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Landmarks

The Landmarks feature allows you to save, retrieve and display on the map various items like locations and paths.


The Landmarks Menu


The Landmarks Menu gives you an easy access to all landmarks related features.

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Click on the “Landmarks” menu to display the sub-menu. You'll then find the following items:

The following settings are also available in the Landmarks menu:


Waypoints


A waypoint is a particular location marked on the map and the most common type of landmark. preview-waypoint.jpg

By default, they are only represented by a small purple circle, but they can be named and have different colors or icons.

From the Landmarks Menu, you can specify if the names of waypoints must be displayed on the map. You can also configure the display size from the application settings.

How to create a waypoint?
How to edit a waypoint?
How to use custom icons?


Sets of waypoints

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Waypoints can be grouped into sets allowing an easier management. Sets are very useful when handling many waypoints of a common theme.

How to create a set of waypoints?
How to add, move or delete points of a set?


Routes


Routes are ordered lists of waypoints. All points of routes can be edited like any waypoint. Routes are mainly useful when preparing a journey.

preview-route.jpg Routes are displayed with a line joining all the waypoints.

From the Landmarks Menu, you can specify if the names of waypoints must be displayed on the map. You can also configure the display line thickness from the application settings.

How to create a route?
How to add, move or delete points of a route?


Tracks


Tracks are lists of locations representing a path. A track can be composed of multiple sub-lists, called segments. Additionally, a track can contains waypoints giving informations about the surrounding places. preview-track.jpg

Tracks are displayed as simple lines. If the locations contain time information, the time of the bounds are also displayed.

You can configure the display line thickness from the application settings.

How to manually create a track?


Tools


How to search places by name or coordinates?
How to measure distances and bearings?


Import/Export


The application allows you to import placemarks (waypoints, routes, tracks, areas) from various file formats and display them on the map. Here is the list of all supported file formats.

Please check the notes and requirements for each format.

Supported file formats and types of placemarks Import Export
GPX (GPS Exchange Format) (*.gpx)
Waypoints, routes, tracks
Common GPS data format for software applications.
Yes, see here Yes, see here
KML/KMZ (*.kml, *.kmz)
Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas
Common GPS data format for expressing geographic annotation
and visualization within Internet-based two-dimensional maps.
Yes1, see here Yes, see here
CSV/TSV (*.csv, *.tsv)
Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas
Delimited text file that uses a comma to separate tabular data
(numbers and text) in plain text. Each line of the file is a data record.
Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas.
Yes, see here Yes, see here
Shapefile SHP (*.shp)
Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas
Popular geospatial vector data format developed by Esri
for geographic information system (GIS) software.
Yes, see here No
GeoJSON (*.json, *.geojson)
Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas
Open standard format designed for representing simple
geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes.
Yes, see here No
IGC (Flight Data Format) (*.igc)
Tracks
Open standard format published by the IGC (International Gliding
Commission) containing flight data from FAI flight recorders.
Yes, see here No
OziExplorer PLT (*.plt)
Tracks
Yes, see here No
OziExplorer WPT (*.wpt)
Waypoints
Yes, see here No
Geocaching LOC (*.loc)
Waypoints
Yes, see here No
AutoCAD DXF (*.dxf)
Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas
CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data
interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.
No Yes, see here

1. Includes few icons and style elements.


How to import landmarks? (*.gpx / *.kml / *.kmz / *.plt / *.wpt / *.loc files)
How to export landmarks? (*.gpx / *.kml / *.kmz / *.dxf files)

How to import placemarks? (*.csv / *.tsv files)
How to export placemarks? (*.csv / *.tsv files)