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21 <title>&app; Manual</title>
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23 <para>&app; is a free/open source program to manage GPS data.</para>
28 <holder>Guilhem Bonnefille</holder>
29 <holder>Rob Norris</holder>
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80 <para role="author">Guilhem Bonnefille <email>guilhem.bonnefille@gmail.com</email></para>
81 <para role="author">Rob Norris <email>rw_norris@hotmail.com</email></para>
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103 <section id="introduction">
104 <title>Introduction</title>
106 &appname; aims to be easy to use, yet powerful in accomplishing a wide
107 variety of tasks. Some of the things you can use &appname; for are:
109 <itemizedlist mark="opencircle"><listitem>
111 Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks and routes to/from GPS.
115 <para>Preparing tracks, routes and waypoints for trips using maps from services such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and/or Terrasever.
116 The data is only needed to be uploaded to your GPS before you leave.
117 The maps together with your tracks, routes and waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
122 After trips, tracks and waypoints from GPS can be downloaded, stored, managed and reused in your (or your friends') later trips.
127 Analyzing Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) and hiking trips, understanding where you went and how far you were from something.
131 <para>Making waypoints, tracks and routes to follow to easily get someplace
132 you've never been before or don't have GPS data for but online
138 Making maps with coordinate lines.
143 Grouping data from multiple trips using a hierarchical data manager.
148 Analyzing speed at different places (to some degree), adding waypoints where you forgot to mark one but did slow down or stop.
153 Downloading and storing OpenStreetMap and/or Terraserver maps on your hard drive and looking at them later.
158 Editing routes or tracks and their trackpoints, joining and splitting up tracks and routes.
163 Show the live GPS position on the map (for use on a mobile device - e.g. a laptop). Not <trademark>Windows</trademark> at the moment.
168 Import track, route and waypoint files of various types via <application>GPSBabel</application>
173 View, create and update Geotagged Images (using EXIF data).
179 &appname; is under continual improvement: see the potential areas in the <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Main_Page#TODO_.2F_Ideas"><citetitle>Roadmap / Wishlist</citetitle></ulink>:
183 <title>Screenshot: OSM Cycle Map and Many Tracks</title>
185 <graphic format="JPG" fileref="figures/Viking-OSM-CycleMap-ManyTracks.jpg"/>
190 <section><title>General Concepts</title>
191 <section id="gc_layers" xreflabel="Layers"><title>Layers</title>
193 <emphasis>Layers</emphasis> is concept one may know from powerful graphics editors such as <application>Photoshop</application> or <application>GIMP</application>.
194 Instead of putting all the data on the same level, it is stacked (i.e. layered) with different data over one another.
195 This can be useful for analysis and general handling of various sets of data.
198 Unfortunately the downside of this complexity is remembering how differing layers of data can obscure other data.
201 The Map layers have <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing"><citetitle>Alpha Compositing</citetitle></ulink>,
202 to create the appearance of partial transparency.
203 By controlling this value one can see data below it in the layer heirarchy for interesting effects.
206 <section id="gc_layers_panel" xreflabel="Layers Panel"><title>Layers Panel</title>
208 The panel on the left is called the <emphasis role="bold">layers panel</emphasis>.
209 It determines which layers and sublayers (such as tracks and waypoints)
210 are shown, and the order in which they are drawn. Layers on the
211 top of the layers panel list are drawn last. You can change the order by
212 drag and drop, or by selecting a layer and using the up and down
213 buttons at the bottom of the layers panel.
216 <section><title>Viewport</title>
218 The main &appname; area where the layer data is drawn, is called the <emphasis role="bold">viewport</emphasis>.
221 <section><title>Statusbar</title>
222 <para>This provides a readout of various information:</para>
224 <listitem><para>The currently selected (mouse pointer) tool</para></listitem>
225 <listitem><para>The number of items to process in the background - normally this the number in the map tile download queue</para></listitem>
226 <listitem><para>The zoom factor</para></listitem>
227 <listitem><para>The location of the mouse pointer (and potentially height information if DEM data is available)</para></listitem>
229 <para>When creating a track/route, the statusbar also displays some information about the track/route.</para>
231 <title>Statusbar</title>
233 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/trw_statusbar.png"/>
236 <para>This part of the statusbar displays:
238 <listitem><para>The total distance of the track/route (including currently edited segment).</para></listitem>
239 <listitem><para>The bearing of the currently edited segment.</para></listitem>
240 <listitem><para>The distance of the currently edited segment.</para></listitem>
243 <para>For convenience, a zoom selector can be opened from the status bar. Simply left-click on the zoom factor.</para>
245 <title>The zoom selector available from status bar</title>
247 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/zoom_status_popup.png"/>
252 <section><title>Projections</title>
254 &appname; supports differents projections:
260 <para>LatLon (also called EPSG:4326)</para>
263 <para>Mercator (also called Spherical Mercator)</para>
269 <section><title>Map Cache</title>
271 &appname; stores downloaded map tiles to disk for a couple of reasons:
274 <listitem><para>Enables off line usage</para></listitem>
275 <listitem><para>Reduces loading on the map tile provider</para></listitem>
278 The &appname; automatic caching strategy is two fold:
283 If the age of the tile on disk is less than the specified tile age (see <xref linkend="prefs"/>),
284 it will <emphasis>not</emphasis> attempt to contact the server to get a new version of the tile.
289 When the tile age has expired &appname; will attempt a <emphasis>refresh</emphasis> update, so that it provides the cached tile generation timestamp so the server can determine if a new tile image needs to be returned. Not all map types support this refresh method.
294 You can override the caching scheme by using right-click on the Map on the layers panel and selecting <guimenuitem>Redownload All Onscreen Maps</guimenuitem>, or <keycap>Ctrl+F5</keycap> for the top most map displayed. This will get the latest version held by the server.
298 This can be useful if you contribute to OpenStreetMap and wish to see your modifications (of course give time for the server to have processed your changes - see <ulink url="http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/102/i-have-made-edits-but-they-dont-show-up-on-the-map">I have made edits but they don't show up on the map</ulink>)
303 <section id="shortcut_keys" xreflabel="Shortcut Keys"><title>Shortcut Keys</title>
305 &appname; has several shortcut keys or key combinations for commands as listed in the main window along side the command.
308 Some function keys follow standard GUI behaviour:
311 <listitem><para><keycap>F1</keycap> Help (view this manual)</para></listitem>
312 <listitem><para><keycap>F5</keycap> or <keycap>Ctrl+R</keycap> Refresh the maps on screen</para></listitem>
313 <listitem><para><keycap>F10</keycap> Select the Menubar (in built behaviour)</para></listitem>
314 <listitem><para><keycap>F11</keycap> Full Screen</para></listitem>
315 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+F5</keycap> or <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+R</keycap> Redownload the maps on screen</para></listitem>
319 Refresh attempts to get new maps only if the local tile cache time period has expired for any particular map tile.
320 Redownload gets all on screen maps from the server, ignoring the local tile cache.
324 Other function keys control turn on/off visibility of various elements:
327 <listitem><para><keycap>F3</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Toolbar</para></listitem>
328 <listitem><para><keycap>F4</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Menubar</para></listitem>
329 <listitem><para><keycap>Shift+F5</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Scale indicator on the viewport</para></listitem>
330 <listitem><para><keycap>F6</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Center Crosshairs on the viewport</para></listitem>
331 <listitem><para><keycap>F7</keycap> Toggle showing selected items (e.g. tracks or waypoints) in the highlight colour in the viewport</para></listitem>
332 <listitem><para><keycap>F9</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Layers Panel</para></listitem>
333 <listitem><para><keycap>F12</keycap> Toggle visibility of the Statusbar</para></listitem>
336 Standard shortcuts are provided for normal GUI operations: such as creating new files, opening, saving and exitting.
337 Then there are shortcuts specific to &appname; to switch projection modes, zoom in/out, create layers,switch the active tool mode and move the map:
339 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Up</keycap> Pan the viewport North</para></listitem>
340 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Right</keycap> Pan the viewport East</para></listitem>
341 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Down</keycap> Pan the viewport South</para></listitem>
342 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Left</keycap> Pan the viewport West</para></listitem>
343 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Keypad+</keycap> Zoom In</para></listitem>
344 <listitem><para><keycap>Ctrl+Keypad-</keycap> Zoom Out</para></listitem>
345 <listitem><note><para>These work irrespective of the <xref linkend="tools"/> mode selected</para></note></listitem>
347 For other combinations see the menu entry themselves.
351 <section><title>Tracks vs Routes</title>
353 In theory a route is path you are planning to follow and a track of where you have actually been. The GPX specification splits these into two separate catergories, although tracks contain everything route may have.
356 Q. When planning a <emphasis>route</emphasis> what difference does it make if it's a route or a track?
359 A. One difference is in how a GPS device navigates following the route or track.
360 Or you may want to consider interoperability with other software.
361 Otherwise it is probably best to use tracks as they are a superset of the route functionality.
364 For example on Garmin Etrex:
368 <para>Route following: Uses navigation mode with compass and estimated time to next point.</para>
369 <para>If following on road it can calculate a route on fly.</para>
370 <para>I (RN) always use this mode to follow pre planned routes.</para>
373 <para>Track following: Uses a <trademark>TracBack</trademark> mode</para>
374 <para>I (RN) never use this so I can't comment on how it actually compares to the route mode.</para>
378 There are often restrictions on the numbers of route points the GPS Device can handle - may be 250 or as little as 50.
379 This generally not a problem for single day routes, but needs managing for multi-day events or for highly detailed routes.
383 </section><!--General Concepts End-->
385 <section><title>File Types and the Main Window</title>
388 &appname; has it's own file type traditionally marked by the <emphasis>.vik</emphasis> file extension.
389 This is a plain text file saving all information of the current window including the view location, zoom level, projection type and then all the layer information (aggregrates, maps, tracks, waypoints, etc...).
392 Besides it's own file type, &appname; can open (and save to via export methods) GPX and KML file types.
396 &appname; does not handle GPX 1.1 particularly well - it prefers GPX 1.0
400 By default &appname; opens a default blank window centered on the home location. This behaviour can be changed by the <xref linkend="prefs_startup"/>.
401 Each window contains menus, a toolbar, a viewport, layers panel and a statusbar.
402 Each section (apart from the viewport) can be hidden using the <xref linkend="shortcut_keys"/> or from the
403 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Show</guisubmenu></menuchoice> choices.
406 One may consider each &appname; window to be a separate project - each with it's project <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file.
407 However generally one window is enough for most purposes!
410 Several operations apply at the window level as follows next.
411 Also see <xref linkend="tools"/> for the operational modes that generally work in conjunction with a selected layer.
414 <section><title>New</title>
416 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and on the toolbar <guibutton>New</guibutton>.
419 This creates a new window with the default settings.
423 <section><title>Open</title>
425 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Open</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and on the toolbar <guibutton>Open</guibutton>.
