TrailRunner 1.0rc (v88) - Connect your GPS device
28.04.2006 21:25
First off, you need a calibrated map. Then, connect your GPS unit to your Mac by using one of the recommended methods. Visits the cluetrust website to get more information on that.
Then, go to File > Import > Data from GPS unit.
Now LoadMyTracks will fire up and will download all tracks from your GPS unit. When done, TrailRunner comes up again, asking you what tracks you'd like to import.
The Import can be done in two ways. Import course as one piece or Import and merge tracks. Import course as one piece just imports the track as it is. The good thing about this option is: it doesn't alter or harm your existing tracks. The bad thing about this is that the new track lays on top of any of your existing tracks in the map and has like no connections to the rest. But if you want to extend your net of tracks, and add new crossings and track courses, then you need to use the Import and merge tracks option. TrailRunner then tries to find as much similarities of the new track to your existing ones and will only add courses that are new to your map. Due to the very complex nature of the merging algorithm and sometimes poorly collected data by the GPS unit, this might not always give you results that 100% satisfies you.
At times, you will get tracks that have a course parallel to an existing track but TrailRunner did not recognize that they ought to be the same. When this happens, select the track you would call the master-track — the track you want to keep — and then select File > Consolidate > Merge onto selected track. All tracks that are parallel to the selected one are then reduced onto the master-track.
Please note that all these operations are very complex and therefore I can't give you undo (yet). So you better keep a save backup.
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