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<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:landmarks|Landmarks]]</sub> | <sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:landmarks|Placemarks]] > Paths</sub> |
===== How to manually create a track ? ===== | |
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* Click on the "''**Landmarks**''" menu {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and select the "''**Create a landmark**''" item {{:icon_02.png?nolink}}; | ====== How to manually draw a path? ====== |
* Under the "''**Local landmarks**''" category, you can have a look at the current local folder in which one will be saved the route; | \\ |
* Select "''**Track**''" {{:icon_03.png?nolink}}; | * Tap on the screen center dot {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and on ''"**Create a placemark...**"'' {{:icon_02.png?nolink}}; |
* If desired, enter a name for the track in the appropriate text field and change other properties; | * Select ''"**Path**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}}; |
* Click on the "''**Ok**''" button {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}. | * If you want, type a name in the ''"**Name**"'' text field, or change the place where to save the track; |
| * Tap ''"**Ok**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}. |
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The edit mode of the track is activated. | {{ :en:help:landmarks:local-tracks-create-1.jpg?nolink }} |
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| The track edit mode is activated, you can now: |
| * Move the screen center dot over the start location, tap ''"**Draw**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to activate the drawing mode and move the screen center dot along the path you want to draw; |
| * If needed, tap ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} multiple times to delete the last locations in the backward direction. |
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{{ :en:help:landmarks:local:track_create.jpg?nolink }} | As you draw the path, the statistics update in the below panel. In case you've the [[en:help:elevations|DEM elevations]] turned on, the elevation profile is also displayed. If you need more space, tap ''"**Statistics**"'' {{:icon_07.png?nolink}} to hide the statistics panel. |
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To add draw the track, process as follow: | If needed, you can: |
* Move the map center over the location you want to be the start point; | * Deactivate and reactivate the drawing mode multiple times to draw distinct path segments; |
* Click on the "''**Draw**''" button {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to press it and start the drawing; | * Tap ''"**+ Waypoint**"'' {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} to add waypoints associated to the path; |
* Move the map center by following the path you want to be the track. The track is drawn on the map; | * Tap ''"**Search a location**"'' {{:icon_09.png?nolink}} to jump to remote locations by name or coordinates; |
* If you need to delete the last locations, click on the "''**Delete**''" button {{:icon_06.png?nolink}}; | * Tap ''"**Auto-routing**"'' {{:icon_10.png?nolink}} to activate the auto-routing mode. |
* When you have finished your track, click again on the "''**Draw**''" button {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to un-press if and stop the drawing; | |
* If desired, you can move the map center to another location and draw another part of the track (track parts are called "''segments''"). | |
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{{ :en:help:landmarks:local:track_add_points.jpg?nolink }} | When you have finished, tap ''"**Close**"'' {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} to save your path and exit from the edit path mode. |
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To delete a location at any place, click on it to display the actions pup-up, and select the "''**Delete**''" button {{:icon_07.png?nolink}}. | {{ :en:help:landmarks:local-tracks-create-2.jpg?nolink }} |
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To change the color of a segment, click on any location of that segment to display the actions pop-up, and select the "''**Edit color**''" button {{:icon_08.png?nolink}}. | \\ |
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To add waypoints to the track, process as follow: | ====== How to split or edit points of a path? ====== |
* Move the map center to the location where you want the waypoint to be at, and click on the "''**Add location**''" button {{:icon_09.png?nolink}}; | \\ |
* If desired, enter a name in the appropriate text field; | * Tap anywhere on the path {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and on its name {{:icon_02.png?nolink}}; |
* Click on the "''**Ok**''" button; | * Select ''"**Edit points**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} to activate the edit path mode. |
* The waypoint is displayed on the map {{:icon_10.png?nolink}}. | |
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When finished, click on the "''**Save & close**''" button {{:icon_11.png?nolink}}. | When you tap on any location {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}, an edit menu is displayed allowing you to make various actions on the selected location: |
| * ''"**Insert here**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to insert new locations from here; |
| * ''"**Move to center**"'' {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} to move this location on to the screen center; |
| * ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_07.png?nolink}} to delete this location. |
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| Or on the path segment that contain the selected location: |
| * ''"**Edit color**"'' {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} to change the color of this particular segment (it will override the track color); |
| * ''"**Split here**"'' {{:icon_09.png?nolink}} to split this segment into two different segments at the selected location; |
| * ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_10.png?nolink}} to delete the entire segment. |
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| When you have finished, tap ''"**Close**"'' {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} to save your path and exit from the edit path mode. |
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| {{ :en:help:landmarks:local-tracks-edit.jpg?nolink }} |
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