MotionX GPS Manual

User Manual
Revision 11.1 May 2010

Fullpower Technologies, Inc., makers of MotionX
US and Foreign Patents Granted and Pending. Fullpower, TapTap, and ShakeShake are registered trademarks of Fullpower Technologies, Inc. MotionX, Touch-N-Set, Tilt n Roll, and TiltTilt are trademarks of Fullpower Technologies, Inc.All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Copyright 2003-2010 Fullpower Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
1. Overview 2. Menu 3. My Position 4. Track Recorder 5. Compass 6. Map 7. Share 8. Navigate 9. Waypoints 10. Tracks 11. Onboard Maps 12. Settings
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Getting Started
Video: http://gps.motionx.com/video/ Tutorials: http://gps.motionx.com/tips/ Quick Start Guide: PDF download
1. Overview
The most accurate and reliable solution for the iPhone, MotionX-GPS embeds the functionality of an advanced handheld GPS unit into a simple and intuitive iPhone application. Use MotionX-GPS with your iPhone 3G or 3GS to track outdoor activities such as hiking, running, biking, sailing, skiing, or any other activity where you want to track your route. The application is also ideal for geocaching and sharing the coordinates of your favorite locations with others.
Info: Access the in-app help file from any page.
GPS signal indicator. Touch to toggle between outdoor online and indoor offline. Blue: Outdoor GPS mode; good signal. Red: Unreliable signal, trying to acquire satellites. Red Flashing: Indoor Offline Mode; not searching for satellites.
iPod: Access iPod controls from any page; the control panel slides out and back in when this button is touched. Screen Lock: access the screen lock / brightness control from the iPod control panel. GPS home: Quick access to your favorite screens. Press multiple times to advance the page. Configure your favorites in Settings (select the GPS home option and choose your favorite pages).
Menu: Return to the main menu from any page.
GPS requires a direct line-of-sight to communicate with satellites. Your iPhone 3G or 3GS must have a clear view of the sky to locate at least three satellites in order to give accurate position information. If you are indoors, in a wooded area or surrounded by buildings, you may be unable to acquire an accurate signal.
2. Menu
The MotionX Menu provides access to the various capabilities of MotionX-GPS. Go to the Track Recorder, view and share your current position, navigate to a waypoint, view and store maps, access your saved tracks & waypoints, view the compass, and access the settings from this page.
Each menu button is explained here briefly. Additional details for each function are outlined in the subsequent sections of this manual.
My Position: View/ share current position, create a waypoint, take a photo, view signal strength. Compass: Current heading, SOG, VMG, ETA, waypoint distance & bearing to wypt. Share: Share your current position, track or waypoint via email, Facebook, or Twitter. Waypoints: View a list of your saved waypoints; view GPX file import instructions.
Track Recorder: Open the GPS stopwatch to record a track.
Map: View maps, with tracks, waypoints, and optional gridlines overlaid.
Navigate: Select a location to which you want to navigate.
Tracks: View a list of your saved tracks; view GPX file import instructions.
Onboard Maps: Download maps for offline use.
Settings: Access the various user-based settings and controls.
3. My Position
Quickly view your current position and altitude from the My Position page. The GPS signal strength and approximate accuracy is also shown, as well as the time elapsed since the last valid location fix. You can also create a waypoint and share your current position with one click.
