Author Topic: Goto Location suggestion (Read 6558 times)

tab21 · « **on:** February 13, 2006, 12:23:05 PM »

It would be nice if, when selecting a Goto Location, not only would the map go to that location, but an editable icon would also be placed at that coordinate. I could then upload the waypoint to the GPS unit if desired. Right now, when I Goto the coordinate, I can't see really where it is. I know it's centered somewhere on the map.

Another 'cool thing' would be if we could cut/paste directly out of Google Earth the coordinates EXACTLY as they have them, instead of editing out the leading blank space, and further spacing out the coordinates.

Example: in Google Earth, a coordinate looks like this: 42Â°16'37.86"N (there's really a space before the 42 in Google Earth)

In TF, this would be the required format: 42Â° 16' 37.86" N

OK, I'm being pretty picky here, I admit. And please go easy on me.... I might be doing something wrong!

Thanks.

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Krein · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2006, 01:06:27 PM »

How about a "goto" button in the "add waypoint" dialog, combined with a menu option to do directly to the add waypoint dialog under goto coordinate? I think this would make things easier.

As for the coordinates in GE, I'll see if I can make it more robust to spaces in general. Where are you copying these coordinates from in GE, out of curiousity?

tab21 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2006, 01:47:03 PM »

In GE, right-click a My Places link that you've saved, select edit, check Advanced, then Location tab.

Krein · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2006, 12:44:49 PM »

Got it. I fixed goto coordinate and the add waypoint dialog to be more robust to both missing spaces as well as having too many spaces. It works a lot better now and should work A-OK with pasting from GE.

It's in the current beta version (2.80), if you're a registered user you can download to try it out. Otherwise we'll be releasing a full version in about a week.

Thanks.