428 This opens a file chooser dialog to select one (or more) files of the supported GPS data file types:
430 <listitem><para>Viking</para></listitem>
431 <listitem><para>GPX</para></listitem>
432 <listitem><para>KML</para></listitem>
433 <listitem><para>JPG</para></listitem>
437 GPX, KML and JPG files will be loaded into the existing &appname; view. A <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file will be given a new window if the current window is already assigned.
441 &appname; handles more file types via the <link linkend="acquire">Acquire</link> methods below.
446 <section><title>Save</title>
448 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Save</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and on the toolbar <guibutton>Save</guibutton>.
451 If the current opened file is <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file, this save will simply update it.
452 If it is a new file or the file loaded was an external type (i.e. GPX or KML), then this will ask for a <emphasis>new name</emphasis> to save as a <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file.
456 <section><title>Save As</title>
458 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Save As</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu only.
461 This will ask for a <emphasis>new name</emphasis> to save as a <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file (even it was already a <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file).
465 <section><title>Append</title>
467 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Append</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu only.
470 Selecting a <emphasis>Viking</emphasis> file from this method will join the file contents to the current window (instead of creating a new one).
471 GPX and KML files may also be appended, but this is exactly the same as the normal file open method.
475 <section id="acquire" xreflabel="acquire"><title>Acquire</title>
478 Available on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Acquire</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and from the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer menu.
481 If used from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu these methods place the results in a new TrackWaypoint layer.
484 If used from the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer menu these methods place the results in that TrackWaypoint layer.
488 <title>From GPS</title>
490 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From GPS</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
491 Probably the easiest way of getting information from a GPS Device.
494 Select the GPS Device communication settings and then hit <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
495 See the <link linkend="method_c">Getting Started</link> section for more info about the settings.
499 Some GPS devices (such as the <trademark>Garmin Nuvi 255</trademark>) support a native file system and write information to a <filename>Current.gpx</filename> file or similar. You will have to browse the file system on the device and open it directly.
505 <title>Import File With GPSBabel</title>
507 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Import File With GPSBabel</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
510 Other formats can be imported that are supported by GPSBabel.
513 You need to select the file <emphasis>and</emphasis> the type of the file that is going to be opened,
514 since there is no automatic detection of the file kind.
519 <title>OSM Traces</title>
521 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>OSM Traces</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
524 See <xref linkend="osm_dl"/> section for more information.
529 <title>My OSM Traces</title>
531 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>My OSM Traces</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
534 See <xref linkend="osm_my_dl"/> section for more information.
539 <title>From Geotagged Images</title>
541 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From Geotagged Images</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
542 Enables automatic creation of waypoints from geotagged images.
545 This menu opens a dialog to select such image files.
546 If the image files have geotag information in them, then a <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer with named waypoints positioned at the location of each image with a thumbnail of that image is created.
551 <title>From Wikipedia Waypoints</title>
553 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From Wikipedia Waypoints</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
556 This gets <emphasis>interesting</emphasis> points from Wikipedia for the specified view: either within the extent of layer bounds or within the current viewport boundary.
561 <title>From Routing</title>
563 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From Directions</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
566 This gets a route from given directions.
571 <title>From URL</title>
573 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From URL</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
576 This gets a file from the entered URL.
577 File formats that can be opened are those supported by GPSBabel.
581 You need to select the type of the file that is going to be returned, since there is no automatic detection of the file kind.
587 <title>Import GeoJSON File</title>
589 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Import GeoJSON File</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
592 This uses the program <ulink url="https://github.com/tyrasd/togpx">togpx</ulink> to load .geojson files.
593 If the program is not detected on your system, then this option will not be available.
594 See <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.org/package/togpx">here</ulink> for the installation method.
597 The current version (1.4.4) of GPSBabel does not support the <ulink url="http://geojson.org/">GeoJSON</ulink> file format.
601 </section> <!-- End Acquire -->
603 <section><title>Print</title>
605 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Print</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and on the toolbar <guibutton>Print</guibutton>.
608 Print uses what is displayed on the current map view for printing: i.e. what ever map, tracks and waypoints that are in view, including the
609 cross hairs and the scale.
612 It uses a standard system print dialog using an image the size of the current viewport in pixel terms.
613 On the <emphasis>Image Settings</emphasis> you can move the image around the page and scale the image up / or down.
617 <section><title>Generate Image File</title>
619 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Generate Image File</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu only.
622 Allows generation of larger (pixel) area images than the standard Print method above.
623 From the generated image you can use the facilities of the <application>Operating System</application> to print the image
624 or perform other actions.
627 You should have previously downloaded the tile images for the chosen zoom level,
628 otherwise the image produced will have missing sections.
632 Using large areas takes some time to process and due to the method used it may run out of memory to complete the operation.
633 Unfortunately under <trademark>Windows</trademark> systems it can not detect this failure and may crash the program.
634 So the maximum size is dependent on the capabilities of your system.
635 For instance the largest successful image generated on my (RN) Debian system is a pixel area of 20,000 x 20,000.
640 <section><title>Generate Directory of Images</title>
642 Located on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Generate Directory of Images</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu only.
646 This is only available in UTM mode.
651 </section> <!-- End File Types -->
653 <section><title>Layers</title>
656 Layers supported by &appname; are:
659 <listitem><para><xref linkend="Aggregate"/></para></listitem>
660 <listitem><para><xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/></para></listitem>
661 <listitem><para><xref linkend="GPS"/></para></listitem>
662 <listitem><para><xref linkend="DEM"/></para></listitem>
663 <listitem><para><xref linkend="Coordinate"/></para></listitem>
664 <listitem><para><xref linkend="Maps"/></para></listitem>
665 <listitem><para><xref linkend="GeoRef"/></para></listitem>
668 For each layer there are a few standard options:
671 <listitem><para>Properties - Layer setup / configuration settings</para></listitem>
672 <listitem><para>Cut</para></listitem>
673 <listitem><para>Copy</para></listitem>
674 <listitem><para>Paste</para></listitem>
675 <listitem><para>Delete</para></listitem>
676 <listitem><para>Visibility - This checkbox on the Layers Panel controls whether the layer is shown in the viewport or not</para></listitem>
679 The cut/copy/paste options can be accessed in a variety of ways once the layer has been selected:
682 <listitem><para>Standard keys: <keycap>Ctrl+x|c|v</keycap></para></listitem>
683 <listitem><para>Main menu <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem></para></listitem>
684 <listitem><para>From the right click menu</para></listitem>
685 <listitem><para>Buttons at the bottom of the Layers Panel</para></listitem>
688 Default values used for each layer's properties can be altered via the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Layer Defaults</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu options.
691 See the individual section for detail about each layer.
695 <section id="TrackWaypoint" xreflabel="TrackWaypoint"><title>TrackWaypoint Layer</title>
697 TrackWaypoint layers display GPS data (tracks, routes and waypoints).
699 <para>One way to create new waypoints is to copy a
700 latitude/longitude coordinate pair, such as the one shown on most
701 geocaches, and paste it into an active TrackWaypoint layer. &appname; can
702 automatically recognize several variations of the lat/lon format.
705 By right-clicking on tracks, routes or waypoints in the <xref linkend="gc_layers_panel"/>, you can access many commands on them.
706 You can easily find a specific track, route or waypoint by expanding the appropriate containing Tracks, Routes or Waypoints sublayer in the
707 layers panel to show all the individual items and then typing the name of the track, route or waypoint.
711 The containing Tracks, Routes or Waypoints sublayers are only shown when items of that type exist.
712 To start creating them enter into a create mode via either the <guibutton>Create</guibutton> toolbar commands or the <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> menu commands.
716 The sublayers also offer right click menu options.
717 These are the same as those available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those that relate to the sublayer type.
721 By default routes are coloured red. Tracks are automatically assigned a spread of colours.
725 Most operations available on tracks are available on routes, except for functionality that relies on having timestamps - since routes by definition have no timing information. Thus for example, uploading a route to OpenStreetMap Traces is not available nor is Geotagging on a route.
726 It is possible to convert between Tracks and Routes, although converting from a Track to a Route may involve a loss of information (hence you are required to confirm this operation before it happens).
729 <section><title>Layer Operations</title>
731 The layer has a context menu with several operations.
734 <section><title>View Layer</title>
736 Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the whole layer (i.e. all tracks, routes and waypoints).
740 <section><title>View</title>
742 <section id="track_view_all"><title>View All Tracks</title>
744 Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the all the tracks in the layer (ignoring positions of any routes or waypoints).
748 <section id="route_view_all"><title>View All Routes</title>
750 Version1.4+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the all the routes in the layer (ignoring positions of any tracks or waypoints).
754 <section id="wp_view_all"><title>View All Waypoints</title>
756 Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the all the waypoints in the layer (ignoring positions of any tracks or routes).
762 <section><title>Goto Center of Layer</title>
764 This will automatically move the viewport to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks, routes and waypoints). It does not adjust the zoom level.
768 <section id="wp_goto"><title>Goto Waypoint</title>
770 This opens a dialog box to enter a name of waypoint to search for. If it is found the viewport is centred on it.
774 Note this search is not very clever and only finds exact matches.
775 You are probably better off expanding the waypoint list and directly start typing, as mentioned above, which finds a match based on each letter typed.
780 <section><title>Export Layer</title>
782 The layer (all tracks, routes and waypoints) can be exported to following file formats:
789 <para>GPSPoint</para>
792 <para>GPSMapper</para>
795 <para>Google's KML</para>
798 <para>Any GPSBabel <ulink url="http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html">File Formats</ulink></para>
801 <para>GeoJSON. Via the program <ulink url="https://github.com/mapbox/togeojson">togeojson</ulink></para>
802 <para>This option will not be available if the program is not detected on your system.
803 See <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.org/package/togeojson">here</ulink> for the installation method.</para>
807 Version1.1+: An individual track can be exported to a GPX file via the track menu.
811 <section id="finish_track"><title>Finish Track or Route</title>
813 Selecting this option ends the creation of that individual track or route.
817 This is only available when a track or route is being created by the <xref linkend="track_create"/> or <xref linkend="route_create"/> tools.
822 <section><title>New</title>
823 <section id="new_wp"><title>New Waypoint</title>
825 This opens a dialog box to create a new waypoint. A default name will be suggested and the default position is the center of the viewport.
828 <section id="new_track"><title>New Track</title>
830 This turns on the <xref linkend="track_create"/> tool.
833 <section id="new_route"><title>New Route</title>
835 This turns on the <xref linkend="route_create"/> tool.
840 <section><title>Geotag Images</title>
842 This starts the Geotagging Images dialog against all tracks in the layer.
843 See <link linkend="geotagging">Geotagging</link> for further detail.
847 <section><title>Acquire</title>
849 This offers the same choice from <xref linkend="acquire"/> methods as on the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu.
