The default WP symbol on the GPSMap62st is a pin with a large pinhead. Unfortunately (by that I mean poor design by Garmin) the large pinhead obscures the WP number on the route and map screen. The symbols can only be changed one at a time ( a very tedious job) and routes downloaded to the unit.

• Garmin Gps Waypoint Symbols
• Garmin Gps Custom Waypoint Symbols
• Garmin Gps Unit Waypoint Icons Table

• • 5

    Table of Contents
  • 6

    Glossary
  • 8

    Battery Installation
  • 9

    Keypad Usage & Data Entry
  • 10

    Primary Pages
  • 12

    Power On & Marking a Position
  • 13

    Position Page, Map Page, & Going to a Waypoint
  • 14

    Compass Page & Cancelling a GOTO
  • 15

    Clearing the Map, Screen Contrast, & Power Off
  • 15

    Turning the Receiver Off
  • 16

    Satellite Page
  • 17

    Receiver Status
  • 18

    Battery Level Indicator, Backlighting, and Emergency Erase
  • 19

    Position Page

• 20

  Position

  • 21

    Marking a Position & Position Averaging Function
  • 22

    Waypoint

• 23

  Proximity Waypoints

  • 24

    Waypoint Definition Page

• 24

  Reference Waypoints

  • 25

    Waypoint Symbols
  • 25

    Waypoint Comments
  • 27

    GOTO & Man Overboard
  • 27

    Man Overboard Function
  • 28

    TracBack Navigation
  • 30

    Creating and Using Routes
    • 31

      Route Definition
    • 32

      Creating and Navigating Routes
    • 33

      Active Route
    • 33

      Copying and Clearing Routes
    • 34

      Editing Routes

• 30

  Route Navigation

  • 35

    Compass & Highway
  • 37

    Compass Page
  • 39

    Map Page, Zooming, & Panning

• 31

  Route Definition Page

• 40

  Map Options

  • 42

    Map Options & Map Setup
  • 43

    Track Method
  • 44

    Track Log Setup
  • 44

    Main Menu Page, Distance/Sun Calculations & Messages
  • 45

    Setup Menu & System Setup
  • 46

    System Setup
  • 48

    Navigation Setup
  • 50

    Angular Heading Selection & Alarms
  • 51

    Interface Setup & DGPS
  • 53

    Language Setup & Simulator

• 53

  Navigation Simulator

• 54

  Appendix A--initialization

• 55

  Appendix A––initialization

• 56

  Appendix B-specifications & Wiring

• 57

  Appendix B—specifications & Wiring

• 58

  Appendix C-messages and Time Offsets

  • 59

    Time Offsets

• 60

  Appendix D-map Datums

• 61

  Appendix D—map Datums

• 62

  Appendix E--index

• 64

  Appendix E––index

  • 65

    Limited Warranty

Buoys and Beacons from the IALA^*1 and SIGNI^*2 system

^*1 IALA: International Association of Lighthouse Authorities, ^*2 SIGNI: Signalisation des Voies de Navigation Interieure

Jos Pacilly, 24-nov-2005

Some of the recent Garmin products offer the possibility to use personally designed icons with waypoints, so called Custom Waypoint Symbols. Products include Garmin's Windows software MapSource and nRoute and some of the recent models of Garmin's GPS receivers. A very welcome option I think, since even the marine line of Garmin products is not offering many symbols dedicated to navigation at sea. On this page, you will find some short notes on how to use this feature. The page includes a couple of symbol sets for marine use, comprising the most frequently used IALA / SIGNI icons. There are also some waypoints sets demonstrating the use of them. To upload the Custom Waypoint Symbols to a GPS unit, use theWindows program xImage. Feel free to use/distribute the symbol sets, as long as it is not for commercial use.

Apparently, Garmin has not finished development of this option at the moment, since various products have different requirements. Implementation details like file names, color depth and bitmap size are varying among the latest versions of both software and firmware of hardware.

See also the related topic: Icons in Google Earth.

Warning

• Contrary to what is the case for printed nautical charts, the small circle at the footage of the symbols below does not represent the precise position of a waypoint! In MapSource, and maps printed by MapSource, the actual position of a waypoint will be somewhere in the middle of the icons.

MapSource 6.9.1

Garmin Gps Waypoint Symbols

Garmin Gps Custom Waypoint Symbols

nRoute 2.6.1

xImage 2.3

xImage is a Windows program to transfer the Custom Waypoint Symbols (and the splash screen) to or from a GPS device. It can be downloaded from the website of Garmin. They do not offer support though. Note that xImage version 2.3 will only process files which match exactly the original specification, which is dependent of the selected language! You can use the MapSource file IALA-SIGNI.gdb to examine the Custom Waypoint Symbols and to check the communication with a GPS device.

GPSmap 276C (firmware version 3.70)

Examples

• IALA-SIGNI {.gdb or .gpx} (all the symbols on an arbitrary position in the North Sea)
  

• Grevelingen {.gdb or .gpx} (Dutch inshore water)
  Positions based on Hans van Laar's Nautical GPS Waypoints (dated November 6, 2005),
  icons selected manually, while referring Atlantic BlueChart v7.0, Chart NL1805(A) (Aug 19, 2004) from Garmin,
  and nautical chart 1805.07 (March 28, 2005) from the Dutch Hydrographic Service (distributed by Stentec).
  

• Waddenzee {.gdb or .gpx} (part of Dutch 'off-shore' water) (icons at this moment only partial available)
  Positions based on Henk Menninga's Waypoints in the German Bight (dated June 21, 2005),
  icons selected manually, while referring Atlantic BlueChart v7.0, region EU018 (Aug, 2004) from Garmin,
  and nautical chart 1811 (March 28, 2005) from the Dutch Hydrographic Service (distributed by Stentec).

Garmin Gps Unit Waypoint Icons Table