Share: One-click share to email, Facebook, and/ or Twitter.
Camera: Create a photo waypoint using the built-in iPhone camera.1
Lat/Lon: Current location. Choose between Lat/Lon, UTM and MGRS coordinate systems. Altitude: Current altitude (feet or meters).
Mark Wypt: Create a new waypoint using your current position.
GPS Signal:
Green: Strong signal. Yellow: Average signal. Red: Weak signal; position information may be inaccurate/ unreliable. A question mark will appear in the position data fields.
Accuracy: Horizontal accuracy. Triangulation or GPS Offline indicate GPS is not available.2
Last Valid Fix: Time since the last valid GPS location sample was acquired.
Images captured for photo waypoints will be saved at 640x480 for improved performance (~10% of the full resolution for the native 3GS camera app, or 15% of full resolution for the 3G).
Triangulation indicates your iPhone is using network triangulation to estimate your position. Location values may be inaccurate up to several hundred feet or more.
4. Track Recorder
Record a track of your hikes, runs, bike rides, trips, or other outdoor activities. Once saved, the track is added to the Tracks log. The track can be shared with others via email, Facebook, or Twitter for viewing in Google Earth, Google Maps or any GPXcapable application.
Mode: Select the appropriate activity mode to improve accuracy1.
Camera: Add a photo to your track using the built-in iPhone camera2, or from your camera roll.
Avg Speed: Average speed or pace; display depends on Settings preferences.
Speed: Current speed or pace; display depends on Settings preferences.
Distance: Total recorded track distance.
Max Speed: Maximum speed or pace achieved during the current track.
Accelerometrics, accuracy filtering and other parameters will be selected for optimal results based on your activity. The Activity Mode selector also provides quick access to preferred units (kilometers, miles, or knots) and display fields (pace vs. speed).
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Images captured for photo waypoints will be saved at 640x480 for improved performance (~10% of the full resolution for the native 3GS camera app, or 15% of full resolution for the 3G).
4. Track Recorder
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Display Options
Swipe the bottom half of the screen vertically to view additional information. Swipe the graphs horizontally to slide the x-axis. Average, current and max speed, total distance. Speed bar chart: 1 min average. Altitude graph: 1 min average. Current elevation and gradient, total ascent/descent.
5. Compass
The MotionX Compass shows such information as heading, SOG (speed over ground), VMG (velocity made good), distance, bearing, and time to waypoint, and ETA during active navigation. The iPhone 3GS leverages the built-in magnetometer (digital compass).
SOG: Speed over ground. The speed at which you are moving over the surface of the earth.
VMG: Velocity made good. Effective speed at which you are approaching your waypoint.
Blue arrow: Indicates the bearing to your destination.
Time to Wypt: Estimated time remaining until you arrive at your destination.
ETA: Estimated time you will arrive at your destination.
For the satellite-based compass (GPS mode) to provide an accurate heading, you should be outdoors with a clear view of the sky and moving at least a few mph or km/h. The magnetometer in the iPhone 3GS is susceptible to magnetic interference from electronics and ferrous metals. If an accurate direction cannot be achieved due to interference, you will be instructed to move away from the interference and re-calibrate the magnetometer by moving your iPhone in a figure 8 pattern.
5. Compass
(continued)
Compass Nose Button

