[BaseCamp] symbol priorities for stacked waypoints

Steve Bracken twigg2324 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 08:35:19 PST 2016


If it is the issue similar to what Jerry is describing, the only real way
round it is to run a separate instance of BC pointing at a unique database.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Jerry White <jerrywhite518 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Joe,
>
>
> I try to avoid multiple waypoints at the exact same spot, for just the
> reason you are explaining. The only way to tell for sure if there are
> multiples is to select the waypoint (drag around it) and then look in the
> waypoint list on the left.
>
> That sounds a lot like the Zip Code thread in the BMR. Am I right? For the
> BMR I am tracking multiples with a spreadsheet, not in Basecamp. My
> Basecamp MO is one waypoint per zip code, and I track the bonus codes a
> different way.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:57 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In multiple locations on my map, I have multiple stacked waypoints.  So,
> in
> > one lat/lon location I have 3 waypoints, each with different symbols
> and/or
> > colors, but the same lat/lon.  In another location I have 2 waypoints,
> each
> > with different symbols and/or colors.  In another, three.  And so on.
> >
> > I am routing to these multi-waypoint spots but only selecting one of the
> > three symbols as the "official" waypoint for that particular route.  The
> > desired symbol shows up properly in the route properties box but not
> > necessarily on the map when I ask to Show On Map.
> >
> > Thus I can't tell from looking at the map (unless I am zoomed in as close
> > as possible which means I can't see my entire route) if a particular
> > location is included on the route since the symbol that I want for that
> > route is not necessarily the one showing up on the map - even though it
> is
> > showing up in the route properties box.
> >
> > When I view my map, I see only one symbol/color per location of stacked
> > waypoints.  BC seems to have a default for prioritizing of symbols on the
> > map for stacked waypoints, but I can't figure it out.  Any one know?
> >
> > Plus, the stacked order of the symbols on the map is not the same as the
> > order in which they are listed in the data column to the left.
> >
> > Any ideas what BC's priorities are for stacked symbols and colors?   In
> > some situations where I have the exact same symbols and color in multiple
> > locations, BC shows a different one as default on the map.  That is, I
> have
> > blue flag and blue diamond stacked in various locations. On the map, BC
> > shows some locations as blue diamond and in others it show blue flag.
> > There seems to be no consistency.
> >
> > Joe Y
> > western PA
> >
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