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TopoFusion Support => TopoFusion Pro => Topic started by: steverod on December 12, 2009, 02:21:11 PM
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I've been playing with the 'merge' functionality (just uploaded some trips to EveryTrail) and have run into two issues:
1. EveryTrail didn't recognize a length of a merged GPX file;
2. Playing back a merged trail doesn't work very well with my merged tracks.
The background:
When backpacking, I collect a track per day of hiking, which means that there is a big time gap between the segments (finish ~7pm one day, start ~7am the next). Afterwards, before uploading the gpx, I used TF to view the files and merge the two with the Merge Tool, and then I used 'save as...' from the right-click menu of the merged track to save as a gpx.
When I uploaded the resulting file to EveryTrail, it reported the trip length as 0.0 miles. I don't know if this is their bug or not; TF reports it as the proper length. (I've got the gpx if you want it.) No big deal, just interesting.
For fun, I decided to watch the replay of the merged track, and this results in a l-o-o-o-n-g wait at my campsite (the aforementioned ~12 hour gap between setting up camp and starting hiking again). While it's kind of nice to know that I camped there, it's rather annoying to have the playback pause for a long time. Is there a way to have the playback just cover the points one after the other or do something to compress that long interruption?
Thanks,
Steve
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Hey Steve--
Not sure about EveryTrail reporting a zero length track. Most likely it's a problem on their side as you suggest. Perhaps they simply don't account for tracks that span multiple days?
As for replaying a track like this, this is definitely a planned addition to the playback (and/or multi-playback) tool. It'll be a "skip stopped time" option, so you can, for example, compare two tracks without stops messing up the comparison.
It'll work great for skipping overnights -- I have the same issue with all my bikepacking GPX files. Have to ramp up the playback speed, then crank it back down once day breaks...