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--- en:help:v2:landmarks:local-track-create [2018/02/20 11:15] – alpinequest
+++ en:help:v2:landmarks:local-track-create [2023/09/17 09:29] – alpinequest
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-<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]] > [[en:help:v2:landmarks|Landmarks]]</sub>
+<sub>[[en:help:v2|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2:placemarks|Placemarks]] > Paths</sub>
 ====== How to manually draw a path? ======
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-  * Tap on the screen center icon {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and on ''"**Create a landmark...**"'' {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};
+  * Tap on the screen center dot {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and on ''"**Create a placemark...**"'' {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};
-  * Choose ''"**Path**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}};
+  * Select ''"**Path**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}};
-  * If desired, type a name in the ''"**Name**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}} text field;
+  * If you want, type a name in the ''"**Name**"'' text field, or change the place where to save the track;
-  * Tap on ''"**Ok**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to validate.
+  * Tap ''"**Ok**"'' {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}.
 {{ :en:help:v2:landmarks:local-tracks-create-1.jpg?nolink }}
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-The edit mode is activated, you can now draw the path:
+The track edit mode is activated, you can now:
-  * Move the screen center over the start location;
+  * Move the screen center dot over the start location, tap ''"**Draw**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to activate the drawing mode and move the screen center dot along the path you want to draw;
-  * Tap on ''"**Draw**"'' {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} to start the drawing;
+  * If needed, tap ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} multiple times to delete the last locations in the backward direction.
-  * Move the screen center along the path you want to draw;
-  * If needed, you can delete the last locations by tapping on ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_07.png?nolink}};
-  * When you have finished to draw the first path part, tap again on "''**Draw**''" {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} to stop the drawing;
-  * If desired, you can move the screen center over another location and draw another path part.
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} To edit an existing path point or path part, tap on it {{:icon_08.png?nolink}}.
+As you draw the path, the statistics update in the below panel. In case you've the [[en:help:v2:elevations|DEM elevations]] turned on, the elevation profile is also displayed. If you need more space, tap ''"**Statistics**"'' {{:icon_07.png?nolink}} to hide the statistics panel.
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} To add waypoints to the path {{:icon_10.png?nolink}}, tap on ''"**Waypoint**"'' {{:icon_09.png?nolink}}.
+If needed, you can:
+  * Deactivate and reactivate the drawing mode multiple times to draw distinct path segments;
+  * Tap ''"**+ Waypoint**"'' {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} to add waypoints associated to the path;
+  * Tap ''"**Search a location**"'' {{:icon_09.png?nolink}} to jump to remote locations by name or coordinates;
+  * Tap ''"**Auto-routing**"'' {{:icon_10.png?nolink}} to activate [[en:help:v2:landmarks:auto-routing|the auto-routing mode]].
-When finished, tap on the ''"**Save & close**"'' {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} icon.
+When you have finished, tap ''"**Close**"'' {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} to save your path and exit from the edit path mode.
 {{ :en:help:v2:landmarks:local-tracks-create-2.jpg?nolink }}
+\\
+====== How to split or edit points of a path? ======
+\\
+  * Tap anywhere on the path {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} and on its name {{:icon_02.png?nolink}};
+  * Select ''"**Edit points**"'' {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} to activate the edit path mode.
+When you tap on any location {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}, an edit menu is displayed allowing you to make various actions on the selected location:
+  * ''"**Insert here**"'' {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} to insert new locations from here;
+  * ''"**Move to center**"'' {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} to move this location on to the screen center;
+  * ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_07.png?nolink}} to delete this location.
+Or on the path segment that contain the selected location:
+  * ''"**Edit color**"'' {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} to change the color of this particular segment (it will override the track color);
+  * ''"**Split here**"'' {{:icon_09.png?nolink}} to split this segment into two different segments at the selected location;
+  * ''"**Delete**"'' {{:icon_10.png?nolink}} to delete the entire segment.
+When you have finished, tap ''"**Close**"'' {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} to save your path and exit from the edit path mode.
+{{ :en:help:v2:landmarks:local-tracks-edit.jpg?nolink }}
+\\