[BaseCamp] symbol priorities for stacked waypoints

[Steve Bracken]

I would simply move them a few yards away from each other ... or am I
missing the question here, it has been known to happen.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Greg Horodeck <greghoro at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, if I am a dental supply salesman and have several customers in the
> same medical building, I shouldn't create a separate waypoint for each one?
> From a routing perspective they are in the same location but are separate
> discrete entities.
>
> The original poster asked a specific question on how BaseCamp prioritizes
> waypoints at the same location. Just trying to answer his question.
>
>
> Greg
>
>
> > On Feb 23, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Maura <moteramaura at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Fundamental to BaseCamp is one location, one waypoint. So it performs
> > unpredictably when you 'stack' waypoints. Earliest versions would not let
> > you even do this.
> >
> > Maura
> > in
> > Vancouver, Canada
> >> On Feb 23, 2016 10:42 AM, "Greg Horodeck" <greghoro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Perhaps the priority is based on the time stamp of when the waypoint was
> >> created
> >>
> >> When you export a route, part of the data exported for waypoints is the
> >> date/time created
> >>
> >> Looking at the exported data for several sets of stacked waypoints may
> >> reveal some sort of pattern on that date or some other property of the
> >> waypoint
> >>
> >> No access to a computer now, so can't tell you where exactly to look in
> >> the exported data
> >>
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>> On Feb 23, 2016, at 10:57 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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Steve Bracken