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Manual Routes
user name
2006-10-29 15:29:28
Kevin,

What a brilliant work around.
Mike
 

At 04:55 PM 10/28/2006, you wrote:
>Dear GPS Users,
>
>After quite a bit of messing with manual routes; I have
found a way of 
>changing both the direction and the description of a way
point. I find that 
>this ability is important because if there is a minor
mistake or detail that 
>you meant to add into a way point, now it is possible.
The most simple and 
>direct way of changing a way point is by going back to
that physical 
>location and remarking and reentering the waypoint name,
direction, and 
>description. But, lets say you want to change all of
this information 
>without being at the pyhsical location.
>
>You would want to open a route that you have previously
created, by hitting 
>r to get into route command followed by o to get into
the open menu, then 
>select your route. Walk through the route virtually by
using the arrow keys 
>on a qwerty keyboard, or dots 2, 3, 5, 6, on a BT style
keyboard. Then do a 
>chord v to set that point as your virtual position, now
that the point you 
>want to correct is set as your virtual position, go into
the edit mode by 
>hitting the letter e, and erase that waypoint, it will
ask if you are sure, 
>and if you are type y for yes. Now, do a chord e to exit
the edit mode, then 
>hit chord k to enter a waypoint, it will give you the
name of the waypoint 
>you just set as your  virtual position, it will ask for
both  the direction 
>and the description. The point will be placed at the
location in which it 
>was originated, for example, if the point you marked was
waypoint 13, and 
>you go and modify the point, it will retain the waypoint
number and remain 
>waypoint 13. This sequence can be carried out for as
many waypoints that 
>will require modification to either the direction of the
waypoint  or the 
>description of the waypoint. Don't forget to save all
modification, if the 
>modification are  worthy of saving.
>
>Happy Manual Routeing.
>
>Kevin


Manual Routes
user name
2006-10-29 20:29:11
Very nice Kevin,
I am impressed, way to think outside the box!

One comment I would make is you don't have to do a
Space/Ctrl + V to 
set your virtual position to that location because when
following a 
route in Virtual mode you are at each waypoint you arrive at
virtually.

Charles.

At 07:29 AM 10/29/2006, you wrote:
>Kevin,
>
>What a brilliant work around.
>Mike
>
>
>At 04:55 PM 10/28/2006, you wrote:
> >Dear GPS Users,
> >
> >After quite a bit of messing with manual routes; I
have found a way of
> >changing both the direction and the description of
a way point. I find that
> >this ability is important because if there is a
minor mistake or 
> detail that
> >you meant to add into a way point, now it is
possible. The most simple and
> >direct way of changing a way point is by going back
to that physical
> >location and remarking and reentering the waypoint
name, direction, and
> >description. But, lets say you want to change all
of this information
> >without being at the pyhsical location.
> >
> >You would want to open a route that you have
previously created, by hitting
> >r to get into route command followed by o to get
into the open menu, then
> >select your route. Walk through the route virtually
by using the arrow keys
> >on a qwerty keyboard, or dots 2, 3, 5, 6, on a BT
style keyboard. Then do a
> >chord v to set that point as your virtual position,
now that the point you
> >want to correct is set as your virtual position, go
into the edit mode by
> >hitting the letter e, and erase that waypoint, it
will ask if you are sure,
> >and if you are type y for yes. Now, do a chord e to
exit the edit 
> mode, then
> >hit chord k to enter a waypoint, it will give you
the name of the waypoint
> >you just set as your  virtual position, it will ask
for both  the direction
> >and the description. The point will be placed at
the location in which it
> >was originated, for example, if the point you
marked was waypoint 13, and
> >you go and modify the point, it will retain the
waypoint number and remain
> >waypoint 13. This sequence can be carried out for
as many waypoints that
> >will require modification to either the direction
of the waypoint  or the
> >description of the waypoint. Don't forget to save
all modification, if the
> >modification are  worthy of saving.
> >
> >Happy Manual Routeing.
> >
> >Kevin

Charles M. La Pierre CTO
Sendero Group, LLC

Lat. 37 15' 25" N  Lon: 121 53' 04" W



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