850 However when invoked from here, the results will be stored in this layer (instead of creating a new one).
854 <section><title>Upload</title>
856 <section id="gps_upload"><title>Upload to GPS</title>
858 This opens a dialog to select the GPS Device and port to which the layer information will be transferred.
861 The types of GPS information (tracks, routes or waypoints) to be transferred can be selected.
864 Tracks, Routes or Waypoints that are invisible will not be transferred.
868 <section id="osm_upload" xreflabel="Upload To OSM" ><title>Upload To OSM</title>
870 This opens a dialog to upload all tracks and waypoints to <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</ulink> traces.
871 Useful if you are an OpenStreetMap contributor (you will need an OpenStreetMap account), these details can be stored in &appname; <xref linkend="prefs_osm"/>
874 &appname; allows you to edit a track, e.g. remove duplicate points, perhaps remove track points leading to your home and then upload it to OpenStreetMap.
878 The password is transferred <emphasis role="bold">unencrypted</emphasis> in every request sent to the OpenStreetMap server. This is due to the use of OpenStreetMap's basic authentication method.
880 <para>Currently &appname; does not support the <ulink url="http://oauth.net/">OAuth</ulink> mechanism.</para>
886 <section><title>Delete</title>
887 <para>Offers deletion of various parts of a TrackWaypoint layer:</para>
888 <section id="delete_all_tracks"><title>Delete All Tracks</title>
889 <para>Deletes all the tracks in this layer.</para>
891 <section id="delete_selection_tracks"><title>Delete Tracks from Selection</title>
892 <para>Opens a dialog with list of all the tracks from this layer to choose the ones to delete.</para>
894 <section id="delete_all_routes"><title>Delete All Routes</title>
895 <para>Deletes all the routes in this layer.</para>
897 <section id="delete_selection_routes"><title>Delete Routes from Selection</title>
898 <para>Opens a dialog with list of all the routes from this layer to choose the ones to delete.</para>
900 <section id="delete_all_waypoints"><title>Delete All Waypoints</title>
901 <para>Deletes all the waypoints in this layer.</para>
903 <section id="delete_selection_waypoints"><title>Delete Waypoints from Selection</title>
904 <para>Opens a dialog with list of all the waypoints from this layer to choose the ones to delete.</para>
908 <section><title>Filter</title>
909 <section><title>Simplify All Tracks</title>
911 This opens dialog to request the number of points each track will be simplified using <application>GPSBabel</application>. The result is put into a new layer. The simplification method removes points considered to be in a 'near straight line', thus reducing the number of points and attempting to keep the most important turning points.
914 <section><title>Compress Tracks</title>
916 Enables compression of tracks and routes via <application>GPSBabel</application>'s <emphasis>Crosstrack</emphasis> simplify method.
917 It opens a dialog to request the Error factor value which is the maximum allowable error that may be introduced by removing a single point.
918 It is expressed a distance in units as specified by the <xref linkend="prefs"/> distance option.
919 Thus a higher value will remove more points.
920 The result is put into a new layer.
923 <section><title>Remove Duplicate Waypoints</title>
925 Remove Duplicate Waypoints - fairly self explainatory, with the results created in a new layer.
929 However it only considers a precise position (waypoints only 1 metre away from each other are considered different) and also doesn't consider if the waypoints have different comments, symbols or images.
935 <section id="filter_with_track"><title>Filter With <emphasis>Trackname</emphasis></title>
937 This runs <application>GPSBabel</application> on the layer using information from a previously selected track (select via the track menu "Use With Filter" option) with the following command types:
940 <listitem><para>Waypoints Inside This</para></listitem>
941 <listitem><para>Waypoints Outside This</para></listitem>
944 The result is generated in a new Track/Waypoint layer.
948 <section><title>Geotag Images</title>
950 This starts the Geotagging Images dialog using the specific track.
951 See <link linkend="geotagging">Geotagging</link> for further detail.
955 <section><title>List Tracks or Routes</title>
957 Opens a new dialog with the list. As described in the Aggregrate layer <xref linkend="track_list"/>
961 <section><title>List Waypoints</title>
963 Opens a new dialog with the list. As described in the Aggregrate layer <xref linkend="waypoint_list"/>
967 </section><!-- End TRW Layer Options -->
969 <section><title>Track and Route Sublayer Options</title>
970 <para>Repeats options available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those for tracks and routes:</para>
972 <listitem><para>Finish Track or Route. Same as the layer <link linkend="finish_track">Finish Track or Route</link></para></listitem>
973 <listitem><para>New Track or Route. Same as the layer <link linkend="new_track">New Track</link> or <link linkend="new_route">New Route</link></para></listitem>
974 <listitem><para>View All Tracks or Routes. Same as the layer <link linkend="track_view_all">View All Tracks</link> or <link linkend="route_view_all">View All Routes</link></para></listitem>
975 <listitem><para>Delete All Tracks or Routes. Same as the layer <link linkend="delete_all_tracks">Delete All Tracks</link> or <link linkend="delete_all_routes">Delete All Routes</link></para></listitem>
976 <listitem><para>Delete Tracks or Routes from Selection. Same as the layer <link linkend="delete_selection_tracks">Delete Tracks from Selection</link> or <link linkend="delete_selection_routes">Delete Routes from Selection</link></para></listitem>
977 <listitem><para>List Tracks or Routes. Opens a new dialog with the list. As described in the Aggregrate layer <xref linkend="track_list"/></para></listitem>
979 <para>Also gives other options for handling multiple items:</para>
981 <listitem><para>Sort. Gives the ability to sort the items in the treeview alphabetically</para></listitem>
982 <listitem><para>Visibility. Offers options to quickly control the visibility of all items within the sublayer, as per <xref linkend="vis_options"/></para></listitem>
986 <section xreflabel="Track and Route Properties"><title>Track and Route Properties</title>
988 This shows several tabs for properties and useful statistics about a track or a route, including elevation-distance and speed-time graphs (if data is available).
989 Moving the mouse pointer over the graph displays values related to that point along the track.
990 You can click on these graphs to jump to the point in the track.
991 You can reverse it, delete duplicates, split at marked position or split a track from its component segments (discontinuous breaks in a track) into separate tracks.
993 <section id='track_properties' xreflabel="Track and Route Properties"><title>Track and Route Properties Tab</title>
996 <title>Properties Tab: Example</title>
998 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/Track_properties.png"/>
1003 <section id='track_statistics' xreflabel="Track and Route Statistics"><title>Track and Route Statistics Tab</title>
1006 <title>Statistics Tab: Example</title>
1008 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/Track_statistics.png"/>
1013 <section id='track_elev_graphs' xreflabel="Track Elevation Graph"><title>Track Elevation Graph</title>
1016 <title>Elevation Distance Tab: Example</title>
1018 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/Track_elevation_graph.png"/>
1023 The following colors are used in the elevation-distance graph:
1027 <term><emphasis>Main</emphasis> colour - this is dependent on your Desktop theme - often blue by default</term>
1028 <listitem><para>elevation data in graph</para></listitem>
1033 <para>no elevation data</para>
1039 <para>elevation data from DEM</para>
1052 <section><title>Track and Route Operations</title>
1054 <section><title>Finish Track</title>
1056 Selecting this option ends the creation of the individual track.
1060 This is only available when a track is being created by the <xref linkend="track_create"/> tool.
1065 <section><title>Goto</title>
1067 This centers the viewport on the selected position on the track:
1070 <listitem><para>Startpoint</para></listitem>
1071 <listitem><para>"Center" - the notional center from the bounds of the track</para></listitem>
1072 <listitem><para>Endpoint</para></listitem>
1073 <listitem><para>Version1.1+: Highest Altitude</para></listitem>
1074 <listitem><para>Version1.1+: Lowest Altitude</para></listitem>
1075 <listitem><para>Version1.1+: Maximum Speed (Not Available on Routes)</para></listitem>
1079 <section><title>View</title>
1081 Version1.1+: This centers the viewport on the track and selects the best zoom level to see it.
1085 <section><title>Combine</title>
1086 <section><title>Merge By Time</title>
1088 This operation repeatedly tries to merge the right-clicked track
1089 with tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer. The tracks which are
1090 merged are those which have at least one trackpoint less than some
1091 threshold time away. This way, if you somehow end up with lots of small
1092 segments (say, caused by turning the GPS on and off) you can merge them
1093 easily into one track.
1097 This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
1102 <section><title>Merge With Other Tracks</title>
1104 This opens a dialog listing the other tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer, from which one can select the other tracks to merge with.
1108 <section><title>Merge Segments</title>
1110 Combines track segments. Effectively removing track segment markers to leave one segment for the whole track.
1114 <section><title>Append Track or Route</title>
1116 Enable joining of a single track to the end of the current track.
1117 This opens a dialog listing the other tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer from which one can make the selection.
1122 <section><title>Split</title>
1123 <section><title>Split By Time</title>
1125 This operation will split a single track into segments wherever the
1126 time interval between successive trackpoints is larger than some
1127 threshold. This is useful when processing raw NMEA GPS data, especially
1128 taken over a long time.
1132 This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
1137 <section><title>Split By Number of Points</title>
1139 Version1.2+: This operation will split a single track into segments by the number of points specified.
1140 This can be useful with devices which may have limits on the number of points it supports.
1144 <section><title>Split Segments</title>
1146 Splits track segments into new tracks.
1150 This is not available on routes as they do not have route segments.
1155 <section id='trkpt_split' xreflabel="Split at Trackpoint"><title>Split at Trackpoint</title>
1157 Splits the track at the currently selected trackpoint.
1160 The current track will finish at this trackpoint.
1161 A new track will start from a copy of this trackpoint.
1165 This is only enabled when a trackpoint is selected.
1171 <section><title>Insert Points</title>
1174 These options are only enabled when a trackpoint is selected.
1177 <section><title>Insert Point Before Selected Point</title>
1179 Inserts a track point halfway between the previous track point and the current track point.
1180 All track point properties are interpolated between the two points.
1183 <section><title>Insert Point After Selected Point</title>
1185 Inserts a track point halfway between the current track point and the next track point.
1186 All track point properties are interpolated between the two points.
1191 <section><title>Delete Points</title>
1192 <section><title>Delete Selected Point</title>
1194 Deletes the currently selected track point.
1198 This is only enabled when a trackpoint is selected.
1202 <section><title>Delete Points With the Same Position</title>
1204 Deletes subsequent points that have the same position (but have different timestamps).
1207 <section><title>Delete Points With the Same Time</title>
1209 Deletes subsequent points that have the same time stamp (but may have different positions).
1213 This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
1220 <section id="transform" xreflabel="Transform"><title>Transform</title>
1222 These options alter the data of trackpoints of a track but not add or remove trackpoints.
1223 And don't seem to fit any other category :)
1225 <section><title>Apply DEM data</title>
1227 If any DEM data is loaded, this will apply the DEM data to give the track elevation data.
1228 Two ways of applying DEM data are offered:
1230 <listitem><para>Keep. Retains the existing elevation data of trackpoints and only those missing an elevation value are set.</para></listitem>
1231 <listitem><para>Overwrite. Elevation data are set on all trackpoints even if they already elevation values.</para></listitem>
1235 <section><title>Smooth Missing Elevation data</title>
1237 In various locations across the world, there are missing DEM values (AKA DEM Holes) from the SRTM data.
1238 This is particularly noticeable in mountainous areas.
1239 Two ways of applying elevation data to trackpoints that do not have elevation values are offered:
1241 <listitem><para>Interpolated. Missing elevation data is interpolated between the previous and next known values.</para></listitem>
1242 <listitem><para>Flat. Elevation data is filled in from the last previously known value.</para></listitem>
1247 <title>Convert to Track or Route</title>
1249 If this is a Route then it will convert it to a Track.
1252 If this is Track then convert it to a Route.
1256 Converting from a Track to a Route may involve a loss of information, in particular timestamp values (hence you are required to confirm this operation before it happens).
