Track Detail

Tracks or Waypoints, are used to record locations. A location consists of a title, name, phone number, email, altitude, longitude, altitude, time and in some case a heading and a course.

To access the Tracks, press the Tracks button at the bottom of the screen.

Track / Waypoint Detail

Each track has information associated with it.

Title - This is what is displayed on the map and in lists.

Group - This is the group the track is in. Pressing the disclosure button will display a list of existing groups.

Name - The name of the person that created the waypoint.

Phone - The phone number of the device that created the waypoint.

Email - The email of the device that created the waypoint.

Latitude - The latitude of the track.

Longitude - The longitude of the track.

Altitude - The altitude of the track. If the altitude was recorded using the GPS feature, the altitude will have a value. If created otherwise, the altitude can be determined by pressing the Altitude button.

Note: The Altitude look-up feature is provided by geonames.org.

Time - The time the track was created

Waypoint Options

From a waypoint detail, you can choose to do the following with the waypoint:

Send My Location To This Contact

This will create a message to the contact associated with this track containing the user's current location.

Forward This Location

Creates a message containing the location of the track and allows it to be forwarded to another person.

Track On Map

This will display the track on the map and track it.

Remove From Map

This will remove this track from the map and stop tracking it.

Driving Directions With Maps

This will open the Maps app and show driving directions to this track.

Get Address of Location

This will reverse geocode the location for the waypoint and display the address.

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