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Support => Troubles & Questions => Topic started by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 10:47:55

Title: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 10:47:55
If I import a track in Locus and activate GPS the line will be showed with dots in another colour. Under the mapcenter the number and distance is showed.

Where I can deactivate this. I want only see the route as line to follow manually on map.

Ralf
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: jusc on August 31, 2012, 11:43:04
I´m not sure if I understand you correctly.
The "dotted" line is shown if you move the center cross over the line (track) to show more informations about the track. It doesn´t depend from GPS is on or off.
If you follow this imported track while really moving by your own (p. e with a bike) the center cross changes to a moving arrow and you see your track as you imported it, without a dotted line or more other informations.
That makes sense for me and I don´t know if there is any possibility to deactivate it.  But maybe I misunderstood?
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 11:58:41
Yes that's right. I have an arrow while I'm following the line. But the line is still dotted and the information about the points. Sometimes it change from dotted to solid line. I think in further versions it was not so. I have used this function before. There was it ok.

Ralf
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 12:05:57
Center cross with gps is also activated to move the map while following. If the center cross is not on the line the track is bold. But normally the gps centercross is activated.
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: gynta on August 31, 2012, 12:21:06
like this?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmvf623y0dgy2 ... 2012_1.mp4 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmvf623y0dgy2x7/clip_Aug_31_2012_1.mp4)
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 12:30:22
Yes. The dotted line is the same.

But to change the style to altitude can not be the solution. The infobox with points and distance is still showing.

I create a route manually with Google map and export it as KMZ to
Locus.

Ralf
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: gynta on August 31, 2012, 12:35:32
boxes?
can be disabled in settings
http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... yle_on_map (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual:settings:map_objects#style_on_map)
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 12:41:55
I think the behavior of the cross to change stile and show info while moving on a track is a bug. I do this kind of navigation before.  In further version it was ok.
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on August 31, 2012, 13:01:34
Hi guys,
  so after second read, I'll try to sumarize for myself mainly

- you displayed track on map. When you simply move with cursor (map center) over track, you see info boxes of points. This is OK right?
- problem is when you enable track to be "Guide on" on this track, then you also see these boxes and this is what you don't want right?

EDIT: and if this is a problem, then there are two questions
1. is current behaviour different compare to previous versions? (I think not, but I'm not sure)
2. how should this works better? If you enable "Guide on", don't show these labels when centering is enabled? So if you'll move with map by your own, show these labels, if you'll be guided and map will be centering to your GPS location, do not show these labels? (and do not highlight track)?
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 13:16:18
Hi Menion,

Thank you for your fast replay.

You are right. Moving manually is not the problem. There you can see the dotted line and the points. This is ok.

The problem is when you guide on the track with enabled GPS and cursor at mapcenter it changed to dotted and show info.

No. 2 would be a solution. I have the behavior not before  in other version when guiding on a track. This I do often with bike.

Thanks Ralf
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on August 31, 2012, 13:42:00
as I'm checking code, I have to say that compare to month old version, code is same, so it's really weird if previous behaviour was different.

Anyway if no one have nothing against, I'll disable selection of track and points when "Guide on" is enabled and map is centered on GPS position
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: jusc on August 31, 2012, 13:49:50
Please give us a few hours to try or test, what it means.  :mrgreen:  I´m not sure if this is a good idea, maybe I don´t still understand the problem.


@Ralf,
please attach a screenshot.
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 13:53:12
Thank you. I used it about 3 weeks before. But I don't know the version.

Ralf
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on August 31, 2012, 14:07:13
It looks like in the video. I'm on vacation and have no PC for sreenshot. Or is in Locus a possibility to make a sreenshot.
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on August 31, 2012, 14:07:52
Quote from: "jusc"Please give us a few hours to try or test, what it means.  :mrgreen:  I´m not sure if this is a good idea, maybe I don´t still understand the problem.


