+Mojoski Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I was hunting around for interesting things to do with my new Vista HCx and came across this web page: http://www.thepropers.com/geocaching/60Ser...stomSymbols.htm It was written a few years ago but still applied, generally, to my new device. The icons, however, were not compatible with my device, so I simply used the xImage program from Garmin to snag my own waypoint images and updated them with The Gimp to look like the ones the original author had created for his device. A zip file of the resulting icons (and the garminother.txt file to use with GSAK) is included in my zip file at the following URL: http://ourhikes.freespeech.com/Icons_for_Vista-HCx.zip Follow the directions on that web page, but use the icons from my zip file instead if you have a eTrex Vista HCx. In addition, I also decided to use the following codes in my GSAK config for the waypoint description field: %Dif/%Ter C:%con1 TB:%bug=YN %last4 LF%datelf With that set for the waypoint description in the appropriate GSAK settings, I can tell the Difficulty rating, Terrain rating, Cache type, Travel Bug status as well as what type the last 4 notes were and when the cache was last found, without having to open my Palm device up and get into CacheMate. Hope this is helpful for someone! Mojoski Quote Link to comment
+Sussex Leprechauns Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I have just tried this with my new Venture HC but the icons are all blurred. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
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