1261 <title>Anonymize Times</title>
1263 Timestamp information of a track can be shifted to be all offset from 1901-01-01.
1266 Thus the timestamps themselves will no longer reveal exactly when a track was taken.
1267 However the relative difference between the timestamps is kept thus one is still able to calculate some properties such as speeds along the track.
1271 This is not available for routes, as they have no timestamps.
1277 <section><title>Export Track as GPX</title>
1279 Version1.1+: This allows exporting the track as a GPX file by opening a file save dialog.
1283 <section><title>Extend Track End</title>
1285 Changes the current tool to add trackpoints to the end of the track.
1289 <section><title>Extend Using Route Finder</title>
1291 Enables the Route Finder tool. Thus on a subsequent left click in the viewport, a route is calculated from the end of track to that point using the default route service and applied to the track.
1295 <section><title>Upload</title>
1297 <section><title>Upload to GPS</title>
1299 Same as the layer <link linkend="gps_upload">Upload to GPS</link> command, but only applies to the track.
1303 <section><title>Upload to OSM</title>
1305 Same as the layer <link linkend="osm_upload">Upload to OSM</link> command, but only applies to the track.
1311 <section><title>Use With Filter</title>
1313 This selects the track to be used in the <link linkend="filter_with_track">Filter With <emphasis>Trackname</emphasis></link> feature.
1317 This is not available on routes.
1322 <section><title>Edit Trackpoint</title>
1324 This opens the Trackpoint edit dialog. See <xref linkend="Trackpoint_edit"/>.
1328 This is only enabled when a trackpoint is selected.
1333 <section><title>Refine Route...</title>
1335 This function allows to request a Routing Engine in order to refine a given route.
1336 By "refining" we mean computing all real intermediates points between some given major points.
1337 This could be useful to compute a trip giving only the wished important steps.
1341 This is only available on routes.
1346 <section><title>View Google Directions</title>
1348 This option is only available on a track created using the Route Finder tool.
1351 Launch a web browser to see the Google directions page which yielded the route.
1355 The record of the Google route is stored in the track's comment, so if the comment is changed (or the route was created by something other than the Route Finder tool) this will not work correctly.
1360 </section><!-- End Track Options -->
1362 <section><title>Waypoint Sublayer Options</title>
1363 <para>Repeats options available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those for waypoints:</para>
1365 <listitem><para>New Waypoint. Same as the layer <link linkend="new_wp">New Waypoint</link></para></listitem>
1366 <listitem><para>View All Waypoints. Same as the layer <link linkend="wp_view_all">View All Waypoints</link></para></listitem>
1367 <listitem><para>Goto Waypoint. Same as the layer <link linkend="wp_goto">Goto Waypoint</link></para></listitem>
1368 <listitem><para>Delete All Waypoints. Same as the layer <link linkend="delete_all_waypoints">Delete All Waypoints</link></para></listitem>
1369 <listitem><para>Delete Waypoints from Selection. Same as the layer <link linkend="delete_selection_waypoints">Delete Waypoints from Selection</link></para></listitem>
1370 <listitem><para>List Waypoints. Opens a new dialog with the list. As described in the Aggregrate layer <xref linkend="waypoint_list"/></para></listitem>
1374 <section><title>Waypoint Properties</title>
1377 This shows a dialog with detailed information for the waypoint. Many properties of the waypoint can changed here, such as the comment, the symbol used in drawing or the image (normally a photograph taken at this position) assiocated with it. When a waypoint has an image, a thumbnail of it is drawn in the viewport for the waypoint (in preference to the symbol).
1380 If the waypoint has an associated image, then the Geotag information may be updated, either with updating the file's modification timestamp or not.
1381 This can be useful when the waypoint has been moved.
1384 </section><!-- WP Prop END -->
1386 <section><title>Waypoint Operations</title>
1388 <section><title>Goto</title>
1390 This centers the viewport on the selected waypoint.
1394 <section><title>Geotag Images...</title>
1396 This opens the <link linkend="geotagging">Geotag Dialog</link> to allow Geotagging multiple images to the position of this waypoint.
1397 In this circumstance creation of waypoint options are disabled and only the options related to writing the EXIF information are available.
1401 <section><title>Transform</title>
1403 Offers a subset of the track <xref linkend="transform"/> utilities.
1404 Currently only setting the altitude from DEM data methods are available.
1408 <section><title>Visit Webpage</title>
1410 If the waypoint's comment (or description) starts with <literal>http:</literal> then this option is available and allows launching a web browser to go to the webpage.
1414 <section><title>Visit Geocache Webpage</title>
1416 If the waypoint's name is in Geocache form (GCXXXXX) then this option is available and allows launching a web browser to go to the Geocache page.
1420 <section><title>New Waypoint</title>
1422 Same as the layer <link linkend="new_wp">New Waypoint</link>.
1426 </section><!-- WP END -->
1428 <section id="geotagging" xreflabel="Geotagging"><title>Version1.3+: Geotag Images</title>
1430 This dialog allows geotagging images (normally taken with a digital camera) against a specific waypoint or via interpolation against a specific track or all tracks in the TrackWaypoint layer - depending on how it is invoked.
1433 When geotagging against tracks, images need to have an EXIF DATE_TIME_ORIGINAL (nearly always set by a camera). This timestamp is then used to find the location when the image(s) was taken by searching through the track(s) to find the nearest time - interpolating between points if necessary to set the location.
1437 Generally it is good policy to synchronize your camera's clock with your GPS clock before taking photographs. However the times can be adjusted afterwards (if necessary) to take into consideration clock differences.
1441 Various options allow control of how the geotagging process is performed:
1444 <listitem><para>Images - Add the images used for geotagging</para></listitem>
1445 <listitem><para>Create Waypoints</para></listitem>
1446 <listitem><para>Overwrite Existing Waypoints</para></listitem>
1447 <listitem><para>Write EXIF</para></listitem>
1448 <listitem><para>Overwrite Existing GPS Information</para></listitem>
1449 <listitem><para>Interpolate Between Track Segments</para></listitem>
1450 <listitem><para>Image Time Offset - The number of seconds to ADD to the photos time to make it match the GPS data. Calculate this with (GPS - Photo). Can be negative or positive. Useful to adjust times when a camera's timestamp was incorrect.</para></listitem>
1451 <listitem><para>Image Timezone - The timezone that the used when the images were created. For example, if a camera is set to AWST or +8:00 hours. Enter +8:00 here so that the correct adjustment to the images' time can be made. GPS data is always in UTC.</para></listitem>
1455 </section><!-- TRW Layer END -->
1457 <section id="GPS" xreflabel="GPS"><title>GPS Layer</title>
1459 The GPS layer is responsible for uploading and downloading GPS data
1460 from a GPS device. It also is responsible for realtime GPS tracking.
1461 Expand the GPS layer in the layers panel to see the two <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layers it
1462 uses for uploading and downloading. To upload, download, or use
1463 realtime tracking, right-click the GPS layer and click the appropiate
1467 <section><title>Download</title>
1469 To download data from the GPS, right-click the GPS layer and click <guimenuitem>Download from GPS</guimenuitem>.
1473 <section><title>Upload</title>
1475 To upload data to the GPS, first populate the GPS Upload child
1476 layer of the GPS layer (either by creating waypoints/tracks/routes in it, or
1477 copying and pasting or dragging waypoints/tracks/routes from another layer).
1478 Then right-click the GPS layer and click <guimenuitem>Upload to GPS</guimenuitem>.
1482 <section><title>Realtime Tracking</title>
1484 You must set up gpsd correctly or use a GPSD server and put the
1485 correct information in the GPS layer properties dialog. Then right-click
1486 the layer and select <guimenuitem>Start Realtime Tracking</guimenuitem>.
1490 <section><title>Empty <emphasis>Item</emphasis></title>
1492 There are several options to quickly delete a subsection of data:
1495 <listitem><para>Empty Realtime</para></listitem>
1496 <listitem><para>Empty Upload</para></listitem>
1497 <listitem><para>Empty Download</para></listitem>
1498 <listitem><para>Empty All</para></listitem>
1502 </section><!-- End GPS -->
1504 <section id="DEM" xreflabel="DEM"><title>DEM (Digital Elevation Model) Layer</title>
1506 This layer provides elevation data from the <ulink url="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/">Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)</ulink>
1509 Elevation data can be useful in planning trips, as you many wish to avoid/minimise the hills encountered. [OSM Cyclemap is also useful this way too]
1512 To download the data use the DEM Download tool (shown on the toolbar), and then click on a area of the viewport. Once files have been downloaded they can then be loaded from disk via the DEM properties in future application runs.
1515 The current data server is: <ulink url="http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/">NASA STRM 2.1</ulink>.
1518 ATM &appname; does not auto download DEM data. If you want to get lots of data blocks, you may wish to use some other program get such as <application>curl</application> or <application>wget</application> to download them for an area.
1522 Using many DEMs is CPU/memory intensive. Depending on your computer's capability, &appname; will be less responsive when about 50+ DEM blocks are loaded. It is probably unwise to attempt using 200+ blocks, so trying to use DEMs covering large countries/continents (USA, Australia etc...) is unlikely to work. In these conditions under Linux, &appname; may be automatically stopped by the "<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_memory/">OOM</ulink> Killer"
1526 </section><!-- End DEM -->
1529 <section id="Maps" xreflabel="Maps"><title>Maps Layer</title>
1531 This layer provides a single map resource, you may have multiple map layers but only top one (if enabled) will be visible.
1532 You will need an open internet connection when you are downloading maps, but once downloaded they are available from the hard disk cache. When map are avaliable from the disk cache it is much faster and can be used offline.
1535 Some maps are continually improving over time (e.g. OpenStreetMap) and so in order to not to have to (re)download the data all the time &appname; employs a timeout method - <emphasis>Tile Age</emphasis> to determine whether to access the server. However a forced refresh for the current view can be made via the <guilabel>Reload All Onscreen Maps</guilabel> option.
