Larger Map User Icon / Cursor has Arrived (27.09B) !

L.Rouge
2 months ago

SEE 10/April 2025 update https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/cycling/f/edge-1040-series/403065/larger-map-user-icon-cursor-has-arrived-27-09b/1922305#1922305

I am sorry and very embarrassed that I am still harping on about a larger user location cursor / symbol on the map for 1040, 840 & 540 just like the one on the 1050. More than half the members of my club (and it's a big international one) say that the #1 enhancement they would like is a larger symbol especially as many of them (like me) have been riding for a good while and have declining eyesight (for fine detail) especially at night, in rain, after a few days in the saddle. Getting a 1050 is NOT the solution as we try (sometimes succeed) to do mostly stupid distances over multiple days (up to 90-210 hours) and battery life is also a priority.

I have mostly kept my obsession to the beta forums where I have raised it in each version for the last year to so and especially since the 1050 got the larger symbol. The request in each of these beta versions has scored the highest "up-vote" count for that version indicating a significant level of support, In the 24.xx beta this request got 110 up-votes, a record number (by 5 times) for any request on any device in the last few years. I had been advised that this stood a good chance of being done but as we get down to the tail end of the 26.xx beta it still has not been done.

Given it is already on the 1050 the cost / effort for Garmin is as close to zero as a change can be. Even just swapping the sizes of the current cursor & the Virtual Partner (currently twice as big) would be adequate and make two large groups happy (endurance riders & VP dislikers)?

So I am having another go, if you want to up-vote it that might prompt Garmin to do it? Go here and up-vote (up-arrow)

https://forums.garmin.com/beta-program/edge-1040-series/public-beta-bug-reports/i/edge-1040-series---26-xx-bug-reports/still-no-larger-map-cursor-symbol---an-oversight

Thanks

 

               1050                              1040

  • 0 12 days ago in reply to looigi

    I get why everyone wants to get rid of the VP. 
    I would like to get it more customisable. To be honest, i tend to use it on my 30km commutes because it gives me an overview how „late“ im gonna be on the fire station.
    I would appreciate that it sticks to the route wich was originally planned. For now if the Edge recomputes a route it sets the VP to the riders location.

  • 0 7 days ago

    Some users with great eyesight prefer a smaller icon while they wait for garmin to one day provide a "range" of icons but here are some of my attempts via MapTheme customisation.

    The icon is actually composed of 6 sections LEFT, RIGHT, BACK, BRDR (Border) plus a MPM_VEHICLE_CLR and a MPM_VHCL_HGLT_CLR (High Light?) and each can be individually assigned a color or transparency although the function of the  last 2 is a bit of a mystery.

                  Full Size (100%)                          Smaller in Red (approx 60%)   MPM_VEHICLE_LEFT_CLR & RIGHT

       

    PS (16/April 25) - A few more options..   MPM_VEHICLE_BACK_CLR        MPM_VEHICLE_BRDR_CLR

       

    Test-Icon-Sizes-3.zip
    XML to configure the icon in the 4th screenshot  (blue) above

    You can configure LEFT+RIGHT, LEFT+RIGHT+BACK, LEFT+RIGHT+BACK+BRDR to make progressively larger icons and color them to suit your requirements and tastes or just use the BRDR or just BACK to make a minimal sized but functional icon.

  • 0 7 days ago in reply to L.Rouge

    Het zou interessant zijn om de aangepaste map-themes ter beschikking te stellen van andere gemotiveerde gebruikers. Of - als alternatief - de methode om map-themas te bewerken of te wijzigen. 
    Veel dank voor uw opzoekingswerk en bijdragen aan dit forum.

  • 0 7 days ago in reply to mlamote

    Thanks for your comments, a quick reply (in English) as others might have similar interest

    There is no Garmin doco on MapTheme customisation, I & others have inferred behaviour from changing things and observing the result over the last 6 years or so since the Maptheme was introduced on the x30 devices. There are a few posts in the various Edge forums and also Watch forums. A long post in the 530 forum contains much of what is known,

    https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/cycling/f/edge-530/290989/how-to-make-course-line-easier-to-see

    I had planned to consolidate Maptheme learnings but in the last 6 months it looked like Garmin was phasing out the MapTheme functionality (was removed from 1050 and 1040 beta version 27.07 had removed it from the x40 devices before much complaining caused it to be restored in 27.09. So I will resume my review & documentation when I get some time but you might scan the above link and will be half way there, good luck

  • 0 6 days ago in reply to L.Rouge

    Dankjewel, de link is zeer nuttig en zet mij op het goede spoor. Ik heb een visuele beperking, en dit is een enorme hulp bij het personaliseren van de kaartthema's.

  • 0 6 days ago in reply to L.Rouge

    17 April 25, for completeness 2 more examples, 1. all transparent except the VEHICLE (giving the LEFT, RIGHT, BACK) and 2. all transparent except the HGLT giving nothing, no icon. If smaller is better then this last would be the best then? ;-)

    I still greatly prefer the new bigger icon, thanks again Garmin.

     

  • 0 5 days ago in reply to L.Rouge

    Thanks for your input, I tried a version with red border, transparent inside and just a small blue triangle.