Compass Modes (touch to toggle):
Auto Mode: Uses the magnetometer at speeds below 5 mph and GPS positional changes above 5 mph. The icon is a sextant.
Inaccurate heading: Heading accuracy is <85%. Sustain a speed of more than a few mph (or km/h) for an accurate heading.
Magnetic Mode: Uses the built-in digital compass. The icon is a compass rose (8-pointed star). 3GS only.
Weak GPS signal: Red compass nose indicates weak or no GPS signal.
GPS Mode: Heading is determined using orderly changes in position.
6. Map
The MotionX Map view shows a track of your movement in relation to a map. Choose from eight different map types, including road, aerial, hybrid, and terrain. Optionally display your waypoints and a coordinate grid overlay.
Waypoint markers:
Start track recording. End track recording. Saved point of interest. Navigation to a waypoint started. Waypoint to which you are navigating. Initial position at app launch. Weak GPS signal (borderless blue circle). Current position; good GPS signal. Headlight indicates direction up mode (3GS).
Position estimated with network triangulation.
Position unknown; no GPS signal.
Waypoint markers; shape depends on the number of waypoints in the current field of view.1
If there are 21 or more waypoints or POIs in view, they will be displayed as dots. Between 11-20, pins are used. If ten or fewer, rectangular signs are displayed. Use the MotionX TapTap tool to create a new waypoint on the map. Move the map or change zoom levels to position the marker. As the map is moved, the coordinates of the waypoint as well as the range and bearing from your current location are displayed at the lower right of the map.
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6. Map
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Map Buttons
Clear Tracks: Clear all tracks from the Map (once cleared, unsaved tracks cannot be recovered). Save Tracks: Combine all tracks plotted on the map into a single track saved to the Logbook.1 Load Maps: Launches the Onboards Maps interface. See the Onboard Maps section for details. Calipers: Select from the following map types: Auto Up (3GS) Direction Up (3GS) Course Up North Up Full screen: View the map in full screen mode.
Position will not remain centered. Position remains centered on map. Position centered; course/directionup. + / - Buttons: Zoom in & out.
Use the Save Tracks option in the event that you forget to start the Track Recorder but you still want to save your track to the Logbook.
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6. Map
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Map Types & Sources
Map sources:
MotionX: road, terrain; built using OpenStreetMap data. Bing: road, aerial, hybrid. Google: road, aerial, hybrid.
Drill down two menu levels to select a map type and a map source.
Due to Microsoft restrictions on Bing maps and Google restrictions on Google maps, these maps types cant be cached or stored onboard. By contrast, MotionX road and terrain maps may be cached and stored onboard. See the Onboard Maps section for details.
Map types:
Auto Up: rotates the underlying map to maintain an upward heading. Uses Direction Up (magnetic compass) below 5 mph and Course Up (GPS orderly changes in position) above 5 mph. This feature is not available for Google Maps. (3GS only) Direction Up: rotates the underlying map to maintain an upward heading, using the magnetic compass. This feature is not available for Google Maps. (3GS only) Course Up: uses orderly changes in position from satellite data to rotate the map to maintain an upward heading. Speed of travel must be more than a few mph (or km/h). This feature is not available for Google Maps. North Up: displays the map with North at the top.
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6. Map
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Track Types
A solid red line represents your path while recording a track with the Track Recorder. Use the "Start Track", "Pause Track" and "Save Track" controls on the MotionX-Track Recorder page to record and save your track. A dotted red line represents an interpolated path between two points when signal has been lost. A solid blue line traces your path when a GPS signal is active, but when not using the Track Recorder. In the event that you forgot to start the Track Recorder, you can still save these blue tracks to the Logbook. Press the "Save Tracks" option in the menu that appears when you touch the caliper button to combine all plotted tracks into a single track that will be saved to the Logbook. A dotted blue line represents an interpolated path between two points when signal has been lost and the Track Recorder was not running. A dashed green line from the arrow indicates the path to the waypoint you have chosen as your destination using the Go To or Start Nav buttons. A solid orange line represents a previously recorded track that is being followed. A green start flag indicates the start of the track and a checkered end flag indicates the end.
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7. Share
Share your tracks and waypoints via email, facebook, or twitter. Go to Settings to configure your sharing preferences, to sign in to facebook and twitter accounts, and more.
Share Options
Current Position: Create a new waypoint and share the coordinates.
Waypoint: Choose from the following options: Current position. Last saved waypoint. Choose from List of saved waypoints.
Current Track: Share the track currently being recorded.
Track: Choose from the following options: Current track. Last saved track. Choose from list of saved tracks.
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7. Share
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Share Summary
The share summary page is displayed after a track or waypoint is selected for sharing. This page is skipped if one-click sharing is enabled (from Share Settings).
Share Settings: Visit and edit your sharing preferences in Settings. Track or Waypoint name.
Comments: Type up to 120 characters to post a comment with your track or waypoint. Share: Touch when you are ready to initiate sharing.
Active sharing selections are illuminated in blue (as shown here, Twitter is deselected).
Emailing to: Share with up to five email addresses at once.
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8. Navigate
Define a waypoint using a variety of methods and navigate to it. After you select the waypoint, the Compass screen appears showing the direction and bearing to the waypoint, ETA, SOG, VMG, and more (see the Compass section for details).
Enter Address: may include the following input formats:

