RECONSTRUCTION

Routes are strings of routepoints along which user is guided or navigated during his activity - hiking, biking etc.

Routes are pre-planned, drawn on maps or imported and put into navigation devices so that we can travel along their lines. Tracks that were recorded by you or someone else can be turned into routes when we need to navigate them.

Routes can be drawn manually on the map or automatically by an online routing service, offline routing app, PC software or web application. Locus Map provides several methods of creating routes:

• Route planner - tool for manual and automatic drawing of routes with routing service assistance
• Changing tracks to routes - using tracks as routes for navigaton

This tool can be switched on several ways:

• Menu > Route planner
  
• Menu > Tracks > > Route planner
  
• add function to the Function panel for quick launch
  

1. Drawing mode - select among manual and automatic modes
2. add/remove shaping points
3. back/forward - move along planning process steps
4. zooming and centering buttons

• Topbar - contains Route menu
• Bottom bar - displays basic route stats (length, positive and negative elevation gain) and elevation chart button, sliding the chart up (only Locus Map Pro):
  

• shaping point - basic point building the route, can be changed into via point.
• auxiliary point - forms on the line between shaping points. Changes to a new shaping point when shifted.
• via point - place through which you want to go during navigation.

The line between points stretches straight in case of manual drawing or runs along roads and paths in case of automatic drawing.

• tap
  
  and choose how to draw:
  • manual mode - only plain line stretches between shaping points:
    
    This is useful for simple distance measurement or for areas not covered by routing data.
  • , , etc. automatic mode - line calculated by a routing service renders between shaping points:
    
    The shape of the line depends on selected mode - car routes run along roads, walking routes along paths etc. The automatic modes are provided by routing services. Some of them work online, some offline and you can set them after tapping . More info at Navigation settings.
  • Include navigation hints - when checked, Locus creates also direction commands related to the new route which can be used for voice navigation.

The route is built by shaping points added on map:

• by tapping (points are added on the cursor position)
• by tapping directly on map (this option can be turned off in the route menu)

The route line, rendered between shaping points, contains also auxiliary points . Both shaping and auxiliary points can be moved on map and the route is immediately re-rendered accordingly. By moving an auxiliary point you change it into a shaping point and new aux points are created in between.

Places you want to go through when navigating the route are called via points

When you use LoMaps you can add POIs to your route.

• tap a POI
• tap + on its label
• select where to put the POI in the route - at the start, end or inside

• to remove last added shaping point, tap
• to reverse all edits (adding points, moving them), tap back button(3)
• to repeat reversed steps, tap forward button(3)

If you want to plan routes offline (or navigate offline), download and install free co-application BRouter. Download also offline routing data of the area you are planning the route through and set BRouter as default router in navigation settings.

Tracks can be turned into routes when they are intended for navigation or guidance:

• select track in data manager or tap on it on the map
• select Navigate or Guide On or Guide On reverse
• more about navigation along a route >>
• more about guidance along a route >>

When you plan a trip it is always useful to have some estimation of the trip travel time. Locus can calculate this time after selecting the trip activity - 3 types of walk, 9 types of bike and two of crosscountry skiing. The time is calculated from the distance, estimated speed and elevation gain per hour.


This function can be found in the track detail screen menu > more.

If you want to edit saved tracks (e.g. due to inaccuracy of the GPS recording) or already planned route, you can do so directly on map:

• select a track/route to edit - in the data manager or on the map
  
  
• select Edit on map from the More options menu
• a new bottom panel emerges:
  • turns back to the track detail screen
  • displays the nearest trackpoint detail
  • displays trackpoint editing menu:
    
    • Display on chart - displays selected trackpoint on chart
    • Insert/edit trackpoint - highlights the selected trackpoint and its surrounding trackpoints. They can be dragged and extra trackpoints can be added by tapping the connecting lines.
      
      
      

      Each single edit action must be individually saved by OK button before proceeding on some other place

    • Convert to navigation waypoint - offers selection of navigation commands to associate to the point and converts it into a navigation waypoint
      
      

      TIP: when two coincident trackpoints covering each other occur and you want to add navigation command to the other that is not displayed, tap the point twice to switch between them.

• Delete trackpoint - removes selected trackpoint
• Cut part of track - selects a part of track to cut out (useful when you forget to pause track recording when having a break during a trip or training etc.)
• Remove all before - deletes all trackpoints from the start of the track to the selected trackpoint
• Remove all after - deletes all trackpoints from the selected trackpoint to the end of the track
• Split - splits the track into two in the selected trackpoint
• moves to previous trackpoint, long-tap moves to the start of the track
• moves to the next trackpoint, long tap moves to the end of the track
• aborts editing