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1 | To quickly get started using Viking, follow these instructions. |
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3 | 1) Get some data from your GPS device. There are a couple ways to do this. | |
4 | You can use gpspoint or you can use another program and translate it with | |
5 | my version GPSBabel with gpspoint write support (or use the GPSBabel program | |
6 | itself to download and translate at once.) | |
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8 | 2) Open up viking and use File -> Open GPS Data to open the gpspoint file. | |
9 | Viking will try to change its viewing area to the center of the layer (file) | |
10 | but sometimes if you have waypoints and tracks which are very far apart you | |
11 | won't see anything. If this is the case, expand the layer (on the Layers | |
12 | Panel to the left), then expand "Waypoints", find a waypoint and right-click | |
13 | on it and click "Goto". | |
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15 | 3) Now add a map layer ( Layers -> New Map Layer ), choose a suitable cache | |
16 | directory where you would like to store your tracks and click OK. Zoom to a | |
17 | comfortable level (I suggest 4 mpp) by clicking the left and right mouse | |
18 | buttons on the gray area where your tracks are. Now from the menu choose | |
19 | Tools -> Map Download, Click where you would like to download a map. | |
20 | Regardless of what tool you are using, the middle mouse button always pans. | |
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22 | 4) You will notice the maps are being drawn on top of the tracks, which is | |
23 | probably not what you want. Look at the Layers Panel to the left. Notice how | |
24 | the layer named "Map" is ABOVE your TrackWaypoint layer that your GPS data is | |
25 | in. This means that it will be drawn last, or on top of the other layers. | |
26 | Select the Map layer from the list and click the down arrow button beneath | |
27 | the list. Your tracks will now be drawn over the map. | |
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31 | TODO: some explanation of the layers, etc. is required. |