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I have enabled the setting to automatically create a GPX file when I finish a track. Normally this works well. However, if the track is very short, Oruxmaps first prompts me saying that the track is short, and do I want to keep or delete it. If I choose Keep, it saves the track in the database, but does not create the GPX file.

I can manually export the short track to a GPX file, but it does not happen automatically as it does for normal length tracks.

Recent versions of OruxMaps generate elevation data that is very noisy. It looks as if Orux is using elevation data from the GPS system rather than the barometer in my Tempo Disc. This did not happen with older versions of Orux.

For example, here is a plot of the elevation data from a hike I did 7 Sep 2023. In the GPX file, the initial <gpx> tag includes: creator="OruxMaps v.10.1.8 GP with Barometer".



Here is the same hike done 6 May 2024. The initial <gpx> tag includes: creator="OruxMaps v.10.6.1 GP with Barometer". Notice how noisy this data is compared to the 2023 plot. This looks like elevation data as it comes from the GPS system; it is much noisier than I would expect from a barometric elevation.



Orux is configured to use my Tempo Disc device. It is successfully connecting to the device, because the saved GPX file includes temperature data at every track point.

My orux settings include:
Sensors > GPS settings
    Smooth the altitude: on
    Barometer for elevation: on
    Barometer autocalibration: on, method GPS
Sensors > Thermometer/Hyugrometer/Barometer BTLE
    Beacons: configured
Tracks/Routes > GPX settings
    Export sensors data: Temperature
    Altitude algorithm: Point to Point
    Smooth the altitude: on
    Smoothing level: 8

This looks like a bug to me, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks,

Is there any way to set the next number used for the {id} in the waypoint name? For example, instead of starting at 0000001, I want to start at 0001001. I'm not using an explicit waypoint name pattern -- I'm using the default pattern that just assigns sequential numbers.

Understood, thanks for the explanation.

I  cannot access the new tracklogs directory with android file manager.

I'm surprised you did not run into this problem with Android 11, as well.

In Android 11 and later, you can no longer view the Android/Data folder using the normal file manager. All the folders and files on Android/Data are hidden. You have to run the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) file manager, or install a 3rd party file manager. The AOSP file manager is included in all Android phones, but many phones, including Samsung phones, hide it by not providing a shortcut and removing the ability to run the application from the settings > app page for this app.

You can install the "Files Shortcut" app by Delta 8 Studio from the google play store. This doesn't actually install an app, it just installs a shortcut to the AOSP file manager that is already on your phone.

Some third party file managers provide access to the Android/Data folder. For example I have used the Simple File Manager Pro app by Simple Mobile Tools, though this is no longer free ($1.19). It allows you to access the Android/Data folder.

Also, you can access Android/Data by plugging your phone into your computer, and browsing your phone from your PC.

Yes, 'Map overlays - Tweek Overlay

Thank you for this! I had seen this screen displayed when I added a track to the map viewer (in the track manager), but I had not figured out how to get back to it.

For anyone else looking for this, it's actually 'Map Tools - Tweak Overlay'.

Because deleting from the database and removing from the screen are two different things. You might want to remove a track from the database but still have it loaded on the screen.

Well, if you close Orux and restart it, the deleted track will no longer show on the screen. Having a track that shows on the screen but is not in the list of tracks in the database and disappears when you restart the app doesn't make sense to me. But it's not a big deal.

Are you receiving right positions from the GPS?

Hmm, yes, but it's strange. If I look at the satellite page in the trip computer, the lat/lon changes as I walk around. But if I look at the dual column page in the trip computer, the lat/lon does not change. When I exit the trip computer and then re-open it, the lat/lon changes to my new position, but it does not change while I keep the trip computer open. Even if I switch from the 2 column page to the satellite page and back to the 2 column page the lat/long on the 2 column page does not change.

However, both the gps altitude and the barometric altitude (I'm using a tempo disc sensor) change (on the 2 column page) as I move around with the trip computer open, so it is updating those fields while it does not update the lat/lon or the sunrise/sunset.

While I was testing this, about 20 minutes, sunrise and sunset were never displayed.

As a further test, I added the lat/lon coordinates to the dashboard. These also do not seem to update promptly. As I move around I can see my movement in the track on the map viewer, but the lat/long on the dashboard does not change.

I then added sunrise/sunset to the dashboard. This immediately displays the correct times. In addition, now when I open the trip computer, the sunrise/sunset times display there as well.

Strange.

If it's relevant, I have GPS min time set to 2 seconds, min distance set to 5 meters, and accuracy for fix set to 100 meters. The trip computer shows the GPS accuracy as 12 or 16 feet (4 to 5 meters).

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I played with this, but still can't remove a single deleted track.

Yes, I am talking about when I delete a track from the database.

If I load the gpx track as a route ("load them in the map viewer"), then I can use "clean routes/waypoints" to remove them from the map view. This works before or after I delete the track from the database. But clean routes/waypoints removes all routes and waypoints from the map. Is there a way to remove selected routes from the map?

If I add the gpx track as an overlay, then I need to use "map tools > remove overlay" rather than "clean routes/waypoints". This also works before or after I delete the track from the database. But it also removes all overlays from the map. Is there a way to remove selected overlays?

If I delete the track from the database, why isn't it automatically cleaned or removed from the map view?

Thanks,

Understood, thank you.

First I import a gpx track. It shows correctly in the map viewer.
Then I go to manage tracks, and delete that track from the database.
When I return to the map viewer, the track(s) and any waypoints are still visible.
I have to exit and restart oruxmaps and then they are gone.

Is there a way to avoid having to restart?

Version 9.6.2 GP (but it has behaved this way for a long time...)

Select manage tracks.
Then Import tracks to the list from external sources
Then GPX/KML/KMZ/TCX/FIT/TXT
You are now in a file explorer type window where you can navigate to a folder and file and then select one (or more) files to import.

Now perhaps I realize that I don't want to do this after all. Is there any way to cancel out of this explorer and get back to oruxmaps itself. If I use the back button or gesture, it moves to the parent directory. Am I missing something simple? If not, then adding some sort of cancel button or menu pick would be useful.

Version 9.6.2 GP

Thanks,

After I import a gpx file, I can select one or more tracks and then choose:
    1. Load them in the map viewer...
    2. Load them as a map overlay...

What is the difference between these two options?
Thanks,

If I import a GPX file that has multiple tracks, and then load more than 1 track into orux, any waypoints that are in the GPX file get imported multiple times (once for each track loaded).

For example, if my GPX file has 5 tracks and 6 waypoints, then when I have imported the file and loaded the 5 tracks, my map 5 tracks and 30 waypoints -- 5 copies of every waypoint.

I'm currently running v 9.6.2 GP, but this problem has been there for a while (multiple versions). It didn't always happen though -- I remember that at one time I could load multiple tracks and would only get one copy of each waypoint.

In the trip computer, the sunrise and sunset times generally display as two dashes. If I leave the trip computer open for a long time (about 10 minutes) they will display the times, but if I exit the trip computer and then open it again, it's back to two dashes.

Is this the expected behavior? Is there any way to get it to display more rapidly? Thanks,

OruxMaps v 9.6.2 GP

OruxMaps version 8.5.5 GP is out now, and it has not changed this behavior.

Once again I request that oruxmaps behave the same whether track logging is enabled or not and always run on the lock screen.