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@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
Viking">
-
-
-
+
+
+
]>
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@
&date;
Guilhem Bonnefille guilhem.bonnefille@gmail.com
+ Rob Norris rw_norris@hotmail.com
GNOME Documentation Project
+ This document was generated on .
@@ -105,14 +108,13 @@ variety of tasks. Some of the things you can use &appname; for are:
-Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks to/from GPS.
+Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks and routes to/from GPS.
-Preparing tracks and waypoints for trips using maps from services
-such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and/or Terrasever. The data is only needed to be uploaded to
-your GPS before you leave. The maps together with your tracks and
-waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
+Preparing tracks, routes and waypoints for trips using maps from services such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and/or Terrasever.
+The data is only needed to be uploaded to your GPS before you leave.
+The maps together with your tracks, routes and waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ Analyzing Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) and hiking trips, understanding where you we
-Making waypoints and tracks to follow to easily get someplace
+Making waypoints, tracks and routes to follow to easily get someplace
you've never been before or don't have GPS data for but online
maps exist for it.
@@ -153,17 +155,17 @@ Downloading and storing OpenStreetMap and/or Terraserver maps on your hard drive
-Editing tracks and trackpoints, joining and splitting up tracks
+Editing routes or tracks and their trackpoints, joining and splitting up tracks and routes.
-Show the live GPS position on the map (for use on a mobile device - e.g. a laptop)
+Show the live GPS position on the map (for use on a mobile device - e.g. a laptop). Not Windows at the moment.
-Import track+waypoint files of various types via GPSBabel
+Import track, route and waypoint files of various types via GPSBabel
@@ -177,14 +179,20 @@ View, create and update Geotagged Images (using EXIF data).
&appname; is under continual improvement: see the potential areas in the Roadmap / Wishlist:
+
+Screenshot: OSM Cycle Map and Many Tracks
+
+ ![]()
+
+
General Concepts
-Layers
+Layers
-'Layers' is concept one may know from powerful graphics editors such as Photoshop or GIMP.
+'Layers' is concept one may know from powerful graphics editors such as Photoshop or GIMP.
Instead of putting all the data on the same level, it is stacked (i.e. layered) with different data over one another.
-This can make useful for analysis and general handling of various sets of data.
+This can be useful for analysis and general handling of various sets of data.
Unfortunately the downside of this complexity is remembering how differing layers of data can obscure other data.
@@ -195,12 +203,12 @@ to create the appearance of partial transparency.
By controlling this value one can see data below it in the layer heirarchy for interesting effects.
-Layers Panel
+Layers Panel
The panel on the left is called the layers panel.
It determines which layers and sublayers (such as tracks and waypoints)
-are shown, and the order in which they are drawn. Layers list on the
-top of the layers panel are drawn last. You can change the order by
+are shown, and the order in which they are drawn. Layers on the
+top of the layers panel list are drawn last. You can change the order by
drag and drop, or by selecting a layer and using the up and down
buttons at the bottom of the layers panel.
@@ -218,6 +226,27 @@ The main &appname; area where the layer data is drawn, is called the The zoom factor
The location of the mouse pointer (and potentially height information if DEM data is available)
+When creating a track/route, the statusbar also displays some information about the track/route.
+
+Statusbar
+
+ ![]()
+
+
+This part of the statusbar displays:
+
+The total distance of the track/route (including currently edited segment).
+The bearing of the currently edited segment.
+The distance of the currently edited segment.
+
+
+For convenience, a zoom selector can be opened from the status bar. Simply left-click on the zoom factor.
+
+ The zoom selector available from status bar
+
+ ![]()
+
+
Projections
@@ -236,21 +265,351 @@ The main &appname; area where the layer data is drawn, is called the
+
+Map Cache
+
+&appname; stores downloaded map tiles to disk for a couple of reasons:
+
+
+Enables off line usage
+Reduces loading on the map tile provider
+
+
+The &appname; automatic caching strategy is two fold:
+
+
+
+
+ If the age of the tile on disk is less than the specified tile age (see ),
+ it will not attempt to contact the server to get a new version of the tile.
+
+
+
+
+ When the tile age has expired &appname; will attempt a refresh 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.