1538 Inbuilt maps include various <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap (OSM)</ulink> ones and more:
1541 <listitem><para>Bing Bird's Eye (Aerial) Maps (&appname; Version1.2+)</para></listitem>
1542 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Mapquest) - This is the default (&appname; Version1.3+)</para></listitem>
1543 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Mapnik)</para></listitem>
1544 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Cycle)</para></listitem>
1545 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Transport) (&appname; Version1.3+)</para></listitem>
1546 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Humanitarian) (&appname; Version1.5+)</para></listitem>
1547 <listitem><para>NASA BlueMarble</para></listitem>
1551 &appname; can be configured to handle additional maps. See <xref linkend="extend_viking"/> for further detail.
1554 <section><title>Layer Operations</title>
1555 <section><title>Download Missing Onscreen Maps</title>
1557 This requests map tiles for areas of the viewport that do not currently have one.
1561 <section><title>Download New Onscreen Maps</title>
1563 This requests map tiles only if the maps are older than the Tile Age preference.
1567 <section><title>Reload All Onscreen Maps</title>
1569 Force a refresh of all visible map tiles.
1573 <section><title>Download Maps in Zoom Levels</title>
1575 This opens a dialog to enable requesting the download of maps for the region in the viewport over a specified number of zoom levels.
1576 The download method type can be specified to help limit the number of requests.
1580 There are some inbuilt limits to prevent downloading large amounts of map tiles.
1583 Please respect the usage policy of the tile set provider.
1584 Such as <ulink url="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy"><citetitle>OSM Tile Usage Policy</citetitle></ulink>.
1589 <title>Maps Download Dialog: Example</title>
1591 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/Maps_download_region_dialog.png"/>
1599 </section><!-- End Maps -->
1601 <section id="Aggregate" xreflabel="Aggregate"><title>Aggregate Layer</title>
1603 This layer is a container layer to hold other layers. There is always an initial and controlling <emphasis>Top Layer</emphasis> that can not be removed or renamed.
1606 This layer type is useful for grouping other layers, especially <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layers, in whatever categories are relevant to you: such as by activity, location or date.
1607 Here are some suggestions:
1609 <listitem><para>Hiking</para></listitem>
1610 <listitem><para>Mountain Biking</para></listitem>
1611 <listitem><para>Road Cycling</para></listitem>
1612 <listitem><para>Car Trips</para></listitem>
1613 <listitem><para>Sailing</para></listitem>
1614 <listitem><para>Holidays</para></listitem>
1615 <listitem><para>UK Points of Interest</para></listitem>
1616 <listitem><para>USA Points of Interest</para></listitem>
1617 <listitem><para>etc...</para></listitem>
1621 Thus one can have a list of all your tracks, but groups can be shown or not using the relevant layers visibility checkbox.
1624 <section><title>Layer Operations</title>
1626 The following are available on Aggregate Layers:
1630 <section><title>New Layer</title>
1632 Add a new layer of the selected type.
1636 <section id="sort_items" xreflabel="Sort"><title>Sort</title>
1638 The list within the treeview can be sorted.
1641 Currently alphabetical (A to Z or Z to A) sorts are available, since only the name can be seen in the treeview.
1645 <section id="track_list" xreflabel="Track List"><title>Track List</title>
1647 Selecting this opens a dialog listing all the tracks in a table along side statistics such as track length and maximum speed.
1648 Each column header is clickable and will reorder the list according to that particular column.
1651 This table may be invoked from a variety of different layer levels and will then list only the relevant tracks (and/or routes).
1653 <listitem><para>Aggregate Layer: Lists Tracks and Routes and the TrackWaypoint Layer they are in</para></listitem>
1654 <listitem><para>TrackWaypoint Layer: Lists Tracks and Routes</para></listitem>
1655 <listitem><para>TrackWaypoint Track sublayer: Lists Tracks only</para></listitem>
1656 <listitem><para>TrackWaypoint Route sublayer: Lists Routes only</para></listitem>
1661 <title>Track List Dialog: Example</title>
1664 This is showing all tracks and routes (although there are no actual routes here!) in multiple TrackWaypoint layers, that has been sorted by height.
1665 Note that routes will not have timestamps or speeds, but may have elevations and should have some distance!
1669 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/LayersTracksList.png"/>
1674 Hovering the mouse over an entry will show a tooltip of the comment or description if it is available.
1677 Each entry in the track list can be selected and on mouse right click offers these options:
1679 <listitem><para>View. Move the viewport to the area of the item and highlight it.</para></listitem>
1680 <listitem><para>Statistics. Opens the Properties dialog on the <xref linkend="track_statistics"/> tab. Note this will close the track list dialog.</para></listitem>
1685 <section id="waypoint_list" xreflabel="Waypoint List"><title>Waypoint List</title>
1687 Selecting this opens a dialog listing all the waypoints to give a overview of the waypoint information.
1688 Each column header is clickable and will reorder the list according to that particular column.
1691 This table may be invoked from a variety of different layer levels and will then list only the relevant waypoints.
1693 <listitem><para>Aggregate Layer: Lists Waypoints and the TrackWaypoint Layer they are in</para></listitem>
1694 <listitem><para>TrackWaypoint Layer: : Lists Waypoints</para></listitem>
1695 <listitem><para>TrackWaypoint Waypoint sublayer: Lists Waypoints</para></listitem>
1700 <title>Waypoint List Dialog: Example</title>
1703 This was invoked on a TrackWaypoint layer and shows all waypoints from that single layer. It has been sorted by the symbols.
1707 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/WaypointsList.png"/>
1712 Hovering the mouse over an entry will show a tooltip of the description if it is available.
1715 Each entry in the list can be selected and on mouse right click offers these options:
1717 <listitem><para>View. Move the viewport to the area of the item and highlight it.</para></listitem>
1718 <listitem><para>Properties. This will open the properties dialog. Note this will close the waypoint list dialog.</para></listitem>
1719 <listitem><para>Show Picture. If enabled, this will open the associated image in an external Image Viewer program.</para></listitem>
1724 <section id="vis_options" xreflabel="Visibility Options"><title>Visibility Options</title>
1726 This offers a quick way to set all the visibilities of each item within the containing layer, rather than having to change each one individually.
1728 <listitem><para>Show All. Ensures all items are set to be visible.</para></listitem>
1729 <listitem><para>Hide All. Ensures all items are set to be invisible. This is useful for then turning on single items afterwards so the display is not cluttered.</para></listitem>
1730 <listitem><para>Toggle. Inverts the visibility status of each item.</para></listitem>
1735 <section id="search_date" xreflabel="Search by Date"><title>Search by Date</title>
1737 This opens calendar dialog to select a date to search by within this Aggregate layer.
1738 The first item that is found on that date will be selected.
1739 Tracks are searched first in preference over waypoints.
1743 </section><!-- End Agg -->
1745 <section id="GeoRef" xreflabel="GeoRef"><title>GeoRef Layer</title>
1747 This layer allows one to use any image as a map. You will need to tell it how to align the map to a position in the world and the scale of map.
1749 <section><title>Layer Operations</title>
1750 <section><title>Zoom to Fit Map</title>
1752 Automatically set a zoom level to see the entire map coverage.
1756 <section><title>Goto Map Center</title>
1758 Center the viewport on this map.
1762 <section><title>Export to World File</title>
1764 Opens a file save dialog to save the scale and position information as a <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file">World File</ulink>.
1769 </section><!-- End GeoRef -->
1771 <section id="Coordinate" xreflabel="Coordinate"><title>Coordinate Layer</title>
1773 This layer is allows drawing of grid lines on the viewport.
1775 </section><!-- End Coord -->
1778 <section id="tools" xreflabel="Tools"><title>Tools</title>
1780 &appname;'s mouse actions on the viewport are controlled by which tool is active. Only one tool can be active at a time. The default mode is pan.
1783 You can use the scroll wheel, the middle-click, the middle-click+drag to zoom, center map at position and pan respectively no matter what tool you are using.
1786 <keycap>Scroll</keycap>: zoom in and out keeping the mouse over same location
1789 <keycap>Ctrl-scroll</keycap>: pan north-south (also <keycap>Ctrl-up</keycap>, <keycap>Ctrl-down</keycap>)
1792 <keycap>Shift-scroll</keycap>: pan east-west (also <keycap>Ctrl-left</keycap>, <keycap>Ctrl-right</keycap>)
1795 <keycap>Ctrl-shift-scroll</keycap>: zoom in and out, without changing the center (also <keycap>Ctrl+</keycap>, <keycap>Ctrl-</keycap> [*not* KeyPad +/-])
1798 <keycap>Middle-click</keycap>: make the clicked point on the map the center
1801 <keycap>Middle-click</keycap> and drag: pan
1804 <section><title>Pan</title>
1806 This is the default mode of operation for &appname;.
1809 This mode is entered by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/mover_22.png"/></guiicon>
1812 Pan moves the viewpoint. A single click centers the viewport at that point, whereas click and drag dynamically moves the view around.
1813 This is the default tool.
1816 This mode can also be entered by the keyboard shortcut <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+P</keycap>
1819 Double clicking the left mouse button will zoom the map in.
1820 <keycap>Shift</keycap> + double clicking the left mouse button will zoom the map out.
1821 Double clicking the right mouse button will also zoom the map out.
1825 <section><title>Zoom</title>
1827 This mode is entered by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/zoom_18.png"/></guiicon>
1830 Zooms in and out on the clicked part of the map or by the selected area.
1833 This mode can also be entered by the keyboard shortcut <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+Z</keycap>
1836 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> + left or right click: Zoom in/out and center the map on the clicked location
1839 <keycap>Shift</keycap> (and hold) + left mouse button: Draws a bounding box area on which to zoom in. The zoom action is performed when the left mouse button is released.
1842 <keycap>Shift</keycap> + left click button: Jump Zoom In by up to factor of 3 standard zooms.
1845 <keycap>Shift</keycap> + right click button: Jump Zoom Out by up to factor of 3 standard zooms.
1849 <section><title>Ruler</title>
1851 This mode is entered by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/ruler_18.png"/></guiicon>
1854 The ruler is used to measure the bearing and distance between two points: Click on first point and then move the mouse point around - the values will be continually updated.
1855 A second click will <emphasis>freeze</emphasis> the ruler at that point.
1858 This mode can also be entered by the keyboard shortcut <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+U</keycap>
1862 <section id="select" xreflabel="Select"><title>Version1.1+: Select</title>
1864 This mode is entered by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/select_18.png"/></guiicon>
1867 The select tool allows one to choose any waypoint or track by clicking on it (or reasonably near) in the viewpoint.
1870 ATM to select a track one must actually click on a trackpoint, which is also selected.
1873 This mode can also be entered by the keyboard shortcut <keycap>Ctrl+Shift+S</keycap>
1877 <section><title>TrackWaypoint Layer Tools</title>
1879 You must have a <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> Layer selected to use these tools.
1881 <section id="createwptool" xreflabel="Create Waypoint"><title>Create Waypoint</title>
1883 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/addwp_18.png"/></guiicon>
1886 Left click will open the new waypoint dialog using the specified position.
1890 <section id="track_create" xreflabel="Create Track"><title>Create Track</title>
1892 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/addtr_18.png"/></guiicon>
1895 Left click to create a new trackpoint. If it's the initial trackpoint you will be asked to enter a name for the track.
