7.3      Advanced operations

 

Advanced operations that can be perfomed on routes:

 

     Edit the properties of a route:

 

1.   Open the contextual menu of the element that you want to edit.

 

2.   Once opened, select Properties and modify the properties.

 

3.   If you want to keep these modification, save the changes.

 

     Change the order of the waypoints in a route:

 

     Move the location of a waypoint in a route:

 

1.   Open the contextual menu on the route and select ‘Edit’.

 

2.   Locate the waypoint you want to move.

 

3.   Drag and drop the waypoint from its current position to the exact location on the map window where you want to place it.

 

4.   Once finished press ‘Close edition’.

 

     Add waypoints to a route:

 

1.   Open the contextual menu on the route and select ‘Edit’.

 

2.   At the vectorial editor, press ‘Add points’. Decide whether you want to add more points at the start or at the end of the route.

 

3.   Once you have decided, press the exact location where you wish to create the new waypoint.

 

4.   Repeat this action as many times you need.

 

5.   Once finished press ‘Close edition’.

 

     Insert intermediate waypoints to a route:

 

1.   Open the contextual menu on the route and select ‘Edit’.

 

2.   At the vectorial editor, press ‘Insert intermediate points’. Select the waypoint after which you want to add a new waypoint.

 

3.   Press the exact location where you wish to create the new waypoint.

 

4.   Once finished press ‘Close edition’.

 

     Delete a waypoint from a route:

 

1.   At map window, open the contextual menu on the route and select ‘Edit’.

 

2.   Open the contextual menu on the point you want to delete and select ‘Delete point’.

 

3.   The two adjacent points will be joined in a straight line (this straight line will not contain any points).

 

4.   Once finished press ‘Close edition’.

 

     Delete a succession of waypoints from a route:

 

1.   At map window, open the contextual menu on the route and select ‘Edit’.

 

2.   Select the waypoint after which a succession of waypoints will be deleted and press ‘Delete points’ at the vectorial editor.

 

3.   Repeat this action as many times you need.

 

4.   Once finished press ‘Close edition’.

 

     Invert a route: Display a route in the opposite sense to the default one (the beginning at the end and vicecersa).

 

 

     Convert a route into a track: Change a route into a track.