[Gpsbabel-misc] smart icons

[Hugo A. <hug...@no...>]

Robert Lipe wrote on 2014-04-23:
> Do you really really really have an Etrex Vista or do  you have an Etrex
> Vista with some letters after it?  They don't actually have much in common
> other than the physical box they come in - and even that changes given the
> move from serial to USB.

Hi, thanks for the response - the device is an Etrex Vista Hcx, which have a USB adapter (and micro SD)

> The Smart Icons feature really only makes sense on the totally ancient
> serial "really really really Etrex Vista" models.  The newer ones are
> geocaching aware and display appropriate icons and don't need to rely on
> hokey icon renaming.
> https://code.google.com/p/gpsbabel/source/browse/trunk/gpsbabel/garmin.
> cc#851
> https://code.google.com/p/gpsbabel/source/browse/trunk/gpsbabel/garmin_
> tables.cc#344

By default, MapSource loads up the GPX with only Geocache/Geocache found icons. The -Si parameter doesn't seem to do anything to the outputs, as far as I can see, the <sym> tag is not changed in the output xml.

What I am using:
gpsbabel.exe -Si -i gpx mypq.gpx -o gpx -F outputpq.gpx

(tested with gpsbabel 1.5.0 and 1.4.4)

I have tried some other output formats as well, with the same results...

Any input/help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Hugo

> On Sat Apr 19 2014 at 3:37:00 AM, Hugo Ahlenius <hug...@no...
> <mailto:hug...@no...> > wrote:
> 
> 	Hi all,
> 
> 	I am testing gpsbabel for the first time. I have gpx-files that I
> have had geocaching.com <http://geocaching.com>  prepare for me (pocket
> queries) and I have a Garmin Etrex Vista gps – I have been transferring
> data using MapSouce.
> 
> 	Now – I am a bit curious/keen on the ‘smart icons’ and ‘smart
> labeling/names’  features of gpsbabel. I easily found out how to get the
> labels right, that wasn’t too difficult.
> 
> 	But I can’t seem to get the icons to change, regardless of what
> parameters I try with. (-Si –si –i –N etc)
> 
> 	The output gpx files seems to cause trouble for MapSource, but I
> assume that is a separate issue, I have been inspecting the xml with a
> text editor to check the symbol definition (which doesn’t seem to have
> changed in the processing).
> 
> 	I am using Windows 7 Urtimate 64-bit, and I have tried both the
> latest stable + beta of gpsbabel.
> 
> 	Thankful for any tips/input!
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	Hugo
> 
> 
> 
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