Waypoint display size adjustment
There needs to be additional options for displaying waypoints on the map. The current issue is that there's very little control of waypoint display beyond picking from one of preset colors or choosing an icon, which makes it impossible for a user to display a map in the way that is most useful to them.
In particular, the display size of waypoints needs to be able to be controlled. There are several potential ways this could be implemented:
- additional waypoint icons. In particular, making different sized versions of the default :gaia-pin: icon could solve this issue. Allowing users to select from, say, extra small, small, standard, large, and extra large versions of the :gaia-pin: icon would allow significantly more control for users
- Add an option for waypoint scaling: Currently in the mobile apps, there's an option to scale text on the map. Adding a similar slider to both the mobile apps and gaiagps.com for scaling of waypoint icons would work very well
- Allow icons to not have the colored ring: Currently, every icon bedsides the :gaia-pin: icon is surrounded by a colored ring, and users can select the color of that ring. Allowing icons to be displayed without the colored ring would reduce the amount of space each icon takes up on the map. This could also be implemented by allowing the color of the ring to be transparent
Any of these methods would allow for greater control of icon display.
Users have been asking for features like this for years, it's time to implement this in order to make Gaia GPS truly competitive with alternatives like CalTopo. Here's a few examples of users asking for essentially the same things I'm asking for:
https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360051232454-Making-waypoints-smaller-much-smaller
https://www.reddit.com/r/GaiaGPS/comments/u3xjxx/waypoint_icons_too_big/
https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/4408702526615-Smaller-waypoint-icons
https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115007828167-Waypoint-Icon-Size-Scaling
It's time to listen to the users and add a way to control waypoint display size
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Thank you for suggesting this (and not the first to do so as you note). My map is becoming very unusable as I add more waypoints - I can't see the underlying map at times. Please, Gaia, let us scale the waypoint size.
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Please please please - make this happen
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Yes I agree completely with Liam's suggestions, being able to adjust the size and symbology of the waypoint icons would make Gaia GPS way more usable. I do lots of weed mapping with Gaia, and to be able to produce pdf maps with smaller icons would be great.
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Why would they add the ability to put photos as waypoint icons AND NOT allow us to change the size? I am mystified by this. I can no longer see my map on Gaia and trust - there are really not that many waypoints on my Gaia app. What kind of world are we living in where Garmin works better?
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