Map, using TapTap tool: Create a new waypoint by picking a point on the map. A new waypoint will be created and saved. Saved Waypoint from List: Select from your list of saved waypoints. Lat/Lon Coordinates: Define the coordinates of a waypoint, using deg/ min/sec or decimal degrees.1 Country name, for example France. Location or landmark, for example Golden Gate Park or Mount Everest. Address, options: - full address - city name - state/province - zip/postal code Lat / Lon, for example 41.89 N, 87.61 W.
Range/Bearing: Enter a range (distance) and bearing (degrees) from your current position.
Stop Nav: Stop navigating to the specified waypoint.
If UTM or MGRS is selected as the coordinate system, the button text will reflect these systems.
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9. Waypoints
A waypoint is a set of coordinates that uniquely identifies a geographic location. From this page you can access your saved waypoints, sorted by name, date, or proximity, and view the Auto waypoints. Here you can also find instructions for importing waypoints into MotionX-GPS.
Import: View instructions for importing waypoints into MotionXGPS.
New: Create a new waypoint using one of the following: Enter Address Current location TapTap tool on map Enter Lat/Lon Enter range/bearing Sort: Sort waypoints by name, date, or proximity to your current location.
Select a waypoint to see details, notes, etc., and to access additional options. Touch the blue arrow to expand or collapse the list. Auto Waypoints1 created automatically by MotionX-GPS: Init (app launch)2 Start Nav Last Valid Fix Start/End Track Recorder
Indicates the track is an imported GPX file. Indicates a photo is attached.
Auto waypoints can be edited and saved as one of "My Waypoints". However, auto waypoints cannot be manually deleted. Use the Init automatic waypoint to find your way back to your starting point (where you launched the application) in case you get lost.
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9. Waypoints
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Waypoint Details
Done: Return to the list of waypoints.
Notes: Default text is creation time & date of the waypoint. This field is editable.
Options: Choose from the following waypoint options: Start Nav Edit View/Add Photo Share View on Map Delete
Bearing and Distance to waypoint from your current position.
Icon indicates if a photo is associated with the waypoint, and/or if it was imported.
Lat/Lon: Waypoint location. UTM and MGRS coordinate systems are also available.
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10. Tracks
A track is a compilation of samples or breadcrumbs taken over a period of time. To record and save your tracks, use the Track Recorder. The list can be sorted by name, date, or proximity. Here you can also find instructions for importing tracks into MotionX-GPS.
Import: View instructions for importing tracks into MotionX-GPS.
New: Create a new track. This button brings up the Track Recorder.
Sort: Sort tracks by name, date, or proximity to your current location.
Select a track to see details, statistics, notes, etc., and to access additional options.
Camera icon indicates a photo is attached.
Import icon indicates the track is an imported GPX file.
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10. Tracks
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Track Details
Done: Return to the list of tracks. Options: Choose from the following track options: Follow Edit View/Add Photo Share View on Map Delete
Notes: Default note is start time & date of the track. This field is editable.
Display units: Choose between imperial, metric, or nautical units for the bottom display fields. Display either Speed or Pace (e.g. for biking vs. running or walking).
Swipe the bottom region vertically to view additional data: Speed & elevation graphs Total ascent / descent Maximum positive and negative gradient.
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11. Onboard Maps