1896 If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the new trackpoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
1897 Right click or <keycap>Backspace</keycap>: undo one point.
1900 Double click or <keycap>Escape</keycap>: to finish track creation.
1901 Finishing the track is also available via the right click <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> and track menus.
1904 One must finish the current track to be able to create another track.
1908 <section id="route_create" xreflabel="Create Route"><title>Create Route</title>
1910 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/vik_new_route_18.png"/></guiicon>
1913 This operates in exactly the same way as the <link linkend="track_create">Create Track</link> above.
1916 One must finish the current route to be able to create another route.
1919 One can switch between the <link linkend="route_create">Create Route</link> and <link linkend="route_finder">Route Finder</link> tools while editing routes.
1923 <section id="route_finder" xreflabel="Route Finder"><title>Create Route Using the Route Finder</title>
1925 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/route_finder_18.png"/></guiicon>
1928 Requires an internet connection.
1929 Left click to create a new trackpoint.
1930 If it's the initial trackpoint you will be asked to enter a name for the route, otherwise the default routing engine will be queried to find a route to the new trackpoint.
1931 Right click or <keycap>Backspace</keycap>: remove the last added route.
1934 <keycap>Escape</keycap>: to finish route creation.
1935 Finishing the track is also available via the right click <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> and track menus.
1938 One must finish the current route to be able to create another route.
1941 One can switch between the <link linkend="route_create">Create Route</link> and <link linkend="route_finder">Route Finder</link> tools while editing routes.
1945 <section><title>Edit Waypoint</title>
1947 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/edwp_18.png"/></guiicon>
1950 Left Click/drag: select/move a waypoint.
1951 If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the waypoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
1952 If <keycap>Shift</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the waypoint position to a nearby existing waypoint.
1954 <para>Right-click on waypoint: opens a menu with waypoint actions (the
1955 same menu accessed by right-clicking the waypoint in the layers panel)
1959 <section><title>Edit Trackpoint</title>
1961 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/edtr_18.png"/></guiicon>
1964 Left click near a trackpoint (in screen pixel terms) to bring up the Track Point Edit dialog on that trackpoint.
1965 Whilst the edit dialog is already open, left click again and drag enables moving of the trackpoint.
1966 If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the new trackpoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
1968 <section id="Trackpoint_edit" xreflabel="Edit Trackpoint Dialog"><title>Edit Trackpoint Dialog</title>
1970 Editing options in the Trackpoint Edit dialog include:
1972 <listitem><para>Edit the trackpoint name</para></listitem>
1973 <listitem><para>Changing raw lat/long position and altitude</para></listitem>
1974 <listitem><para>Forward (go to the next trackpoint)</para></listitem>
1975 <listitem><para>Back (go to the previous trackpoint)</para></listitem>
1976 <listitem><para>Delete</para></listitem>
1977 <listitem><para>Insert. Inserts a point halfway to next trackpoint</para></listitem>
1978 <listitem><para>Split. <xref linkend="trkpt_split"/></para></listitem>
1982 Several fields are read only for reference purposes, values are shown if the trackpoint has such information:
1984 <listitem><para>Time.</para></listitem>
1985 <listitem><para>Speed and course.</para></listitem>
1986 <listitem><para>'Between' values: Speed, Time Difference and Distance Difference. When moving between trackpoints (via the Back and Forward buttons) these values are calculated.</para></listitem>
1987 <listitem><para>GPS precision factors.</para></listitem>
1992 <title>Trackpoint Edit Dialog: Example</title>
1994 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/Trackpoint_edit_dialog.png"/>
1997 One must have been going downhill here to get a reasonable speed by bicycle!
2002 <section><title>Show Picture</title>
2004 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/showpic_18.png"/></guiicon>
2007 Opens an image viewer with the picture associated with the waypoint.
2008 By default this uses the default system image viewer.
2009 For Linux you can override this with the setting in the <xref linkend="prefs_external"/>
2015 <section><title>Georef Map Layer Tools</title>
2017 You must have a <xref linkend="GeoRef"/> Map Layer selected to use these tools.
2019 <section><title>Georef zoom</title>
2021 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/geozoom_18.png"/></guiicon>
2023 <para>Changes the zoom level of the georeferenced map and changes the
2024 &appname; zoom level accordingly. Useful if you are trying to match GPS
2025 data to a georeferenced map.
2029 <section><title>Georef move</title>
2031 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/geomove_18.png"/></guiicon>
2034 Drag to move the georeferenced map.
2039 <section id="map_tool_dl" xreflabel="Map Download"><title>Map Download</title>
2041 You must have a <xref linkend="Maps"/> Layer selected to use this.
2044 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/mapdl_18.png"/></guiicon>
2047 Click to download a single tile. Drag to download tiles in the dragged rectangle area.
2050 Right-click to redownload tiles via the selected method. Right-click and drag to redownload tiles in the dragged rectangle area by the selected method.
2051 The possible methods to redownload one or more tiles are:
2055 <listitem><para>Bad - Only if the tile is corrupt in some way or missing, then this will download a new copy</para></listitem>
2056 <listitem><para>New - Refresh the tile according to the local map cache and if server has a newer version</para></listitem>
2057 <listitem><para>All - Redownload the tile</para></listitem>
2060 <formalpara><title>Map Tile Information</title>
2062 By right clicking on viewport and selecting <guimenu>Show Tile Information</guimenu> you can see the tile properties of this location for the current map layer and current zoom level.
2063 This includes the remote source URL for the tile and the cached version on the local filesystem with timestamp details.
2068 <title>Map Tile Info Dialog: Example</title>
2070 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/map_tile_info_dialog.png"/>
2073 This is using MapQuest at &appname; zoom level 128 over the Isle of Wight, UK.
2077 <section><title>DEM Download</title>
2079 You must have a <xref linkend="DEM"/> Layer selected to use this.
2082 Enable this tool by clicking on the toolbar icon: <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/demdl_18.png"/></guiicon>
2085 Click to download and import a DEM file.
2087 <formalpara><title>DEM File Information</title>
2089 By right clicking on viewport and selecting <guimenu>Show DEM File Infomation</guimenu> you can see the file properties of the DEM file for this location.
2090 This includes the remote source URL for the file and the cached version on the local filesystem with timestamp details.
2095 <title>DEM File Info Dialog: Example</title>
2097 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/DEM_file_info_dialog.png"/>
2100 This is for block 51N, 003W - covering Bristol in the UK.
2104 <section><title>Webtools</title>
2106 Many services are available only via a web browser (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap Potlach editor, etc.).
2109 Jumping from &app; to such service can become annoying.
2112 &appname; allows you to open such service directly at the position currently viewed in &app;.
2115 This feature is called <guilabel>Webtools</guilabel>. It is also known as External Tools.
2121 <!-- Preferences -->
2122 <section id="prefs" xreflabel="Preferences"><title>Preferences</title>
2123 <section><title>General</title>
2124 <section><title>Localisation</title>
2125 <para>You can select units displayed by &appname; to best fit your usage.</para>
2127 <title>Properties dialog: units part</title>
2129 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/properties_units.png"/>
2132 <para>Concerning degrees, you can select the way to display them:
2135 <term>DDD</term><listitem><para>decimal degree</para></listitem>
2138 <term>DMM</term><listitem><para>partial sexagesimal display: degrees, minutes and decimal part of minutes</para></listitem>
2141 <term>DMS</term><listitem><para>sexagesimal display: degrees, minutes and seconds</para></listitem>
2146 <title>Properties dialog: degree display options</title>
2148 <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/properties_degree.png"/>
2152 <section><title>Waypoint Icon Size</title>
2153 <para>An option exists to control the icon (symbol) size used for waypoints
2156 <section><title><emphasis>Home</emphasis> Default Location: Latitude and Longitude</title>
2157 <para>You can set the <emphasis>Home</emphasis> location directly by inputting the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees.
2160 <section><title>Time Display</title>
2161 <para>This controls the reference timezone that times are shown in.</para>
2162 <para><emphasis>Locale</emphasis> is the current user's system preference. This was how all times were shown up to version 1.5.</para>
2163 <para><emphasis>World</emphasis> will attempt to determine the timezone at an object's position.</para>
2164 <para><emphasis>UTC</emphasis> enforces this standard timezone.</para>
2166 <section><title>Tile's age</title>
2167 <para>This age is used to decided wether or not a new request to tile server must be done.
2169 <para>Changing this value, you will increase or decrese the network load.</para>
2171 <section><title>Default map layer directory</title>
2172 <para>This property sets the default directory of the tiles cache.
2173 This value is used when you create a new map layer.
2175 <para>You are still able to change this value in each map layer properties.</para>
2177 <section><title>Map Cache Memory Size</title>
2178 <para>This controls the amount of maps that are stored in memory, rather than having to reread from disk.
2179 Generally if you have a system with lots of memory it's recommended to increase this value.
2184 <section id="prefs_external" xreflabel="Export/External Preferences"><title>Export/External</title>
2185 <section><title>KML Export Units</title>
2186 <para>Allows setting the units used when saved as the KML file type, such as Metric or Statue units</para>
2188 <section><title>Image Viewer (Not Windows)</title>
2189 <para>Allows setting the program used to view images associated with Waypoints.</para>
2190 <para>By default this is set to <application>xdg-open</application> which should open the system's default image viewer, however this can be overridden with this setting.</para>
2191 <para>Note: for Windows systems, viewing images associated with Waypoints always uses the system's default image viewer.</para>
2193 <section><title>External GPX programs</title>
2194 <para>Allows setting the programs invoked via the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> Layer menu <menuchoice><guimenu>Export Layer</guimenu><guisubmenu>Open With 'program'</guisubmenu></menuchoice></para>
2195 <para>Two options are given so that it can be configured for various uses such as:</para>
2197 <listitem><para>An OSM editor (default)</para></listitem>
2198 <listitem><para>Some other user defined program</para></listitem>
2203 <section id="prefs_osm" xreflabel="OpenStreetMap Traces Preferences"><title>OpenStreetMap Traces</title>
2204 <section><title>OSM Username + Password</title>
2205 <para>Store your OSM details here, so that you don't need to enter it in every time in the <xref linkend="osm_upload"/> procedure.</para>
2208 Your OSM password will be stored in plain text.
2214 <section id="prefs_routing" xreflabel="Routing Preferences"><title>Routing</title>
2215 <section><title>Routing engine</title>
2216 <para>You can select the routing engine used by default, ie by features that do not propose a live selection, like <xref linkend="route_finder"/>.</para>
2220 <section id="prefs_startup" xreflabel="Startup Preferences"><title>Startup</title>
2221 <para>Naturally since these preferences effect the startup, the values will not be used until &appname; is restarted.</para>
2222 <section><title>Restore Window Setup</title>
2223 <para>When this is enabled, the main window size and layout (such as whether the statusbar or layers panel are shown) is restored to the values from last use.</para>
2225 <section><title>Default Map Layer</title>
2226 <para>When this is enabled, a map layer is automatically added whenever &appname; is opened and a &appname; file is not to be loaded.</para>
2227 <para>The map layer used is defined by the map layer's default values.</para>
2229 <section><title>Startup Method</title>
2230 <para>Enables selection of how the startup position should be determined.</para>
2232 <listitem><para>Home Location (default) - Position as set by the <guilabel>Set the Default Location</guilabel></para></listitem>
2233 <listitem><para>Last Location - Uses the last position viewed on the viewport</para></listitem>
2234 <listitem><para>Specified File - Load the file as specified below</para></listitem>
2235 <listitem><para>Auto Location - Use the web service <ulink url="http://www.hostip.info">hostip.info</ulink> to attempt to determine your location via IP lookup</para></listitem>
2238 <section><title>Startup File</title>
2239 <para>Loads this specified file when the Startup method is set to <guilabel>Specified File</guilabel></para>
2241 <section><title>Check For New Version</title>
2242 <para>Periodically (no more than once every 14 days), check to see if there is a new version of &appname; available.</para>
2249 <section><title>Howto's</title>
2250 <section id="howto_start"><title>Getting Started</title>
2252 &appname; from version 1.5 has several features to ease the start up process.
