The internal memory has increased with the latest Garmin gps units. The newest units allow up to two thousand waypoints. I realized early on that I need to manage my waypoints by putting them in categories. My current handheld units have a good selection of waypoint symbols that identify different waypoints. Of course one always wishes for more.
I have four or five points that I camp during hunting season. I use the green tent symbol as a file header for my campsites. I like the buck symbol for waypoints related to deer. The one I use the most is the fish symbol when out trolling.
Currently I have 233 waypoints out of a possible 1000 on my Rino 530HCx. I recently saved all my waypoints in a folder on my computer using Map Source. I then did some house cleaning. I create a lot of waypoints when out fishing. On a busy day I create a lot of waypoints, some of them close together. I keep key fish symbol waypoints, but reduce clusters from a day’s fishing to one or two for a general location. I also cleaned out some waypoints when I delete a couple of routes.
From a function level I go to main menu on the Rino > Find Icon> Waypoints> the Select by Symbol option, and pick the symbol I want. A list of the symbols I selected appears. I want the buck symbol and the related waypoints appear nearest first. I have a couple pop up that are over 42 miles away called Hog and Pig.
I save all my waypoints to dated folders on my computer using Garmin’s Map Source. If I need waypoints from an old trip I can retrieve them. It takes a little work but I manage.
I use the Skull and Cross bones for mine shafts and points of land that present a hazard to boating as the level of a reservoir goes up and down.
If I was to use a symbol for these guys in the backyard yesterday I would have used the buck symbol.