+
+
+
+
+ You can override the caching scheme by using right-click on the Map on the layers panel and selecting Redownload All Onscreen Maps, or Ctrl+F5 for the top most map displayed. This will get the latest version held by the server.
+
+
+
+ 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 I have made edits but they don't show up on the map)
+
+
+
+
+Shortcut Keys
+
+&appname; has several shortcut keys or key combinations for commands as listed in the main window along side the command.
+
+
+Some function keys follow standard GUI behaviour:
+
+
+F1 Help (view this manual)
+F5 or Ctrl+R Refresh the maps on screen
+F10 Select the Menubar (in built behaviour)
+F11 Full Screen
+Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R Redownload the maps on screen
+
+
+
+Refresh attempts to get new maps only if the local tile cache time period has expired for any particular map tile.
+Redownload gets all on screen maps from the server, ignoring the local tile cache.
+
+
+
+Other function keys control turn on/off visibility of various elements:
+
+
+F3 Toggle visibility of the Toolbar
+F4 Toggle visibility of the Menubar
+Shift+F5 Toggle visibility of the Scale indicator on the viewport
+F6 Toggle visibility of the Center Crosshairs on the viewport
+F7 Toggle showing selected items (e.g. tracks or waypoints) in the highlight colour in the viewport
+F9 Toggle visibility of the Layers Panel
+F12 Toggle visibility of the Statusbar
+
+
+Standard shortcuts are provided for normal GUI operations: such as creating new files, opening, saving and exitting.
+Then there are shortcuts specific to &appname; to switch projection modes, zoom in/out, create layers and switch the active tool mode.
+For these combinations see the menu entry themselves.
+
+Tracks vs Routes
+
+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.
+
+
+Q. When planning a 'route' what difference does it make if it's a route or a track?
+
+
+A. One difference is in how a GPS device navigates following the route or track.
+Or you may want to consider interoperability with other software.
+Otherwise it is probably best to use tracks as they are a superset of the route functionality.
+
+
+For example on Garmin Etrex:
+
+
+
+Route following: Uses navigation mode with compass and estimated time to next point.
+If following on road it can calculate a route on fly.
+I (RN) always use this mode to follow pre planned routes.
+
+
+Track following: Uses a TracBack mode
+I (RN) never use this so I can't comment on how it actually compares to the route mode.
+
+
+
+There are often restrictions on the numbers of route points the GPS Device can handle - may be 250 or as little as 50.
+This generally not a problem for single day routes, but needs managing for multi-day events or for highly detailed routes.
+
+
+
+
+
+File Types and the Main Window
+
+
+&appname; has it's own file type traditionally marked by the .vik file extension.
+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...).
+
+
+Besides it's own file type, &appname; can open (and save to via export methods) GPX and KML file types.
+
+
+
+&appname; does not handle GPX 1.1 particularly well - it prefers GPX 1.0
+
+
+
+By default &appname; opens a default blank window centered on the home location.
+Each window contains menus, a toolbar, a viewport, layers panel and a statusbar.
+Each section (apart from the viewport) can be hidden using the or from the
+ViewShow choices.
+
+
+One may consider each &appname; window to be a separate project - each with it's project Viking file.
+However generally one window is enough for most purposes!
+
+
+Several operations apply at the window level as follows next.
+Also see for the operational modes that generally work in conjunction with a selected layer.
+
+
+New
+
+Located on the FileNew menu and on the toolbar New.
+
+
+This creates a new window with the default settings.
+
+
+
+Open
+
+Located on the FileOpen menu and on the toolbar Open.
+
+
+This opens a file chooser dialog to select one (or more) files of the supported GPS data file types:
+
+Viking
+GPX
+KML
+
+
+
+GPX and KML files will be loaded into the existing &appname; view. A Viking file will be given a new window if the current window is already assigned.
+
+
+
+&appname; handles more file types via the Acquire methods below.
+
+
+
+
+Save
+
+Located on the FileSave menu and on the toolbar Save.
+
+
+If the current opened file is Viking file, this save will simply update it.
+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 new name to save as a Viking file.
+
+
+
+Save As
+
+Located on the FileSave As menu only.