@Ralf,
please attach a screenshot.

simple select any track on map and enable "Guide on", not navigation. When you will be moving with map center over track, points (and whole) track will be highlighted as on video from gynta. Now, this is happening when you guide along path in terrain also. So you see highlighted track when you map center "by accident" select any point. And I want to disable this selection just in case, you have enabled "map centering" (top left button on bottom panel). So you'll not see this hovering during a guiding, but you'll be able to select tracks manually

and one thing - it was probably possible that it worked as you wrote before. Locus incorrectly selected (just sometimes) items on screen, probably also in case of movements with centering. This is now anyway fixed and side effect is probably this :)
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on August 31, 2012, 14:10:15
and btw. for those who like guiding along path, I added for one guy ability to exactly define small blue arrow on guide line

http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... ation_file (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual:configuration_file) - parameter "guiding_path_symbol". Not too much useful but funny feature I think :). Mainly joeloc may like it. It's for him easy to create another huuuge symbol on map :)
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: jusc on August 31, 2012, 14:14:09
@Ralf,
do you mean this, you don´t get the information how long the distance to a certain waypoint is?
(klick on the screen for better view)

@menion,
why is there a diffrence between distance in menu and waypoint information?
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on August 31, 2012, 15:01:12
distance on map is precise distance along track from selected point to end. Distance in top bar is distance from your current location to target point (so point on end of blue line) + distance from target point to end of track again precisely along route. So this one is logically shorter
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 14, 2012, 18:06:27
In the new version it is nearly the same behavior.

The line will with gps on tracking be shown with dots and everytime when Locus moves over the dot the info field is shown.

Only the colour and the style of the dots are changed.

Ralf
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: gynta on September 14, 2012, 18:13:33
plz show me some screenshots
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 14, 2012, 18:35:49
First picture is ok. Second picture shows the problem. Everytime when there is a dot style change and info field is visable.
edit: Sorry second is ok. First is with the dots and infofields.
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on September 14, 2012, 18:39:33
ok and the problem is that track is highlighted?? But this is correct behaviour ...

I wrote
QuoteAnyway if no one have nothing against, I'll disable selection of track and points when "Guide on" is enabled and map is centered on GPS position

so only when you have enabled guiding and centering, track will not be highlighted
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 14, 2012, 18:58:00
Ok. Where I enable guiding? The picture shows my mode to follow a track.
Title: [GER] AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: gynta on September 14, 2012, 18:59:59
Quote from: "RalfHN"Everytime when there is a dot style change and info field is visable.
Hallo Ralf

Wie du die Labels wegbekommst steht hier:
http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... yle_on_map (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual:settings:map_objects#style_on_map)

Der Rest ist Absicht.
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 14, 2012, 19:08:59
Danke. So passt es. Was hat es mit dem Guiding auf sich.
Title: Re: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: Menion on September 15, 2012, 10:36:43
hmm may I help you here or all is fine and working? :)
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 15, 2012, 13:04:41
Hi Menion, now all is working fine. I forgot to switch on guiding. Maybe there is a possibility for a switch for Guide on to End of Track/Start of track. Maybe there is one, but I didn't found it.

Ralf
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: tommi on September 15, 2012, 13:13:24
Quote from: "RalfHN"Maybe there is a possibility for a switch for Guide on to End of Track/Start of track. Maybe there is one, but I didn't found it.
Ralf, have a look on this tutorial http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/commun ... tion_start (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/community:navigation_start).
Though it's about navigation and not guiding, in step (8) you find the "guide on" and "guide reverse" button as the other alternatives.
Does this help?
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: RalfHN on September 15, 2012, 14:08:41
I am following only an imported track . There is no menue with Guide like in navigation.
Title: Re: AW: Imported Track with GPS dotted line
Post by: tommi on September 15, 2012, 14:57:36
Quote from: "RalfHN"I am following only an imported track . There is no menue with Guide like in navigation.
I know that you're followig an imported track. Tap on it and this magic track editor will appear, the Guide menu is there!