2253 On the very first run, you will be asked if you want to enable these features which make use of an Internet connection.
2254 If you select no or you have upgraded from an earlier version you can choose to enable any of the startup options via the <xref linkend="prefs_startup"/>.
2257 Some other general use cases for using &appname;, are as follows:
2259 <section><title>Go to an area of interest</title>
2261 &appname;'s default location is a Manhatten, New York, USA, so you may need to pick another place that interests you - such as where you live.
2264 <title>Method A</title>
2267 Use the online location address/place search.
2270 Use the <guibutton>Go to Location</guibutton> toolbar button or from the menus
2271 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
2272 You can change the search location provider if desired.
2273 Enter the name of place you wish to go to (you may need to specify the country to refine the search).
2274 Also you can enter a post code or a ZIP code instead.
2277 <para>You will need an internet connection for this search to work</para>
2282 <title>Method B</title>
2285 If you know the coordinates of where you want to view:
2288 Use <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu></menuchoice> and select from either <menuchoice><guimenu>Go to Lat/Lon</guimenu></menuchoice> or <menuchoice><guimenu>Go to UTM</guimenu></menuchoice> and then enter in the specific coordinates.
2293 <title id="method_c">Method C</title>
2295 <para>Use the GPS Layer or <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From GPS</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
2296 to load data directly from your GPS into &appname;.
2298 <para>You can specify the types of data to acquire: Tracks, Routes and/or Waypoints.
2301 <para>You must have write permission to the port used. For <trademark>Unix</trademark> like OS:</para>
2303 <listitem><para>/dev/ttyS0 is the first serial port</para></listitem>
2304 <listitem><para>/dev/ttyUSB0 is the first USB port</para></listitem>
2305 <listitem><para>usb: is any USB port</para></listitem>
2307 <para>Depending on your distribution only one of the USB port types may work</para>
2308 <para>For <trademark>Windows</trademark>:</para>
2310 <listitem><para>com1: is the first serial port</para></listitem>
2311 <listitem><para>usb: is any USB port</para></listitem>
2315 <para>The GPS devices supported are those supported by <application>GPSBabel</application>.</para>
2316 <para>Garmin and Magellan GPS devices supported by all versions, later versions of GPSBabel support more devices such as DeLorme and Navilink.</para>
2321 <title>Method D</title>
2324 Get data from files in GPX or KML format, which can be opened directly.
2325 Use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
2328 Other formats can be imported that are supported by GPSBabel.
2329 <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Import File With GPSBabel...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
2333 The viewport will be automatically moved and resized to view the contents of the file.
2339 <section><title>Add a Map Layer</title>
2341 Use <menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Map Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and choose a suitable cache directory
2342 where you would like to store your tracks and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>. Zoom to a
2343 comfortable level (I suggest 4 mpp) by clicking the left and right
2344 mouse buttons on the gray area where your tracks are. Now from the menu
2345 choose the <xref linkend="map_tool_dl"/> Tool. Click where you would like to download a
2346 map. Regardless of what tool you are using, the middle mouse button
2347 always pans. </para>
2350 You need an open internet connection when you are downloading maps.
2354 If you can no longer see your tracks or waypoints and only the map,
2355 it is because the layer named <emphasis>Map</emphasis> is <emphasis>ABOVE</emphasis> your TrackWaypoint layer that your GPS data is in.
2356 This means that it will be drawn last and on top of the other <xref linkend="gc_layers"/>.
2357 Look at the <xref linkend="gc_layers_panel"/> to the left which shows this order.
2358 Select the Map layer from the list and click the down arrow button beneath the list until the Map layer is below the TrackWaypoint layer.
2359 Your tracks will now be drawn over the map.
2363 <section><title>Set Your Home Location</title>
2365 You can save the current center position of the viewport as the default location AKA the Home Location by
2366 <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Set the Default Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
2369 Then at any time you can return to this place by clicking on the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> icon on the toolbar.
2372 You can also set the default location via specifing the exact latitude and longitude in the <xref linkend="prefs"/>.
2377 <section><title>From 1st startup to GPS track (including offline maps)</title>
2379 The first you'll see is an empty map, because &appname; in its default configuration will download maps only on demand.
2380 Before fetching unneeded data, one can position to a location of interest, e.g. Stuttgart: <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, enter <userinput>Stuttgart</userinput>.
2382 <section><title>Fetching the maps</title>
2384 <emphasis role="bold">Map</emphasis>
2387 <step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Map Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
2388 <step><para>in the layer properties dialogue choose e.g. <guilabel>OpenStreetMap (Mapnik)</guilabel>.</para></step>
2390 <para>For the moment, we keep the default <guilabel>Maps Directory</guilabel> (the directory in
2391 which the maps will be stored and can be used for offline usage).</para>
2394 <para>Check <guilabel>Autodownload maps</guilabel> and keep the zoom level as <guilabel>Use Viking
2395 Zoom Level</guilabel>.</para>
2398 however, that these settings will play an important
2399 role in the pre-fetch for offline usage discussed later
2404 <para>You'll see a map of Stuttgart. Using the mouse wheel, you can
2405 zoom in and out. The maps for the choosen resolution will be downloaded
2409 <emphasis role="bold">DEM Layer (Height Map)</emphasis>
2412 <step><para>Zoom out to 512.</para></step>
2413 <step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New DEM Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
2414 <step><para>Keep the download source as is (SRTM Global 90m), hit <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.</para></step>
2417 <para>In the layer listing on the left, the <xref linkend="DEM"/> layer should reside
2418 above the map layer. If this is not the case, highlight the DEM layer
2419 an shift it one up (using the arrow up button).
2422 <step><para>highlight the DEM layer in the layer listing on the left</para></step>
2423 <step><para>in the toolbar, check DEM layer download/import (the last symbol)</para></step>
2424 <step><para>a left-click in the map window should then fetch the DEM data</para></step>
2427 This might take some time.
2430 Sometimes, a tile does not show up correctly (you might see only a
2431 black frame in the map window) because it got corrupted during
2432 transfer. In order to correct this, you can delete the corresponding
2433 datafile in the cache. <programlisting> right-click the DEM layer properties</programlisting>
2436 The <guilabel>DEM Files</guilabel> listing allows you to delete the specific tiles (alternatively do this from the command line).
2439 You can also alter the Min. and Max. elevation in this dialogue.
2443 <section><title>GPS Track with Height Profile</title>
2445 <step><para>Uncheck the <xref linkend="DEM"/> layer (the map is shown again)</para></step>
2447 <para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New TrackWaypoint Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>
2448 <para>Ensure the new track layer is above the map layer.</para>
2450 <step><para>Expand the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer, select <guimenuitem>Tracks</guimenuitem></para></step>
2451 <step><para>In the tools menu choose <guiicon><inlinegraphic fileref="figures/addtr_18.png"/></guiicon> <guibutton>Create Track</guibutton>
2453 <step><para>Leftclick in the map window, enter a name</para></step>
2455 <para>Click several times to generate a track (a right-click removes the last point).</para>
2456 <para>Height data is set automatically since DEM data is available</para>
2458 <step><para>Expand tracks in the layer menu, your track should show up, select it</para></step>
2459 <step><para>Right click your track, select <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></para></step>
2460 <step><para>Click the tab <guilabel>Elevation-distance</guilabel> - enjoy the plot</para></step>
2463 In order to save this setting for later usage
2466 <step><para>click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Track Properties</guilabel> dialog</para></step>
2467 <step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, choose a name (you can open this <emphasis>view</emphasis> later via <menuchoice><guimenu>file</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>).</para></step>
2471 <section><title>Usecase: offline data for holiday</title>
2473 Suppose you want to have the <xref linkend="Maps"/> and <xref linkend="DEM"/> data offline for your holiday in Italy near Bologna.
2476 <step><para>Start a new &appname; session.</para></step>
2477 <step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, enter Bologna</para></step>
2478 <step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Map Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
2479 <step><para>Choose e.g. <guilabel>OpenStreetMap (mapnik)</guilabel>.</para></step>
2480 <step><para>adapt the <guilabel>maps directory</guilabel> e.g. to <filename>/home/user/.viking-map-holiday/</filename>.
2481 This allows you to delete the map stuff after holiday without purging the rest of your maps.
2483 <step><para>check <guilabel>autodownload map</guilabel></para></step>
2484 <step><para>keep <guilabel>viking zoom level</guilabel></para></step>
2485 <step><para>zoom out to 1024</para></step>
2486 <step><para>add a <xref linkend="DEM"/> layer (as discussed above)</para></step>
2487 <step><para>download the DEM data</para></step>
2489 <para>In the &app; version discussed here, the DEM data automatically
2490 are stored in <filename>/home/user/.viking-maps/</filename>. You can move the corresponding
2491 tiles into <filename>.viking-map-holiday/</filename> if you like.
2494 <emphasis role="bold">Download map data for all zoom levels</emphasis>
2497 <step><para>uncheck the DEM layer for the map to show up</para></step>
2498 <step><para>navigate the map to be centered at Bologna</para></step>
2499 <step><para>choose the zoom such, that all regions of interest are displayed in the map window (e.g. 1024)</para></step>
2501 <para>follow this sequence until you have all tiles for all zoom levels you need</para>
2503 <step><para>right-click the map layer properties</para></step>
2504 <step><para>set the zoomlevel explicitely one below the last (in the first cycle 512), hit OK</para></step>
2505 <step><para>right click the map layer <guimenuitem>Download Missing Onscreen Maps</guimenuitem></para></step>
2506 <step><para>wait until all tiles for that resolution have been downloaded</para></step>
2510 <para>This may take some time and some hard disk capacity.</para>
2512 Do not forget to save your configuration (as discussed above).
2518 <section><title>OpenStreetMap project</title>
2520 <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap (OSM)</ulink> is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.
