How to Add Tracks and waypoints to Your Custom Maps

Free GPS Maps | GPS Software Hub | May 20, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

You can download Tracks and Waypoints from your GPSand add them to your custom map as a trail or POI.

Download the Tracks and Waypoints from your GPS using MapSource.
Save the Track as a .gpx file.
Save your Waypoints as a .gpb file. Only do a couple major ones otherwise your map will be very cluttered. Also, you cannot do a “Find” on Waypoints loaded at the map level.

Add a Track:

IMPORTANT: When you create a Track on your GPS it is your “Active” Track, and when you save it on your GPs it becomes a “Saved” Track. ACTIVE Tracks have much more detail than SAVED ones. So, try to use only Active Tracks when creating maps.

Open you custom Topo map in MapEdit and add your .gpx file: File, Add, then browse to your Track file.
Click the Edit menu then click Select and All Tracks.
Right click one of your tracks and select Convert To, then select Polyline.
Check the Level 0, 1 and 2 boxes then click Ok.
Select #16 Walkway/Trail as the Type and click Ok. You can select a different “Type” to have the trail show up as a color and linetype that is easier to see on your particular GPS.
Change the view to Level 4 (or the highest level you have in the map). This will let you see the original unconverted Tracks: View, Levels, Level4
Right click on a Track and select Detach File. It will disappear. All the original unconverted Tracks will disappear (provided they were all still “selected”).
View your entire map: View, Levels, Level0

Add Waypoints: (same process as Tracks)

Open you custom Topo map in MapEdit and add your .gpb file: File, Add then browse to your waypoint file.
Click the Edit menu then click Select and All Waypoints.
Right click on one of your Waypoints and select Convert to…Point.
Check the Level 0, 1 and 2 boxes then click Ok.
Select a “Type” and click Ok. Note that some Waypoints symbols may show up differently in MapEdit compared to on your GPS.
Change the view to Level 4 (or the highest level you have in your map). This will let you see the original unconverted Waypoints: View, Levels, Level4
Right click on a Waypoint and select Detach File. It will disappear. All the original unconverted Waypoints will disappear if they were all still “selected”.
View your entire map: View, Levels, Level0