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Displaying waypoint comments on GPSMAP 60CX?
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| Not sure this is possible.
I have a <large> set of waypoints that have comments (brief
directions/instructions) included.
In mapsource, I can display the Symbol AND comment on the map.
Any way I can do this on the GPSMAP60cx?I only seem to be able to display
the symbol and the name. I guess I can select a waypoint, look at its
properties and check the comment, but I would prefer to display the comment
on screen automatically.
Changing the name of the waypoints to the comment doesn't work as the name
length is far too small...
Any suggestions appreciated :-)
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| Heinrich Pfeifer 2007-04-14, 7:33 am |
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"Tack" <Tack@nospam.com> wrote in
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> In mapsource, I can display the Symbol AND comment on the map.
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crazy enough: this display mode is included in the transfer protocol, this
means that the GPS knows what you want, but it ignores it.
I'm afraid that this display mode in the transfer protocol does not show the
intention that this feature will be supported at a later time. It is
probably not more than a leftover from older models. The good old GPS12XL
supported this mode, but the comment length was limited to 16 characters.
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Heinrich
http://www.gartrip.de
mail: new<at>gartrip.de
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"Heinrich Pfeifer" <nws@gartrip.de> wrote in message
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> "Tack" <Tack@nospam.com> wrote in
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> crazy enough: this display mode is included in the transfer protocol, this
> means that the GPS knows what you want, but it ignores it.
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> I'm afraid that this display mode in the transfer protocol does not show
> the intention that this feature will be supported at a later time. It is
> probably not more than a leftover from older models. The good old GPS12XL
> supported this mode, but the comment length was limited to 16 characters.
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> Heinrich
> http://www.gartrip.de
> mail: new<at>gartrip.de
Thanks Heinrich - pity about that <sigh>
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