Icons on the mobile gps (app)

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• Willy Van Driessche Tuesday 17 Apr 2018 19:45:20

  https://www.plotaroute.com/tip/22/how-to-add-labels-and-symbols-to-a-route-map

  But how to add Labels and Symbols on the mobile gps (app) ?

  By use of gpx <name><cmt><desc> AND <sym>text many compatible gps (or app) do display Garmin Icons. (Unsupported <sym> by the mobile gps (app) are replaced by a default Icon)

  Request: Add the standard Garmin Icon (popular) range by <sym>text into Plotaroute Symbols.

  Symbols: http://www.javawa.nl/wpsymbols.html

  Garmin Icon list: http://www.javawa.nl/downloads/sym/symbolen.gpx

   

• plotaroute admin   Wednesday 18 Apr 2018 09:04:48

  Hi Willy - I don't think we would be able to offer the full range of Garmin symbols, but we could look at using Garmin symbols that match our existing symbols rather than always using the default symbol for each waypoint. As mentioned in my reply to your other post, I'll see if we can do this as part of the changes we're making at the moment.

  John 

• Willy Van Driessche Wednesday 18 Apr 2018 18:00:59

  Hi John, sure understand, and absolutely agree with your point of view. 

  Even Garmin hardware do not support the full range symbol list ;-)

  Info: http://www.javawa.nl/wpsymbols.html  

  Locus map support most of the Garmin Icon list.

  See picture.

  

  Unsupported <sym> are displayed by the default "Red Down Arrow".

   

• Bert Peeters Wednesday 27 Mar 2019 22:26:09

  Is it possible to put extra turn labels on the map?

• plotaroute admin   Thursday 28 Mar 2019 08:45:50

  Hi Bert - yes, see our tip for how to add symbols and labels to a map.

  John

   

• Willy Van Driessche Tuesday 10 Mar 2020 15:09:50

  Route Planner function > Select a symbol to use > Plotaroute 'Mountain".

  In tcx download PointType "Summit" is correctly set.

  In gpx download sym "Summit" is not set. (Flag, Blue)

  (Gpx sym "Summit" is supported by Garmin).

   

• plotaroute admin   Wednesday 11 Mar 2020 09:41:26

  Thanks for flagging this up Willy. It's been fixed now.

• Willy Van Driessche Wednesday 18 Mar 2020 14:26:29

  Suggest to add additional best match Garmin tcx_fit PointType & gpx sym support that do correspond with existing Plotaroute Icons.

  Find in the greyed cells in attached picture.

  

  https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1054390?units=km

   

• Willy Van Driessche Thursday 19 Mar 2020 09:10:45

  Sorry I accidentally deleted the photo. New attempt.

  

• plotaroute admin   Thursday 19 Mar 2020 09:36:09

  Thanks for the suggestion Willy, but we're not planning on making any more changes to downloads for a while I'm afraid, as we want to focus on some other areas.