Normally you will have to first load a map and/or a landscape to orient yourself while you create the new route. We highly recommend that you do also open a landscape (as well as a map) so you can have altitude readings at your disposal. If you have a track, a map or a waypoint open, the open best landscape here option is automatically activated when you open the route creation window so that the software knows which area you are working in.
You can create a route in two different ways: numerically and graphically. To create a new route introducing the waypoints numerically, proceed as follows:
1. Open the route edition window.
•Select the menu option ‘Routes > Create a new route’.
•Click on the button ‘Create new route’ in the ‘List of routes’ window.
2. Introduce the waypoints that you want to include in the route, in the same order that you want to complete them. To do this, carry out any of the following operations:
•Click on the button ‘Add waypoint from the list’. This button allows you to add a waypoint that already exists and that is stored in a waypoint file that you have open.
•Click on the button ‘Add new waypoint’. This button allows you to create a new waypoint by writing its coordinates. When you click on this button the waypoint properties window will open so you can fill in the fields as you wish.
3. Save the route by clicking on the button ‘Save’ or ‘Save as’; write the name of the file and click on ‘Save’.
To graphically create a route, proceed as follows:
1. Open the route edition window by carry out any of the following operations:
•Select the menu option ‘Routes > Create a new route’.
•Click on the button ‘Create new route’ in the ‘List of routes’ window. The route edition window will open with several buttons allowing youto carry out several operations.
2. Click on the map where you want to start the route. When you click you will create a waypoint. To be able to continue creating the route, you have to select the first waypoint so click on it.
3. Carry on clicking on the next waypoints that you want to include in the route.
NOTE: If you move the mouse near to a waypoint that is open, it will automatically be selected. Click on it if you want to include it in the route. If you do not have a waypoint open, Land/Air will automatically create it, assigning a predetermined name that you can modify later on.
4. Save the route by clicking on the ‘Save’ button in the route edition window and give the route a name.
NOTE: You can also create a route from a track. To do this you have to go to the data tree. Select a track and drag it to the routes branch (holding down the left button of the mouse). When you do this, Land/Air will automatically create a new route with 10 waypoints that will, as best possible, follow the same itinerary as the original track.