Comments on: Creating custom map symbols and markers with ExpertGPS http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/ Expert answers to your questions about GPS, Mapping, GIS, and CAD Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:38:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan Foster http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Dan Foster Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:38:23 +0000 http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/?p=109#comment-224 You need to put your custom symbols folder somewhere on the Web so that ExpertGPS can grab the symbols when someone else opens one of your GPX files. You put the URL to this location in the first line of Readme.txt Because the NPS_Buildings symbols live at http://www.topografix.com/Symbols/NPS_Buildings The first line of that Readme.txt file is: http://www.topografix.com/Symbols/ You need to put your custom symbols folder somewhere on the Web so that ExpertGPS can grab the symbols when someone else opens one of your GPX files. You put the URL to this location in the first line of Readme.txt

Because the NPS_Buildings symbols live at
http://www.topografix.com/Symbols/NPS_Buildings

The first line of that Readme.txt file is:
http://www.topografix.com/Symbols/

]]> By: Karl Hogard http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Karl Hogard Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:22:18 +0000 http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/?p=109#comment-50 I've got directed to the'creating map symbols... http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/ page, but I do not know which URL to put into the 'NPS-Buildings', etc folders, as they only contain a thumbnails file. I’ve got directed to the’creating map symbols… http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/ page, but I do not know which URL to put into the ‘NPS-Buildings’, etc folders, as they only contain a thumbnails file.

]]> By: Dan Foster http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Dan Foster Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:56:36 +0000 http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/?p=109#comment-48 EasyGPS can display custom symbols and line styles created in ExpertGPS. Use ExpertGPS (http://www.expertgps.com/download.asp) to create your custom symbols and save a GPX file. EasyGPS (on your computer, and on others, if you follow the instructions for uploading your custom symbols to your Web site) will now be able to view, but not edit, these symbols. EasyGPS can display custom symbols and line styles created in ExpertGPS. Use ExpertGPS (http://www.expertgps.com/download.asp) to create your custom symbols and save a GPX file. EasyGPS (on your computer, and on others, if you follow the instructions for uploading your custom symbols to your Web site) will now be able to view, but not edit, these symbols.

]]> By: Les Lloyd http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/2008/12/creating-custom-map-symbols-and-markers-with-expertgps/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Les Lloyd Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:47:09 +0000 http://blog.expertgps.com/blog/?p=109#comment-47 I'm not sure if I am missing something or not. Can you create the custom symbols with EasyGPS or just with ExpertGPS? I have created custom symbols for my etrex vista c with image and can see them in mapsource, but when I try them in EasyGPS thay don't show up. I have edited them to 20x20 and saved them as .png. Placed them in a seperate folder as per the instructions. But no joy. I am using EasyGPS 3.0 Thank you, I’m not sure if I am missing something or not. Can you create the custom symbols with EasyGPS or just with ExpertGPS? I have created custom symbols for my etrex vista c with image and can see them in mapsource, but when I try them in EasyGPS thay don’t show up. I have edited them to 20×20 and saved them as .png. Placed them in a seperate folder as per the instructions. But no joy. I am using EasyGPS 3.0

Thank you,

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