lot of free space. You can use the
<display_text>Browse...</display_text> button to select the
database file with a graphical file system browser, or you can enter
- the filename manually.
+ the filename manually. The <display_text>Compact...</display_text>
+ button can be used to compact the database if you have deleted
+ many maps from your database. (Otherwise, deleted space is reused
+ to store new maps.)
</listitem>
<listitem>
<display_text>Download Zoom Steps</display_text> - Controls which
<note>
A POI may only be associated with a single category at a time.
</note>
+ <heading>POI Icons</heading>
+ <para>
+ Icons can be customized on a per-POI or per-category basis, and/or
+ you may provide a custom default icon for all POIs. To do so, you
+ should place icon files in the same directory as the POI database
+ itself. Most image file formats are supported, but the files
+ themselves <i>must</i> have the ".jpg" extension (even if the icons
+ are not in the JPEG format).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To customize the default POI icon (to be used instead of the simple
+ square), place an icon file called "poi.jpg" in the same directory
+ as the POI database.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To customize the icon for a POI category, place an icon file with
+ the same name as the POI category, all lower-case, plus the ".jpg"
+ extension. For example, if your POI category is called "Gas
+ Stations", the file should have the name "gas stations.jpg".
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To customize the icon for a specific POI, place an icon file with
+ a name equal to the POI's label, all lower-case, plus the ".jpg"
+ extension. For example, if your POI's label is "Joe's House",
+ the file should have the name "joe's house.jpg".
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ POI-specific icons are given priority over category-specific icons,
+ which in turn are given priority over the default POI icon.
+ </para>
</topic>
<topic>
<topictitle>Settings</topictitle>