+
+
+This will ask for a new name to save as a Viking file (even it was already a Viking file).
+
+
+
+Append
+
+Located on the FileAppend menu only.
+
+
+Selecting a Viking file from this method will join the file contents to the current window (instead of creating a new one).
+GPX and KML files may also be appended, but this is exactly the same as the normal file open method.
+
+
+
+Acquire
+
+
+Available on the FileAcquire menu and from the layer menu.
+
+
+If used from the File menu and a TrackWaypoint layer is not currently selected, these methods place the results in a new TrackWaypoint layer. When a TrackWaypoint layer is selected, then using the FileAcquire will put the results into the selected TrackWaypoint layer.
+
+
+If used from the layer menu these methods place the results in that TrackWaypoint layer.
+
+
+
+From GPS
+
+FileAcquireFrom GPS
+Probably the easiest way of getting information from a GPS Device.
+
+
+Select the GPS Device communication settings and then hit OK.
+See the Getting Started section for more info about the settings.
+
+
+
+Some GPS devices (such as the Garmin Nuvi 255) support a native file system and write information to a Current.gpx file or similar. You will have to browse the file system on the device and open it directly.
+
+
+
+
+
+Import File With GPSBabel
+
+FileAcquireImport File With GPSBabel
+
+
+Other formats can be imported that are supported by GPSBabel.
+
+
+You need to select the file and the type of the file that is going to be opened,
+since there is no automatic detection of the file kind.
+
+
+
+
+OSM Traces
+
+FileAcquireOSM Traces
+
+
+See section for more information.
+
+
+
+
+My OSM Traces
+
+FileAcquireMy OSM Traces
+
+
+See section for more information.
+
+
+
+
+From Geotagged Images
+
+FileAcquireFrom Geotagged Images
+Enables automatic creation of waypoints from geotagged images.
+
+
+This menu opens a dialog to select such image files.
+If the image files have geotag information in them, then a layer with named waypoints positioned at the location of each image with a thumbnail of that image is created.
+
+
+
+
+From Wikipedia Waypoints
+
+FileAcquireFrom Wikipedia Waypoints
+
+
+This gets 'interesting' points from Wikipedia for the specified view: either within the extent of layer bounds or within the current viewport boundary.
+
+
+
+
+
+Print
+
+Located on the FilePrint menu and on the toolbar Print.
+
+
+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
+cross hairs and the scale.
+
+
+It uses a standard system print dialog using an image the size of the current viewport in pixel terms.
+On the Image Settings you can move the image around the page and scale the image up / or down.
+
+
+
+Generate Image File
+
+Located on the FileGenerate Image File menu only.
+
+
+Allows generation of larger (pixel) area images than the standard Print method above.
+From the generated image you can use the facilities of the Operating System to print the image
+or perform other actions.
+
+
+You should have previously downloaded the tile images for the chosen zoom level,
+otherwise the image produced will have missing sections.
+
+
+
+Using large areas takes some time to process and due to the method used it may run out of memory to complete the operation.
+Unfortunately under Windows systems it can not detect this failure and may crash the program.
+So the maximum size is dependent on the capabilities of your system.
+For instance the largest successful image generated on my (RN) Debian system is a pixel area of 20,000 x 20,000.
+
+
+
+
+Generate Directory of Images
+
+Located on the FileGenerate Directory of Images menu only.
+
+
+This is only available in UTM mode.
+
+
+
+
+
Layers
Layers supported by &appname; are:
-Aggregate
-TrackWaypoint
-GPS
-DEM
-Coord
-Map
-GeoRef
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
For each layer there are a few standard options:
@@ -273,12 +632,16 @@ The cut/copy/paste options can be accessed in a variety of ways once the layer h
Buttons at the bottom of the Layers Panel
+Default values used for each layer's properties can be altered via the EditLayer Defaults menu options.
+
+
See the individual section for detail about each layer.
+
-TrackWaypoint Layer
+TrackWaypoint Layer
-TrackWaypoint layers display GPS data (tracks and waypoints).
+TrackWaypoint layers display GPS data (tracks, routes and waypoints).
