Blue Flags shown on Track

Former Member
Former Member
I'm sure this is a simple question - but i cant for the life of me work it out!!!

When i view my trail i see the track on the map but it is littered with blue flags at each point that the track changes direction. I want to be able to see the track on screen without all the flags which clutter up the screen...

How do i deselect them from view?

Ta!
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    I'm sure this is a simple question - but i cant for the life of me work it out!!!

    When i view my trail i see the track on the map but it is littered with blue flags at each point that the track changes direction. I want to be able to see the track on screen without all the flags which clutter up the screen...

    How do i deselect them from view?

    Ta!


    I am afraid there is no easy way.

    There is a way, but be warned that it is somewhat cumbersome.

    1. Export your route or track as GPX (select route/track, use the File menu, Export, Export Selection, pick 'GPS exchange format, gpx' as output).

    2. Open the resulting file with Windows notepad (if you have a better editor, more power to you). Replace (ideally with the find/replace all command so you don't have do this manually) all the occurrences of:

    <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>


    with

    <sym>Waypoint</sym>


    3. Save the resulting file and re-import the file with BaseCamp. The blue flags should be gone and have been replaced by dots.

    This would have to be done for every route/track. You can select several tracks/routes at once to make this a bit less troublesome.

    But like I said, this is not very easy to do, we might look into making this easier in the future.