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Online Help > AlpineQuest 1.4 > Landmarks
How to manually create a track?
- Click on the “
Landmarks
” menuand select the “
Create a landmark
” item;
- Under the “
Local landmarks
” category, you can have a look at the current local folder in which one will be saved the route; - Select “
Track
”;
- If desired, enter a name for the track in the appropriate text field and change other properties;
- Click on the “
Ok
” button.
The edit mode of the track is activated.
To draw the track, process as follow:
- Move the map center over the location you want to be the start point;
- Click on the “
Draw
” buttonto press it and start the drawing;
- Move the map center by following the path you want to be the track. The track is drawn on the map;
- If you need to delete the last locations, click on the “
Delete
” button;
- When you have finished your track, click again on the “
Draw
” buttonto un-press if and stop the drawing;
- If desired, you can move the map center to another location and draw another part of the track (track parts are called “
segments
”).
To delete a location at any place, click on it to display the actions pup-up, and select the “Delete
” button .
To change the color of a segment, click on any location of that segment to display the actions pop-up, and select the “Edit color
” button .
To add waypoints to the track, process as follow:
- Move the map center to the location where you want the waypoint to be at, and click on the “
Add location
” button;
- If desired, enter a name in the appropriate text field;
- Click on the “
Ok
” button; - The waypoint is displayed on the map
.
When finished, click on the “Save & close
” button .