One way to create new waypoints is to copy a
latitude/longitude coordinate pair, such as the one shown on most
@@ -286,11 +649,28 @@ geocaches, and paste it into an active TrackWaypoint layer. &appname; can
automatically recognize several variations of the lat/lon format.
-By right-clicking tracks and waypoints in the layers panel, you can do
-many things with tracks and waypoints. You can easily find a specific
-track or waypoint by expanding the Tracks or Waypoints sublayers in the
-layers panel to show all tracks or waypoints, and typing the name of
-the track/waypoint.
+By right-clicking on tracks, routes or waypoints in the , you can access many commands on them.
+You can easily find a specific track, route or waypoint by expanding the appropriate containing Tracks, Routes or Waypoints sublayer in the
+layers panel to show all the individual items and then typing the name of the track, route or waypoint.
+
+
+
+The containing Tracks, Routes or Waypoints sublayers are only shown when items of that type exist.
+To start creating them enter into a create mode via either the Create toolbar commands or the New menu commands.
+
+
+
+The sublayers also offer right click menu options.
+These are the same as those available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those that relate to the sublayer type.
+
+
+
+By default routes are coloured red. Tracks are automatically assigned a spread of colours.
+
+
+
+Most operations are 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.
+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).
Layer Operations
@@ -300,29 +680,39 @@ The layer has a context menu with several operations.
View Layer
-Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks and waypoints).
+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).
-View All Tracks
+View
+
+View All Tracks
-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 waypoints).
+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).
-View All Waypoints
+View All Routes
-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).
+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).
+View All Waypoints
+
+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).
+
+
+
+
+
Goto Center of Layer
-This will automatically move the viewport to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks and waypoints). It does not adjust the zoom level.
+This will automatically move the viewport to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks, routes and waypoints). It does not adjust the zoom level.
-Goto Waypoint
+Goto Waypoint
This opens a dialog box to enter a name of waypoint to search for. If it is found the viewport is centred on it.
@@ -336,24 +726,37 @@ You are probably better off expanding the waypoint list and directly start typin
Export Layer
-The layer (all tracks and waypoints) can be exported to a file GPX, GPSPoint, GPSMapper or Google's KML format.
+The layer (all tracks, routes and waypoints) can be exported to a file GPX, GPSPoint, GPSMapper or Google's KML format.
Version1.1+: An individual track can be exported to a GPX file via the track menu.
+Finish Track or Route
+
+This is only available when a track or route is being created by the or tools.
+Selecting this option ends the creation of that individual track or route.
+
+
+
+New
New Waypoint
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.
-
-Add Wikipedia Waypoints
+New Track
-This gets 'interesting' points from Wikipedia for the specified view: either within the extent of layer bounds or within the current viewport boundary.
+This turns on the tool.
+
+
+New Route
+
+This turns on the tool.
+
Geotag Images
@@ -362,21 +765,65 @@ See Geotagging for further detail.
-Upload To OSM
+Acquire
+
+This offers the same choice from methods as on the File menu.
+However when invoked from here, the results will be stored in this layer (instead of creating a new one).
+
+
+
+Upload
+
+Upload to GPS
+
+This opens a dialog to select the GPS Device and port to which the layer information will be transferred.
+
+
+The types of GPS information (tracks, routes or waypoints) to be transferred can be selected.
+
+
+Tracks, Routes or Waypoints that are invisible will not be transferred.
+
+
+
+Upload To OSM
This opens a dialog to upload all tracks and waypoints to OpenStreetMap traces.
-Useful if you are an OpenStreetMap contributor (you will need an OpenStreetMap account), these details can be stored in &appname; preferences.
+Useful if you are an OpenStreetMap contributor (you will need an OpenStreetMap account), these details can be stored in &appname;
&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.
-
+
- Warning!
The password is transferred unencrypted in every request sent to the OpenStreetMap server. This is due to the use of OpenStreetMap's basic authentication method.
Currently &appname; does not support the OAuth mechanism.
-
+
+
+
+
+
+Delete
+Offers deletion of various parts of a TrackWaypoint layer:
+Delete All Tracks
+Deletes all the tracks in this layer.
+
+Delete Tracks from Selection
+Opens a dialog with list of all the tracks from this layer to choose the ones to delete.
