CD Mapping - Tracklogs

Ysgrifennodd "D and J" <[email hidden]> mewn neges
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We've been looking at CD mapping systems and I've just downloaded the
tracklogs demo.

I think it may be love at first sight!

Three questions:

When we go on the tracklogs web site and look for walking routes there
don't appear to be any, there just seem to be cycle routes. Is this
right or am I doing something silly?

Can we get example walking routes from any other web sites?

Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?

Ta muchly

Jackie

You're right, threre are no walking routes available on there!!
When you mention downloadable walks i assume you mean the files including
mapping?

If not, then I have some Snowdonia based files on my website (see
signature). These are mainly trackpints, but i am now putting gps logs on
there (again in Tracklogs format).

As far as choosing tracklogs for digital mapping, it is certainly an
excellent program that is often overlooked for the more popular memory map.
Personally, after lengthy use of both, i prefer Tracklogs as routes are
easier to set up and they are easier to manage once set up.

Dave r.

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Walk on the wide side.
www.walkeryri.org.uk

Dafydd Ap Arwyn said:

As far as choosing tracklogs for digital mapping, it is certainly an
excellent program that is often overlooked for the more popular memory map.
Personally, after lengthy use of both, i prefer Tracklogs as routes are
easier to set up and they are easier to manage once set up.

IMHO, Anquet beats them both in this respect.

druidh

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and J <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?

The two market leaders appear to be Memory Map and Anquet, and you can
get trial versions of both.

I use Tracklogs, but the down side is that in the current version its
handling of the GPS tracklog (ie record of where you have been) is poor,
as it doesn't download the timestamps or altitude at each point.
--
Phil Hughes

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
Phil Hughes <[email hidden]> said

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In article <[email hidden]>, D
and J <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?

The two market leaders appear to be Memory Map and Anquet, and you can
get trial versions of both.

I use Tracklogs, but the down side is that in the current version its
handling of the GPS tracklog (ie record of where you have been) is
poor, as it doesn't download the timestamps or altitude at each point.

And for waypoints it doesn't download the Garmin 60C 'comment' field
either, which is a bummer .. hopefully it will be fixed in some future
release. However for entering and editing routes it is really
easy-peasy, and the wide availability of 1:25k maps is nice too.

--
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SC recommends the use of Firefox; Get smart, or get assimilated.

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<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, D
and J <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?

The two market leaders appear to be Memory Map and Anquet, and you can
get trial versions of both.

I use Tracklogs, but the down side is that in the current version its
handling of the GPS tracklog (ie record of where you have been) is
poor, as it doesn't download the timestamps or altitude at each point.

Need to correct myself. There is the option to download altitude data,
but still not the timestamp.
--
Phil Hughes

Phil Hughes <[email hidden]> writes

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In article <[email hidden]>, Phil Hughes
<[email hidden]> writes

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In article <[email hidden]>, D
and J <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?

The two market leaders appear to be Memory Map and Anquet, and you can
get trial versions of both.

I use Tracklogs, but the down side is that in the current version its
handling of the GPS tracklog (ie record of where you have been) is
poor, as it doesn't download the timestamps or altitude at each point.

Need to correct myself. There is the option to download altitude data,
but still not the timestamp.

I tried setting "Download GPS Height Data", but it seems to double the
total ascent figure!

If you disable that, it applies altitude data based on its own mapping
data, which I find satisfactory.
--
Gordon Harris

Hi Dave

We have done a trial download of one of the logs - minor issue that we
don't yet have the map to match yet :-)

I liked your site, but find it quite difficult to read - don't know
whether its the settings on our PC but it comes out as black writing on
a blue background.

Have you seen this site?

http://www.route-source.com/

Regards

Jackie

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Phil Hughes <[email hidden]> writes

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In article <[email hidden]>, Phil Hughes
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In article <[email hidden]>, D
and J <[email hidden]> writes
>Having vowed that we were sticking to map and compass, the idea of a
>GPS in conjuction with Tracklogs (and the map and compass!) seems to be
>more attractive - can anyone make any recommendations?
>
The two market leaders appear to be Memory Map and Anquet, and you
can get trial versions of both.

