Built-in Waypoint and Track types

[Off-track]

Great App. I have studied the manual (and searched online), but I am still learning and can't find any answers to:



1. Is there any way to get a list of the Oruxmaps built-in waypoint types (faster than using many screen shots)? This would help a lot beacuse users do not need to recreate them as custom types, and it may be possible to efficiently assign Oruxmaps types to imported waypoints by editing a gpx file in a spreadsheet (after converting to csv using something like ExtraPOI editor).



2. The former option to show waypoints on screen was useful for those of us who think of waypoints as POIs rather than points necessarily attached to a track or route. But this option seems not to exist in v7.0.12. To see them on the map, I have to use in the Manage Wpts screen > Select (icon near top) then > Load into Active Route (icon near bottom left) > No Navigation. Is that the intended (quickest) method?



3. I guess using the above method, all those POIs will disappear from the map screen when I choose to navigate a saved route. I understand this is the current Oruxmaps model of "waypoints as points along a track or route", but it there any way to serve those who use a model of waypoints as POIs (points for display on the map even if we are not currently navigating to them)?



4. Although the terms waypoint and POI both appear in the Oruxmap manual, there seems to be no distinction between the concepts in the current App?



5. When a Track type is selected, does this do anything other than adding a tag? e.g. does it alter the way a track is displayed?

[GPSuser]

2. The former option to show waypoints on screen was useful for those of us who think of waypoints as POIs rather than points necessarily attached to a track or route. But this option seems not to exist in v7.0.12. To see them on the map, I have to use in the Manage Wpts screen > Select (icon near top) then > Load into Active Route (icon near bottom left) > No Navigation. Is that the intended (quickest) method?



3. I guess using the above method, all those POIs will disappear from the map screen when I choose to navigate a saved route. I understand this is the current Oruxmaps model of "waypoints as points along a track or route", but it there any way to serve those who use a model of waypoints as POIs (points for display on the map even if we are not currently navigating to them)?

I experience exactly the same problem. I would like to have "POI" that just show up on the map, regardless of whether I record a track or not. The idea is to mark places (e.g. camp sites) that just should be visible and are not part of a route.



Any ideas?

[orux]

Great App. I have studied the manual (and searched online), but I am still learning and can't find any answers to:



1. Is there any way to get a list of the Oruxmaps built-in waypoint types (faster than using many screen shots)? This would help a lot beacuse users do not need to recreate them as custom types, and it may be possible to efficiently assign Oruxmaps types to imported waypoints by editing a gpx file in a spreadsheet (after converting to csv using something like ExtraPOI editor).



2. The former option to show waypoints on screen was useful for those of us who think of waypoints as POIs rather than points necessarily attached to a track or route. But this option seems not to exist in v7.0.12. To see them on the map, I have to use in the Manage Wpts screen > Select (icon near top) then > Load into Active Route (icon near bottom left) > No Navigation. Is that the intended (quickest) method?



3. I guess using the above method, all those POIs will disappear from the map screen when I choose to navigate a saved route. I understand this is the current Oruxmaps model of "waypoints as points along a track or route", but it there any way to serve those who use a model of waypoints as POIs (points for display on the map even if we are not currently navigating to them)?



4. Although the terms waypoint and POI both appear in the Oruxmap manual, there seems to be no distinction between the concepts in the current App?



5. When a Track type is selected, does this do anything other than adding a tag? e.g. does it alter the way a track is displayed?

You can load a set of tracks/waypoints/pois as map overlay, if you have them stored as a kml/kmz/gpx file. Maps button-->overlay tools.



Map overlay are always displayed, even after restarting the app.



Then you can export a set of wpts as a KML and load it as a map overlay.



In a future version I will add an option to load the wpts as a map overlay directly from wpts. list.



POIS an Wpts are the same for OruxMaps.



Track type does not changes app behaviour.







orux

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Thanks again Orux,



I learned the overlay method after making the OP. and it is good. It even avoids some unintended consequences of accidental waypoint moves http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4495">//http://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4495.