DeLorme 6 - Manual (Page 288)

XMap User Guide
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GPS Device Custom Symbols
You can use DeLorme XSym to create custom symbol sets for use with your DeLorme
PN-Series GPS device or a compatible third-party GPS device.
If you are assigning waypoint IDs to symbols for a third-party device, use the
Waypoint ID text box (shaded green) to make the assignment. If you are assigning
symbols to use with a PN-Series GPS, click the button in the GPS area (shaded
orange). The image on the button changes based on the symbol you have selected.
PN-Series Devices
You can create a custom symbol set and assign the symbols to the symbols on your
PN-Series GPS.
To Assign Symbols to Symbols on a PN-Series GPS
1. Click the Draw tab.
2. Click and hold the Waypoint/Track tool to view its hidden
options. Select the Waypoint tool .
3. Create a new symbol set.
4. Create a symbol.
5. Under GPS, click the symbol button (the image on the button varies) to open
the PN-Series symbol set.
6. Click the PN-Series symbol to which you want to map your symbol.
7. Click OK.
Third-Party GPS Devices
You can create a custom symbol set that includes all of the waypoint symbols on
your third-party GPS device. By creating this custom symbol set, the waypoints you
create display the same in both the mapping application and on your third-party GPS
device, no matter where they originated.
Third-party GPS waypoint symbols are identified by their waypoint ID number, which
is assigned by the device's manufacturer. To successfully view third-party GPS
waypoint symbols in the mapping application, you must assign the proper waypoint
identification number to each symbol you add to the custom symbol set.
Important To create a custom symbol set of your third-party GPS device's
waypoint symbols, you must contact the device's manufacturer to obtain the graphic
files and the waypoint ID number associated with each symbol.