Following some good advice on these pages from jfheath, I now try my best to adopt Garnin's preferred method as to the naming of points in a route *:
i. Shaping points: Unannounced points on a route, displayed as little blue dots on the device's screen. Used to shape a route during its creation in BaseCamp / Mapsource.
ii. Viapoints: Announced points on a route, displayed as little orange flags on the device's screen. These can be given bespoke names and / or allocated other specific properties. For instance, stop over times and dates.
iii. Waypoints: An announced location, stored in BaseCamp or on the device itself. Examples would be, favourites or points of interest. These will be displayed on a Garnin device as a heart, unless they have been given bespoke symbols. Again, like via points, they can be given additional specific properties.
All three can be used to shape a route during its creation. Of the three, the humble unannounced shaping point is the most basic, simply as it serves no other purpose other than to shape a route, It cannot carry with it any other additional bespoke qualities, unless it is converted into an announced waypoint. A shaping point can be converted into a viapoint (and visa-versa) in BaseCamp or within the latest Garmin gps devices themselves.
* To add a little bit of confusion, Garmin themselves sometimes change their own preferred method, But, the above is a pretty good guide.
i. Shaping points: Unannounced points on a route, displayed as little blue dots on the device's screen. Used to shape a route during its creation in BaseCamp / Mapsource.
ii. Viapoints: Announced points on a route, displayed as little orange flags on the device's screen. These can be given bespoke names and / or allocated other specific properties. For instance, stop over times and dates.
iii. Waypoints: An announced location, stored in BaseCamp or on the device itself. Examples would be, favourites or points of interest. These will be displayed on a Garnin device as a heart, unless they have been given bespoke symbols. Again, like via points, they can be given additional specific properties.
All three can be used to shape a route during its creation. Of the three, the humble unannounced shaping point is the most basic, simply as it serves no other purpose other than to shape a route, It cannot carry with it any other additional bespoke qualities, unless it is converted into an announced waypoint. A shaping point can be converted into a viapoint (and visa-versa) in BaseCamp or within the latest Garmin gps devices themselves.
* To add a little bit of confusion, Garmin themselves sometimes change their own preferred method, But, the above is a pretty good guide.