Tracks / Waypoints

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 Group List

Tracks are always within a group. If you add a location and a group does not exist, one will be created automatically.

To view the tracks within a group, select the group from the list.

Editing Group List

The Group List can be edited by pressing the Edit button.

Deleting a Group

A Group can be deleted by swiping the item in the list and pressing the Delete button, or by entering edit mode and pressing the remove button and then the delete button.

Rearranging Groups

Groups can be rearranged in the list by grabbing the group by the tab on the right and moving it to a new location.

Adding Current Location

The user's current location can be added while in Edit mode by pressing the Add My Current Location option. If a group does not exist for the current location, one will be created.

Adding Custom Coordinate

Pressing the Add Custom Coordinate option will display a textbox to enter a latitude and longitude. If a custom coordinate group does not exist one will be created.

Group Tracks / Waypoints

A Track Group consists of a name for the group and a list of tracks within the group.

Group Name

To change the name for a group, enter a new name in the Group Name text field.

Plotting a Group on Map

To all the tracks within a group on the map press the Plot On Map button.

Distances

The top item in the list of tracks is the distance for the entire group. Select this item to see the distance between each track.

 

Editing Track List

Locations can be added to the group by pressing the Add My Current Location option or the Add Custom Coordinate option. These work in the same fashion as they do in the Group List. See above for more detailed information.

Removing Tracks

Tracks can be removed from the list by swiping the item and pressing the delete button, or entering edit mode, pressing the remove button and then the delete button.

Group Options

The Group Options item displays additional features for the selected group.

Distance Between Points

This option displays the list of tracks for the group and allows the user to select two items at a time to measure distances between the points.

Sort Locations

This option allows the tracks in the group to be sorted according to time or title, accending or decending.

Group Color

This option displays a color picker and allows the user to assign a color to the group. This color will be used when drawing the group on the map and icons for tracking.

Rename Locations

This feature automatically renames all the tracks in the group according to group name, adding a number to each item.

Export Group

Exports a .CSV (Comma Separated Value) file for the group. The file can be shared in a variety of ways including Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, AirDrop, Mail, Messages, Notes, Previewed and Printed, or save for iTunes.

Import Group

Allows files to be imported from iTunes, iCloud Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox.

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