Define an area of the map along with a range of zoom levels to pre-load onto your iPhone for offline access. Once downloaded, these tiles will be saved in MotionX-GPS permanently unless you choose to delete them. Map tile sets are not included in iTunes backups.
Onboard maps and map caching are two similar but distinct features. Both improve map performance and enable offline map viewing. Map caching automatically saves tiles viewed on the Maps page as you scroll and zoom. The cache limit is 250 MB; beyond this limit the oldest cached tiles are overwritten as new tiles are cached. Cached tiles are not included in iTunes backups, and can be cleared at any time via Settings > Maps.
Maps are typically downloaded faster via Wifi. Sort by name or tile set size. Create a new tile set.
Icon indicates tile set type: MotionX-O Terrain maps. Road map tile set Terrain map tile set
Download status: Green: fully downloaded Red: partially downloaded
Unfortunately due to Microsoft restrictions on Bing maps and Google restrictions on Google maps, these maps types cant be cached or stored onboard. By contrast, MotionX road and terrain maps may be cached and stored onboard.
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11. Onboard Maps (continued)
Area Definition
Select by Area: define a circular area of map tiles to be downloaded. This is useful for large areas such as national parks or entire cities.
Select by Route: Use this option to define a longer, narrower area. Useful for pre-loading map tiles along a hiking trail, for example.
Touch and drag the red square to adjust the circumference.
Crosshairs: Center the selection area over your current position. Drag the map from anywhere to adjust the center of the download area. +/- : Use buttons or multi-touch on the map to change the zoom level.
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Downloading Options
Tile Set Name: Choose a name for the tile set.
Min/Max Zoom: Adjust the min/max zoom levels for which you'd like map tiles downloaded. Higher numbers represent a more zoomed in view. Thus the number of tiles and total memory required will be larger at greater zoom level numbers.
Memory display: Amount of used disk space on your iPhone Estimated tile set size Total disk size of your iPhone.
Total Size: Estimated size of the tile set you've selected. This will adjust as the tiles download. Progress bar: Number and percent of tiles downloaded. Pause: Suspend the current download; can be restarted later.
Terrain map tiles tend to be larger then Road map tiles due to the contour data. Tiles in urban areas also require more memory due to the density of street and feature data.
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Stored Map Options
View: Displays a snapshot of the map tile set on a map. The outlined area represents the area downloaded. Refresh: Downloads the latest map tiles for the map set area and zoom levels previously defined.
Delete: Deletes the map tile set.
To preview your onboard maps, go to Settings>Maps and turn OFF Map Data. Only your stored and cached map tiles will display while viewing the Map page. Cached and stored maps are not backed up when syncing with iTunes, to significantly decrease the iPhone-to-iTunes sync and backup times.
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12. Settings
Adjust MotionX-GPS application preferences from the Settings page.
Global
Sounds: Turn global application sound effects on or off. Accelerometrics Assisted GPS: Toggle Accelerometrics ON for greater low-speed accuracy, or OFF for improved battery life). Accuracy Filter: The Accuracy Filter is ON by default for the best GPS position accuracy. You may wish to switch the Accuracy Filter OFF if you are having trouble acquiring a signal or when traveling at very high speeds (over 150 mph or 240 km/h). Track Recorder Auto Pause: Pause the track recorder automatically when you come to a stop. Navigation: Choose between Rhumb Line or Great Circle navigation.
Display
Skin Styles: Choose either the default color scheme (dark background with orange numbers) or a high-contrast scheme for improved visibility in day/sunlight. Speed Format: Choose between displaying speed data or pace data on the Track Recorder page and in Logbook entries. Compass: Use either magnetic or true north as a reference. Units: Select either metric, nautical or imperial units. Coordinate Format: Select a coordinate display format: Degrees/Minutes/Seconds (DMS), Degrees with decimal Minutes (DM), Decimal Degrees (DD), UTM, or MGRS.
Maps
Map Data: When toggled off, new map data will not be downloaded (for those concerned about data usage). Map Caching: Turn Map Caching ON to automatically cache MotionX O-Road or MotionX O-Terrain map tiles so they can be viewed offline. Map Overlays: Turn ON to superimpose gridlines, a compass rose, map scale and current coordinates on the Map page.
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12. Settings (continued)
My Waypoints: Show or hide your saved waypoints on the map. Points of Interest: Show or hide pre-loaded POIs on the map. Auto Waypoints: Show or hide Auto Waypoints on the map.
Share
One-Click share: Turn ON one-click share to skip the Share screen each time you share a track or waypoint. Comment/tweet: Type up to 100 characters that will be included in your share post. The same comment will be included with the email, Facebook, and/or Twitter post. Email: Share with up to five email addresses at once. Facebook: Use Facebook Connect to sign into Facebook and post tracks and waypoints directly to your Wall. Twitter: Sign into your Twitter account to post tweets with track or waypoint information. Auto Share: With Auto Share ON, your current position will be automatically shared via email, Facebook, and/or Twitter according to your sharing preferences above. Post every 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. Choose to save Auto Share waypoints to your Logbook using the checkbox.
Automatic Position Updates

