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-<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]] > [[en:help:v2:landmarks|Landmarks]]</sub>
-====== Following paths ======
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-By following a path, you indicate to the application what is currently planned, so it can:
-  * Compute and display information on what's remaining;
-  * Automatically target a forward location on the path so you get a direction;
-  * Warn you if you are going too far away from the path.
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-===== How to follow a path? =====
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-  * Display a path on the map (you can use any previously recorded or downloaded track, or simply [[en:help:v2:landmarks:local-track-create#how_to_manually_draw_a_path|manually draw one]]);
-  * Click anywhere on it {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and select its name {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};
-  * Select ''"**Follow path**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}}.
-The follow path options dialog is displayed.
-  * If you plan to follow the path in the opposite order it was recorded or created, check ''"**Reverse order**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}};
-  * If the path forms a loop and you plan to follow it more than once, check ''"**Loop**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}};
-  * If needed, change the distance of the automatically targeted forward location on the path {{:icon_06.png?nolink}};
-  * If you want to be notified when you're going too far away from the path, select after which distance to do so {{:icon_07.png?nolink}};
-  * Click on ''"**Ok**"'' {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} to validate.
-{{ :en:help:v2:landmarks:follow-path-1.jpg?nolink }}
-Once the follow path options have been validated, the dashboard is displayed where you can find information {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} on the remaining part: length, elevation gan and loss, ETA (estimated time of arrival) and estimated remaining time.
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} In order to compute the remaining distance on the path, the application uses as the start point the closest location on the path from the screen center. Be sure to have this center location locked on your current GPS location in order to use this last one.
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} The ETA is computed using the remaining distance on the path and your instant GPS speed, or the mean speed of your last locations if available. This speed is given in the "Remaining on path" section.
-To close the dashboard, use the ''"**Back**"'' button of your device or click on ''"**Close**"'' {{:icon_02.png?nolink}}.
-On the map, you current location is displayed in blue and a forward location on the path is targeted {{:icon_03.png?nolink}}. If you've requested the application to warn you if going too far away from the path, the chosen threshold distance is displayed in transparent green {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}.
-Some information on the forward location target is also displayed in an information box {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} at the top left of the map: the distance to the target, the elevation gain or loss (if the target location elevation is known) and the direction to the target.
-{{ :en:help:v2:landmarks:follow-path-2.jpg?nolink }}
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-===== Notification signals when going too far from the path =====
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-If you've requested the application to warn you if going too far away from the path, a background process is started which will notify you by playing sounds.
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} The GPS positioning must available and turned on to use this feature. You can completely close the application while using this feature, warning sounds will still be played. Be careful to leave your device access the open sky so the GPS can get your precise location.
-As soon as you're more far than the chosen distance, the application will play notification sounds to help you find your way without handling your device:
-  * When going even more far in a wrong direction, the application will play two (2) "''**wrong way**''" beeps;
-{{mp3play>sounds:sound_out_2.mp3}}
-  * When being more far that 1.5 times the chosen distance and still going away, the application will play three (3) "''**wrong way**''" beeps;
-{{mp3play>sounds:sound_out_3.mp3}}
-  * When going closer to the path, the application will play one (1) "''**right way**''" beep;
-{{mp3play>sounds:sound_in_1.mp3}}
-  * When returning closer than the warn distance, the application will play two (2) "''**right way**''" beeps and then stop sounds.
-{{mp3play>sounds:sound_in_2.mp3}}
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} The application repeats the sounds approximately every 5 seconds.
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-===== How to modify or cancel the path following process? =====
-\\
-To change the path following options, just select again ''"**Follow path**"'' on the same path. You can also click on the ''"**Edit**"'' button in the follow path side panel (see above).
-To cancel the path following, select the followed path, click on its name and select the ''"**Remove target**"'' {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} menu item. You can also display the follow path options dialog and click on the ''"**Remove**"'' {{:icon_02.png?nolink}} button.
-{{ :en:help:1.4:landmarks:follow-path-3.jpg?nolink }}