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Speaking of Pinpoint, does anyone know if it is possible to

create a custom APRS icon with overlay? Specifically, a green

six pointed star with a letter, I for Igate, or a black diamond

with V for VARA, etc. Every time I try to change the overlay, it?

will not save and does not appear to be working. The only link to?

documentation is broken. Are there any detailed Pinpoint docs?

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You will have to edit the symbol sets located in \Symbols? under the main PinPoint directory.? There are a pair of .files? primary.png and alternate.png .? Each has alpha layer transparency.??

Load them into a graphics editor like PhotoShop, Paintshop, Corel PhotoPaint, etc and make the necessary changes.? Note that each symbol in the combined graphic grid of 16x8 symbols lives in a square of 48x48 pixels.? You could design a new symbol in a 48x48 pixel editor by itself, and then copy/paste it into the correct position in the 16x8 icon image. ??

[I have done this in UIview to replace generic "satellite" with an image of the space station on my APRS webserver pages.?

Note that any graphic changes you make to YOUR display will have absolutely NO effect on what others see on their maps.?? All that is transmitted over APRS is a two-character alphanumeric code that selects the appropriate cell of the other station's pre-composed symbol grid.

[NOTE:? I have been successfully overlaying the letter "V" on the black diamond for "VARAgate" in UIview.]?

[NOTE2:? I edited several revisions of the APRS symbol set about 20 years ago, including the current "Rev H" symbols for UIview.]

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