Turn automatic position updates on or off, and configure share settings. When set to ON, waypoints will be automatically sent to the email addresses (up to five), Facebook, and Twitter accounts specified. Update frequency may be set to 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
Track Recorder
Turn the Track Recorder stats autoswipe on or off, and configure settings. When set to ON, the track statistics and graphs at the bottom of the Track Recorder page will automatically scroll between the four available views (speed/pace & distance, speed/ pace graph, altitude graph, and ascent/decent & gradient). Configure the idle time (time the screen is idle before autoswipe begins) and the page view time.
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12. Settings (continued)
Configure GPS Home

The GPS button at the bottom left of each page enables quick access to one or more pages of your choice. Choose to include any combination of the Track Recorder, My Position, Map or Compass pages in the rotation. Tap the GPS button to switch between the selected pages. Autocycle: Turn ON to autocycle the selected pages at a delay and interval of your choice. Initiate autocycle following an idle time ranging from 10 sec to 5 min. View each page in the rotation from 5 sec up to 1 minute.
Reset
Restore to factory settings: Restore MotionX-GPS to its freshly installed state. All data content, and settings will be erased. Reset map tile sets only: Deletes all downloaded map tile sets.
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Info: Access the in-app help file from any page.

Menu: Return to the main menu from any page.

Track Recorder: Open the GPS stopwatch to record a track.

Navigate: Select a location to which you want to navigate.

Onboard Maps: Download maps for offline use.

Settings: Access the various user-based settings and controls.

Share: One-click share to email, Facebook, and/ or Twitter.

Camera: Create a photo waypoint using the built-in iPhone camera.1

Mark Wypt: Create a new waypoint using your current position.

Mode: Select the appropriate activity mode to improve accuracy1.

Avg Speed: Average speed or pace; display depends on Settings preferences.

Speed: Current speed or pace; display depends on Settings preferences.

Distance: Total recorded track distance.

Blue arrow: Indicates the bearing to your destination.

ETA: Estimated time you will arrive at your destination.

Compass Nose Button

GPS Mode: Heading is determined using orderly changes in position.

Position estimated with network triangulation.

Position unknown; no GPS signal.

Map Types & Sources

Current Position: Create a new waypoint and share the coordinates.

Current Track: Share the track currently being recorded.

Emailing to: Share with up to five email addresses at once.

Enter Address: may include the following input formats:

Stop Nav: Stop navigating to the specified waypoint.

Import: View instructions for importing waypoints into MotionXGPS.

Indicates the track is an imported GPX file. Indicates a photo is attached.

Bearing and Distance to waypoint from your current position.

Import: View instructions for importing tracks into MotionX-GPS.

Sort: Sort tracks by name, date, or proximity to your current location.

Camera icon indicates a photo is attached.

Import icon indicates the track is an imported GPX file.

11. Onboard Maps

Download status: Green: fully downloaded Red: partially downloaded

11. Onboard Maps (continued)

Touch and drag the red square to adjust the circumference.

11. Onboard Maps (continued)

Tile Set Name: Choose a name for the tile set.

11. Onboard Maps (continued)

Stored Map Options

Delete: Deletes the map tile set.

12. Settings (continued)

Automatic Position Updates

12. Settings (continued)

Configure GPS Home

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