Custom Icons From Gsak To Mapsource

[+wooliebear]

I have change the custom icons in c:\documents and settiings\Administrator\My Documents\My garmin\custom waypoint symbols to the icons I want to use. I have check in mapsource and they are indeed there.

My problem is this, I use GSAK and I have followed the instructions for entering custom icons in GSAK through the garminother.txt file. From here I can select from the drop down menu which icons I can choose. As recomended I have used the label 'Custom 0'.

When I try to export using the mapsource mps file I get an error.

Has anyone been able to get this to work? Please tell me where I have gone wrong.

Thanks

Luke

[robertlipe]

Mapsource .mps format doesn't support custom icons.

 

You can use those icons when sending directly to the receivers.

[+wooliebear]

Ok, I got that understood. But Mapsource accepts the custom Icon code from a .gdb file, version 2. Is there a way to create this type of file in GSAK?

Thanks

Luke

[robertlipe]

See question #3 at http://gpsbabel.org/FAQ.html

 

If you're really trying to get custom icons into Mapsource and not the receiver itself, GPX is probably more likely to satisfy than .mps.

[+rodz]

I had this issue. Two options I found. As robertlipe said, GPX export from GSAK and import into Mapsource. Or send to GPSr from GSAK and then download from GPSr directly into Mapsource. Works for me with Legend C.