+
+Delete All Routes
+Deletes all the routes in this layer.
+
+Delete Routes from Selection
+Opens a dialog with list of all the routes from this layer to choose the ones to delete.
+
+Delete All Waypoints
+Deletes all the waypoints in this layer.
+
+Delete Waypoints from Selection
+Opens a dialog with list of all the waypoints from this layer to choose the ones to delete.
+
Filter
@@ -419,12 +866,23 @@ See Geotagging for further detail.
-Track Properties
+Track and Route Sublayer Options
+Repeats options available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those for tracks and routes:
+
+Finish Track or Route. Same as the layer Finish Track or Route
+New Track or Route. Same as the layer New Track or New Route
+View All Tracks or Routes. Same as the layer View All Tracks or View All Routes
+Delete All Tracks or Routes. Same as the layer Delete All Tracks or Delete All Routes
+Delete Tracks or Routes from Selection. Same as the layer Delete Tracks from Selection or Delete Routes from Selection
+
+
+
+Track and Route Properties
-Show many useful statistics about a track, including a
+Show many useful statistics about a track or a route, including a
elevation-distance graph and a speed-time graph (if data is available).
You can click these graphs to jump to the point in the track. You can
-also reverse a track, delete duplicates, and split a track from its
+also reverse it, delete duplicates, and split a track from its
component segments (discontinuous breaks in a track) into separate
tracks.
@@ -458,7 +916,14 @@ The following colors are used in the elevation-distance graph:
-Track Operations
+Track and Route Operations
+
+Finish Track
+
+This is only available when a track is being created by the tool.
+Selecting this option ends the creation of the individual track.
+
+
Goto
@@ -470,7 +935,7 @@ This centers the viewport on the selected position on the track:
Endpoint
Version1.1+: Highest Altitude
Version1.1+: Lowest Altitude
-Version1.1+: Maximum Speed
+Version1.1+: Maximum Speed (Not Available on Routes)
@@ -480,6 +945,7 @@ Version1.1+: This centers the viewport on the track and selects the best zoom le
+Combine
Merge By Time
This operation repeatedly tries to merge the right-clicked track
@@ -489,6 +955,9 @@ threshold time away. This way, if you somehow end up with lots of small
segments (say, caused by turning the GPS on and off) you can merge them
easily into one track.
+
+This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
+
Merge With Other Tracks
@@ -497,6 +966,21 @@ This opens a dialog listing the other tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer, fr
+Merge Segments
+
+Combines track segments. Effectively removing track segment markers to leave one segment for the whole track.
+
+
+
+Append Track or Route
+
+Enable joining of a single track to the end of the current track.
+This opens a dialog listing the other tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer from which one can make the selection.
+
+
+
+
+Split
Split By Time
This operation will split a single track into segments wherever the
@@ -504,6 +988,9 @@ time interval between successive trackpoints is larger than some
threshold. This is useful when processing raw NMEA GPS data, especially
taken over a long time.
+
+This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
+
Split By Number of Points
@@ -513,6 +1000,39 @@ This can be useful with devices which may have limits on the number of points it
+Split Segments
+
+Splits track segments into new tracks.
+
+
+This is not available on routes as they do not have route segments.
+
+
+
+Split at Trackpoint
+
+Splits the track at the currently selected trackpoint. This is only enabled when a trackpoint is selected.
+
+
+
+
+Delete Points
+Delete Points With the Same Position
+
+Deletes subsequent points that have the same position (but have different timestamps).
+
+
+Delete Points With the Same Time
+
+Deletes subsequent points that have the same time stamp (but may have different positions).
+
+
+This is not available on routes as they have no timestamps.
+
+
+
+
+
Apply DEM data
If any DEM data is loaded, this will apply the DEM data to give the track elevation data.
@@ -531,27 +1051,37 @@ Changes the current tool to add trackpoints to the end of the track.
-
+
+Upload
+
+Upload to GPS
+
+Same as the layer Upload to GPS command, but only applies to the track.
+
+
Upload to OSM
-Same as the layer Upload to OSM, but only applies to the track.
+Same as the layer Upload to OSM command, but only applies to the track.
+
+
Use With Filter
This selects the track to be used in the Filter With Trackname feature.
