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Neilson

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« on: September 25, 2006, 11:28:43 PM »
Have v2.95, unable to get tracks drawn for gps movement.
Clicking on "Toggle View Status(tracks)" button shows or hides tracks drawn by hand, but unable to get any tracks drawn by gps movement.
Receiver for gps is OK, it follows the location of gps receiver on the map.  What needs to be done to record and display the track(s)??
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 07:05:34 AM »
Which GPS are you using?  Is it USB or Serial?  

USB units don't use the "follow map" feature, so your track won't be shown as it downloads.  Can you see trackw when the "Save Tracks" dialog comes up after download?

When you say only hand drawn tracks are showing up, the only real difference between hand drawn and real tracks are that real tracks have time and elevation components.  So, it could be that your gps tracks are being shaded by elevation or speed, making them hard to see on the map.  Just an idea.

But when the save tracks dialog comes up, shading is turned off for those tracks, so they should be there.
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 07:51:26 AM »
Just installed 2.97.
USB receiver, the driver emulates serial.
Have not downloaded data from the receiver, was not aware the GPS mouse would store any tracks or waypoints.
Wanted to make the track as the notebook attached to the receiver is moved.
Tried about five other programs before buying TopoFusion, they would all make the tracks, I must not have something set right or not pushing the right buttons.
Like this program, fast and uses minimal CPU time.
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2006, 08:00:58 AM »
Ah, a GPS mouse.  OK, so you are using the live tracking feature in NMEA mode.

Currently TF does not record track points from Live Tracking.  It really should... and it's not going to be very difficult to implement.

Let me see what I can do about putting out a beta with logging in it.  Stay tuned.
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2006, 08:30:53 AM »
Very good, need that feature.

Also you might link the downloaded manual to the help button, it now goes to your website.  I just open that file (from the hard drive) when not connected to the internet.

Good program!  Is it written in C?
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2006, 08:37:10 AM »
Right, the manula goes to the website just because that's the most up-to-date version, and most people that use the program are connected to the internet anyway.

It can be easily saved out (as I guess you did) for off-line use, if desired.

Thanks for the compliment.  Most of the program is in C, yes.  A couple of things are in C++, and the UI is in Visual Basic, but C is hard to beat for speed.
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2006, 09:48:16 PM »
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