I use Tracklogs, but the down side is that in the current version its
handling of the GPS tracklog (ie record of where you have been) is
poor, as it doesn't download the timestamps or altitude at each point.

Need to correct myself. There is the option to download altitude data,
but still not the timestamp.

I tried setting "Download GPS Height Data", but it seems to double the
total ascent figure!

Strange, I've just tried it, and it didn't do that. I did notice thought
that the time it showed (which is based on Naismith's algorithm and is
not you actual time) assumed the ascent was zero. (I didn't have the
"Translate GPS heights into OS heights" option ticked).

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If you disable that, it applies altitude data based on its own mapping
data, which I find satisfactory.

I find that as long as I've got a good fix, the GPS altitude height is
pretty accurate, and sometimes better than the inbuilt altitude data.

--
Phil Hughes

Ysgrifennodd "D and J" <[email hidden]> mewn neges
newyddion:[email hidden]...

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Hi Dave

We have done a trial download of one of the logs - minor issue that we
don't yet have the map to match yet :-)

I liked your site, but find it quite difficult to read - don't know
whether its the settings on our PC but it comes out as black writing on
a blue background.

Hmm, yes it is Black on a blue background, it's readable on my machine, but
i've a shiny LCD monitor, and as i've written it i'm not going to find it
difficult to read!
If people get difficulty with the colour i might look at lightening the
background colour, but thanks for the feedback, a webpage has to be easy to
read above all else.
Possibly you might need to change your font size in your browser, the site
is designed to be used from small resolutions up to high, so all the text on
there is scalable.

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Have you seen this site?

http://www.route-source.com/

Regards

Jackie

Site looks interesting, i'll check it out, see if i can cover my Webhosting
costs.

T Dave R

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Walk on the Wide Side
www.walkeryri.org.uk

Ysgrifennodd "Dafydd Ap Arwyn" <[email hidden]> mewn neges
newyddion:[email hidden]...

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Ysgrifennodd "D and J" <[email hidden]> mewn neges
newyddion:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hi Dave

We have done a trial download of one of the logs - minor issue that we
don't yet have the map to match yet :-)

I liked your site, but find it quite difficult to read - don't know
whether its the settings on our PC but it comes out as black writing on
a blue background.

I've lightened it a bit now, is that easier to read?

T Dave R.

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Walk on the Wide Side
www.walkeryri.org.uk

"I've lightened it a bit now, is that easier to read?"

Thanks Dave, its very much easier to read now.

Ta,

Jackie

Phil Hughes <[email hidden]> writes

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In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon Harris
<[email hidden]> writes

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I tried setting "Download GPS Height Data", but it seems to double the
total ascent figure!

Strange, I've just tried it, and it didn't do that. I did notice
thought that the time it showed (which is based on Naismith's algorithm
and is not you actual time) assumed the ascent was zero. (I didn't have
the "Translate GPS heights into OS heights" option ticked).

Quoted message said:

If you disable that, it applies altitude data based on its own mapping
data, which I find satisfactory.

I find that as long as I've got a good fix, the GPS altitude height is
pretty accurate, and sometimes better than the inbuilt altitude data.

Maybe I'll try that again, but the total ascent was way out, and I think
I tried the "Translate GPS Heights" in both ticked and unticked.
BICBW...
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Gordon Harris

Ysgrifennodd "D and J" <[email hidden]> mewn neges
newyddion:[email hidden]...

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"I've lightened it a bit now, is that easier to read?"

Thanks Dave, its very much easier to read now.

Ta,

Jackie

Good!
It's also a good way for me to distinguish between my old site (still there
for a bit longer) and my new site!

T Dave R

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Walk on the Wide Side.
www.walkeryri.org.uk