Uwatec GALILEO HUD User manual

GALILEO
Waypoints are a great tool to help with surface navigation to the dive site.
You can add up to 32 waypoints into your Galileo HUD Hands-Free Computer.
This is a quick how-to guide to adding waypoints into your computer.
nHOW TO ADD A NEW WAYPOINT
1 )Connect the HUD to your PC/Mac via Disk Mode
2 )Open the “waypoints.gpx” file using a text editor software
like Microsoft Notepad
QUICK GUIDE - TO ADDING WAYPOINTS
HANDS-FREE DIVE COMPUTER

3 )Delete the whole file content inside the “waypoints.gpx” file.
4 )Copy and paste the below text code into the “waypoints.gpx” file.
<?xml version=”1.0”?>
<gpx version=”1.1”>
<wpt lat=”42.993283” lon=”6.273917”>
<name>Sample waypoint</name>
</wpt>
</gpx>
5 )Locate the latitude and longitude coordinates of your desired
location on a map.
6 )Enter your latitude coordinate into the code.
It should replace “42.993283” after “<wpt lat=”

7 )Enter your longitude coordinate into the code.
It should replace “6.273917” after “lon=”.
8 )Enter the name of your waypoint. (maximum of 8 characters)
It should replace “Sample waypoint” in the code.
Example: Let’s say you want to save your favorite Lake Zurich, Switzerland waypoint into your Galileo
HUD Hands-Free Computer. The coordinates for the location are 47.222728, 8.752629.
Your waypoint text code should read:
<?xml version=”1.0”?>
<gpx version=”1.1”>
<wpt lat=”47.222728” lon=”8.752629”>
<name>zurisee</name>
</wpt>
</gpx>
9 )Save the .gpx file without renaming it.
10)The new waypoint will now be visible in the navigation menu
under the Compass entries.
nHOW TO ADD MULTIPLE WAYPOINTS
1 )For adding multiple waypoints insert the below code in the blank
line before the code </gpx>.
<wpt lat=“42.993283” lon=“6.273917”>
<name>Sample waypoint</name>
</wpt>

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3 )Remember to replace the latitude and longitude coordinates and
the name each time.
4 )Save the .gpx file without renaming it.
Note: If your coordinates are expressed in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
(DMS) format, they will need to be converted to latitude and longitude
values in Decimal Degrees (DD) format before adding them as your
waypoints. Different tools for GPS coordinates conversion can be found
online, such as under
https://www.gps-coordinates.net/gps-coordinates-converter
2 )The content of your .gpx file with your multiple waypoints should
look like the below example: