection from a known waypoint or GPS position. The easiest way is by clicking on the map. We will demonstrate in a few steps how to do this.
Zoom and pan over the map until you find the position you want to place a waypoint. Click the right mouse button, when pointing the mouse to the position, and select the "Add Waypoint" option. The "Add Waypoint" window will appear.
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You will notice that the position of the waypoint is already filled. In this window, you can set some additional information about the waypoint, like the comment, the name, the symbol to be used on the map etc. The proximity waypoint option will be discussed in a later tutorial, it is mainly used to alert you if you are within a specific distance from the waypoint.
Use this field to set the waypoint name. When creating waypoints, the software will auto generate the waypoint name in the range "WPT001" ... "WPT999". You can choose your own name, but please note, that in case you want to upload the waypoint to your GPS receiver, you have to keep the maximum waypoint name length of your GPS receiver in mind. The name must be unique: you can not create more then one waypoint with the same name.
These positions are prefilled when you create the waypoint from the map. If you are creating the waypoint from the waypoint list, the current position is used. You can change these fields to display the Northing and Easting position using the currently selecting map grid, by checking the "Show position in Northing / Easting coordinates" check box.
The software contains over 160 different symbols that can be used to display your waypoint on the map. When uploading the waypoint to your GPS, the same symbol is used, so you must be sure that the symbol you choose is also present in the GPS device. The default waypoint symbol is the "Black Rectangle" that is supported by any GPS receiver.
You can add a description for the waypoint here. When uploading the waypoint to the GPS receiver, depending on the model you are using, the description will be displayed truncated on your GPS receiver.
Using the "BgColor", "FgColor" and "Transparent" options, you can modify the colors of the waypoint label on the map. When transparent is selected, the background color is ignored, and only the text is displayed on the map.
If you want to act this waypoint as a proximity point, enable this function. Please note that not all receivers support this option. When enabled, your GPS will alarm you if you are withing a certain range from the waypoint.
After modifying the Waypoint properties, click "OK". When using the settings from the screenshot above, the Waypoint will look like this:
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To modify the Waypoint after you placed it on the map, you can use either the waypoint list, or right click on the waypoint, and select "Waypoint Properties", as displayed below:
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To move the waypoint, click on it and just drag it around on the map. When you release the mouse button, it's new position is saved.
To view a list off all Waypoints, you can open the Waypoint list, by selecting "View" => "Waypoints" from the menu. From this list, you can remove, add, modify, export and zoom to Waypoints.
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