track preferences - change settings for better accuracy?

[isartrails]

Hi, not sure about being in the right forum section.



I cannot find any information about where to change settings for a more accurate track recording.

I am just coming back from a one week holiday where I tracked my daily trips with OruxMaps and noticed a very poor frequency of track points.

Sometimes the software saved a trackpoint every 10 seconds, sometimes from 2 to 5 seconds, and sometimes there was even no saved trackpoint for over a minute of riding (mtb).

I would like to change the pre-settings into obligatory 3 sec. frequentness.



In the "track settings" I found only the options "auto save" and "tracks auto backup", which both do not mean the setting I am looking for...

Thanks for help!

[orux]

Hi, not sure about being in the right forum section.



I cannot find any information about where to change settings for a more accurate track recording.

I am just coming back from a one week holiday where I tracked my daily trips with OruxMaps and noticed a very poor frequency of track points.

Sometimes the software saved a trackpoint every 10 seconds, sometimes from 2 to 5 seconds, and sometimes there was even no saved trackpoint for over a minute of riding (mtb).

I would like to change the pre-settings into obligatory 3 sec. frequentness.



In the "track settings" I found only the options "auto save" and "tracks auto backup", which both do not mean the setting I am looking for...

Thanks for help!

Hello,



in settings-->sensors-->GPS, check minimum time and minimum distance,





orux

[isartrails]

in settings-->sensors-->GPS, check minimum time and minimum distance,

Found the settings, but do not really understand the effect of different settings.

When in time intervall is set 2 sec (for example), I understand that the software saves every 2 seconds a trackpoint.

But what does setting 0 sec mean? It's not logic and quite impossible to save every 0 second a trackpoint.



Same with distance intervall: What does 0 meter (always) mean in relation to another setting like 5 m?



And when set time intervall and distance interval to chosen settings (4 sec., 5 m), which of the both is the parameter which is stronger to save a trackpoint?



Another lack of clarity in thr GPS precision setting: what's the difference in effect of settings like 0 m (always) and (for example) 250 m?

From a logic point of view a GPS precision better than 250 m should lead to more frequent saved trackpoints than a setting like 20 m (which saves only when precision is quite high). In this context a setting of 0 m (always) does not make any sense, because a precision of 0 m doesn't exist...



I read the user manual (in german) and do not find it very explaining. It lists for every section the settings, but does not really explain, what different configurations means.

So reading the user manual is not better than scrolling in the apps menu.



Don't misunderstand my critics: the app is a very powerfool tool, almost perfect for my needs and I congratulate you to such a big work. It let's his user do many things. But it's on the other side really complicated to get into the various possibilities. Scrolling the menu and trying different settings does not help much. Reading the UM dos not help either. So hoping to find solutions to my questions in the forum, finding some person which has experimentade topics, where I am at the beginning. :-)