+
+This is not available on routes.
+
-
+
+Waypoint Sublayer Options
+Repeats options available at the TrackWaypoint level, but only those for waypoints:
+
+New Waypoint. Same as the layer New Waypoint
+View All Waypoints. Same as the layer View All Waypoints
+Goto Waypoint. Same as the layer Goto Waypoint
+Delete All Waypoints. Same as the layer Delete All Waypoints
+Delete Waypoints from Selection. Same as the layer Delete Waypoints from Selection
+
+
+
Waypoint Properties
@@ -588,9 +1129,15 @@ This centers the viewport on the selected waypoint.
+Visit Webpage
+
+If the waypoint's comment (or description) starts with 'http:' then this option is available and allows launching a web browser to go to the webpage.
+
+
+
Visit Geocache Webpage
-If the waypoint's name is in Geocache form (GCXXXXX) you can launch a web browser to go to the Geocache page.
+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.
@@ -602,7 +1149,7 @@ Same as the layer New Waypoint.
-Version1.3+: Geotag Images
+Version1.3+: Geotag Images
This dialog allows geotagging images (normally taken with a digital camera) via interpolation against a specific track or all tracks in the TrackWaypoint layer - depending on how it is invoked.
@@ -620,6 +1167,7 @@ Various options allow control of how the geotagging process is performed:
Images - Add the images used for geotagging
Create Waypoints
+Overwrite Existing Waypoints
Write EXIF
Overwrite Existing GPS Information
Interpolate Between Track Segments
@@ -630,11 +1178,11 @@ Various options allow control of how the geotagging process is performed:
-GPS Layer
+GPS Layer
The GPS layer is responsible for uploading and downloading GPS data
from a GPS device. It also is responsible for realtime GPS tracking.
-Expand the GPS layer in the layers panel to see the two TrackWaypoint layers it
+Expand the GPS layer in the layers panel to see the two layers it
uses for uploading and downloading. To upload, download, or use
realtime tracking, right-click the GPS layer and click the appropiate
menu item.
@@ -649,8 +1197,8 @@ To download data from the GPS, right-click the GPS layer and click
Upload
To upload data to the GPS, first populate the GPS Upload child
-layer of the GPS layer (either by creating waypoints/tracks in it, or
-copying and pasting or dragging waypoints/tracks from another layer).
+layer of the GPS layer (either by creating waypoints/tracks/routes in it, or
+copying and pasting or dragging waypoints/tracks/routes from another layer).
Then right-click the GPS layer and click Upload to GPS.
@@ -677,7 +1225,7 @@ There are several options to quickly delete a subsection of data:
-DEM (Digital Elevation Model) Layer
+DEM (Digital Elevation Model) Layer
This layer provides elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
@@ -702,7 +1250,7 @@ Using many DEMs is CPU/memory intensive. Depending on your computer's capability
-Maps Layer
+Maps Layer
This layer provides a single map resource, you may have multiple map layers but only top one (if enabled) will be visible.
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.
@@ -727,7 +1275,7 @@ Inbuilt maps include various Extending &appname; for further detail.
+&appname; can be configured to handle additional maps. See for further detail.
Layer Operations
@@ -753,12 +1301,12 @@ Force a refresh of all visible map tiles.
-Aggregrate Layer
+Aggregate Layer
-This layer is a container layer to hold other layers. There is always an initial and controlling 'Top Layer' that can not be removed, although it can be renamed.
+This layer is a container layer to hold other layers. There is always an initial and controlling Top Layer that can not be removed or renamed.
-This layer type is useful for grouping other layers, especially TrackWaypoint layers, in whatever categories are relevant to you: such as by activity, location or date.
+This layer type is useful for grouping other layers, especially layers, in whatever categories are relevant to you: such as by activity, location or date.
Here are some suggestions:
Hiking
@@ -788,7 +1336,7 @@ Add a new layer of the selected type.
-GeoRef Layer
+GeoRef Layer
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.
@@ -814,39 +1362,47 @@ Opens a file save dialog to save the scale and position information as a
-Coord Layer
+Coordinate Layer
This layer is allows drawing of grid lines on the viewport.
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