2521 One of sources of data for this project is GPS tracks.
2522 &appname; supports this project via the GPS Traces methods, both uploading and downloading such data.
2525 Also see <ulink url="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6#GPS_Traces"/> for further detail.
2527 <section><title>Uploading data to OpenStreetMap</title>
2529 It is possible to upload data directly from &appname; to OpenStreetMap.
2532 <title>Upload a layer</title>
2534 One solution is to upload whole a <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer. To do this,
2535 simply select the layer and right click on it. Then, select <guimenuitem>Upload to
2540 <title>Upload a single track</title>
2541 <para>Another solution is to upload an individual track. Simply select the track and right click on it.
2542 Then select <guimenuitem>Upload to OSM</guimenuitem>.
2546 <title>Fill in the form</title>
2548 In both cases, &appname; will retain some information.
2549 The email field is the email you used to subscribed into OpenStreetMap.
2550 The password field is the password you used with this account.
2551 The filename is the name you want your upload has on the server. This information is displayed by the osm server.
2552 The description is some descriptive information.
2553 The tags field is a white separated list of tags.
2558 <section id="osm_dl" xreflabel="OpenStreetMap Traces Download"><title>Downloading Traces from OpenStreetMap</title>
2560 It is possible to download GPS traces directly from OpenStreetMap into &appname;.
2561 This feature can be really useful for checking existing data before uploading new ones.
2564 <title>Download all visible tracks</title>
2565 <para>One solution is to select
2567 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
2568 <guisubmenu>Acquire</guisubmenu>
2569 <guimenuitem>OSM traces...</guimenuitem>
2571 Each request can get up to 5,000 points.
2572 The dialog box allows setting which group of 5,000 points to get. These groups are known as <emphasis>Page Numbers</emphasis> which start at 0.
2573 Increasing the page number parameter allows one to request the subsequent sets of point groups.
2577 <section id="osm_my_dl" xreflabel="OpenStreetMap My Traces Download"><title>Downloading Your Own Traces from OpenStreetMap</title>
2579 It is possible to download any of <emphasis>your personal</emphasis> GPS traces previously uploaded to OpenStreetMap into &appname;.
2582 You will need to provide your OSM username and password to get the list of your OSM Traces.
2583 From this list you can select which traces to retrieve.
2584 This list can be sorted on each column so that it easier to find an individual trace or select a group of traces by similar properties.
2590 <section><title>Geotagging</title>
2592 This assumes you already have a <xref linkend="Maps"/> layer enabled for ease of use (if not see above to get one).
2594 <section><title>Manual Positioning</title>
2596 This is useful for instances when you already know exactly where the image was taken (no need for tracklog).
2597 Or maybe you want to adjust an automatically generated waypoint for the position of the subject of the image rather than the location that the photograph is taken from.
2598 ATM this process only works on an individual image, so it will be tedious for handling lots of images.
2601 First create a <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer or use an existing one; and select it in the <xref linkend="gc_layers_panel"/>.
2602 NB Make sure this layer is above the map layer in the Layers Panel list.
2603 Create a new waypoint (or move an existing one) to exact location desired:
2605 <listitem><para>Select the <xref linkend="createwptool"/> tool, then left click on the map at the location desired, choosing an image to associate with it in the new waypoint dialog</para></listitem>
2606 <listitem><para>Select the <xref linkend="select"/> tool, then left click on waypoint to be moved. Left click again and drag the waypoint to the location desired</para></listitem>
2608 Then using the Select tool left click on waypoint to select it, then right click to access the Waypoint properties menu, then choose
2609 <menuchoice><guimenu>Update Geotag on Image</guimenu><guisubmenu>Update</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
2612 The <guilabel>Update Geotag on Image</guilabel> options are only available when a waypoint has an image associated with it.
2616 <section><title>Automatic Positioning Against a Tracklog</title>
2618 First you will need a tracklog with timestamps in it. Either load one from a previously saved file or freshly acquired from a GPS device -
2619 see <link linkend="howto_start">Getting Started</link>.
2620 It helps if this is the track that was recorded at the time you took some photographs!
2623 Select the track either from the layers panel on the left or via the viewport using the <xref linkend="select"/> tool.
2624 Then right click on it and chose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Geotag Images...</guimenu></menuchoice> leading you to the <xref linkend="geotagging"/> Dialog.
2627 Load some images that where taken around the time the track log was recorded. Confirm the other options in the dialog - normally the defaults should be alright and select OK.
2628 If things are succesful, new waypoints with thumbnail images of the photographs will appear.
2629 You should probably check they are really in the right place as often the timestamp of the camera may not be aligned to the GPS correctly leading to inferring incorrect locations.
2631 <formalpara><title>Option: Overwrite Waypoints</title>
2633 This is particularly useful when one finds an attempt at geotagging gives wrong locations, often due to time offset issues.
2634 Simply try again with a new time offset (often 1 hour adjustments due to Daylight Savings or Summer Time times) and the old waypoints will be updated (instead of creating new ones).
2638 If you have multiple tracks in a TrackWaypoint layer, then invoking the <menuchoice><guimenu>Geotag Images...</guimenu></menuchoice> action on the layer
2639 will search all the tracks to find location matches.
2644 <section><title>GPS Real Time Location (Not <trademark>Windows</trademark>)</title>
2646 &appname; relies on <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">gpsd</ulink> to provide the current location from a real time feed from a GPS device.
2647 Unfortunately <application>gpsd</application> is not available on <trademark>Windows</trademark>,
2648 so currently this functionality is disabled in <trademark>Windows</trademark> builds of &appname;
2651 This assumes you already have a <xref linkend="Maps"/> layer enabled for ease of use (if not see above to get one).
2654 Turn on the GPS Device, ensure it has figured out it's location and plug it in to your computer.
2656 <section><title>Set Up GPS Layer</title>
2658 You will need a <xref linkend="GPS"/> layer. One can be added via <menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guisubmenu>Add GPS Layer</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
2661 Adjust the <emphasis>Realtime Tracking Mode</emphasis> settings to interface with <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">gpsd</ulink> as necessary. Normally the defaults should suffice.
2664 Current Linux distributions should run <application>gpsd</application> automatically when a GPS Device is plugged in. Otherwise you may have to run <application>gpsd</application> manually.
2667 Then right-click the layer and select <guimenuitem>Start Realtime Tracking</guimenuitem>.
2668 Hopefully the viewport should jump to the GPS location.
2671 Troubleshooting checklist:
2673 <procedure><step><para>Confirm <application>gpsd</application> is running.</para></step></procedure>
2674 <procedure><step><para>Confirm on the GPS device it has a location.</para></step></procedure>
2675 <procedure><step><para>Confirm the <emphasis>Realtime Tracking Mode</emphasis> settings.</para></step></procedure>
2679 <section><title>What to Do if &appname; Does Not Seem to Work</title>
2681 In order to get some information about what &appname; is doing, start it in verbose debug mode via the command line:
2682 <programlisting>viking -dV</programlisting>
2685 For instance you can check the correct URLs &appname; is using in requesting remote data for DEMs or map tiles in the verbose debug output.
2686 E.g. Something like this for DEMs:
2688 ** (viking:28778): DEBUG: curl_download_uri: uri=http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip
2689 * About to connect() to dds.cr.usgs.gov port 80 (#0)
2690 * Trying 152.61.128.95... * connected
2691 * Connected to dds.cr.usgs.gov (152.61.128.95) port 80 (#0)
2692 GET /srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip HTTP/1.1
2693 User-Agent: viking/0.9.8 libcurl/7.18.2 GnuTLS/2.4.2 zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.8
2694 Host: dds.cr.usgs.gov
2697 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:13:38 GMT
2699 Last-Modified: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:57:35 GMT
2700 ETag: eac3f8-1828f5-46f3caa76070a
2701 Accept-Ranges: bytes
2702 Content-Length: 1583349
2703 Content-Type: application/zip
2705 * Connection #0 to host dds.cr.usgs.gov left intact
2706 * Closing connection #0
2707 ** (viking:28778): DEBUG: dem_layer_add_file: /home/username/.viking-maps/srtm3-Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip
2709 Or for OSM Mapnik tile server:
2711 * About to connect() to tile.openstreetmap.org port 80 (#0)
2712 * Trying 193.63.75.28... * connected
2713 * Connected to tile.openstreetmap.org (193.63.75.28) port 80 (#0)
2714 GET /13/4065/2748.png HTTP/1.1
2715 User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
2716 Host: tile.openstreetmap.org
2719 * HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
2721 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:18:42 GMT
2722 Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)
2723 ETag: "b66ff9d46474bab68262a3483428a232"
2724 ** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_get_etag_func: ETAG found: "b66ff9d46474bab68262a3483428a232"
2725 Content-Length: 17194
2726 Cache-Control: max-age=94805
2727 Expires: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:38:47 GMT
2728 Content-Type: image/png
2730 X-Cache: HIT from konqi.openstreetmap.org
2731 X-Cache-Lookup: HIT from konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128
2732 Via: 1.1 konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE7)
2735 * Closing connection #0
2736 * About to connect() to a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com port 80 (#0)
2737 * Trying 178.63.75.195... ** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_download_uri: uri=http://tile.openstreetmap.org/13/4065/2749.png
2738 * About to connect() to tile.openstreetmap.org port 80 (#0)
2739 * Trying 193.63.75.28... * connected
2740 * Connected to a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com (178.63.75.195) port 80 (#0)
2741 GET /tiles/cycle/13/4065/2747.png HTTP/1.1
2742 User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
2743 Host: a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com
2747 * Connected to tile.openstreetmap.org (193.63.75.28) port 80 (#0)
2748 GET /13/4065/2749.png HTTP/1.1
2749 User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
2750 Host: tile.openstreetmap.org
2753 * HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
2755 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:44:35 GMT
2756 Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)
2757 ETag: "8e520ad47ce9c1b63430554886eb5fab"
2758 ** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_get_etag_func: ETAG found: "8e520ad47ce9c1b63430554886eb5fab"
2759 Content-Length: 18094
2760 Cache-Control: max-age=87742
2761 Expires: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:06:57 GMT
2762 Content-Type: image/png
2763 X-Cache: MISS from konqi.openstreetmap.org
2764 X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128
2765 Via: 1.1 konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE7)
2772 <!-- End of Howtos -->
2774 <section id="extend_viking" xreflabel="Extending Viking">
2775 <title>Extending Viking</title>
2777 <para>Currently, &app; has some extention points based on configuration files. The file format is heavily inspired by the GtkBuilder file format: you specify the class of the GObject to build and set its properties. Technically, it is a XML file containing a "objects" root element. Inside this element, you set a collection of "object".</para>
2778 <para>Here is an example:
2779 <programlisting><
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