Re: Anquet v06

Nick Hopton wrote:
I've downloaded Anquet v06 and a chunk of 1:25000 OS mapping for my local area. First impressions are favourable, but with some niggles, one of them serious.

The mapping itself is very clear, the elevation data is remarkably accurate and I do like the idea of being able to download little chunks of map as required.

However, I have one real problem. I tend to think of routes, tracks and waypoints in the terms used by my GPS (a Geko 301). So, when I'm planning a walk what I usually do (in Fugawi or Gartrip) is to plot a track of the walk and then pop waypoints onto it at regular intervals. It appears that Anquet doesn't allow you to draw tracks as such, it only allows you to plot a track, which it very confusingly calls a 'route', using waypoints. This can, of course, be sent to the GPS as a track, but on the map the waypoints that comprise the track are all shown, which I don't want. All I want to appear on the map is the track and the numbered waypoints and I'm having great difficulty in doing this.

I find the help file to be very poor and I'm struggling to understand just how Anquet handles and stores data, which is different from what I'm used to. This isn't covered very well in the help system either. Any tips would be appreciated.

Oh, one last thing. I have a 1280 x 1024 screen with a DPI setting of 120 and some of the boxes that Anquet opens are badly truncated (I can see just the ends of some buttons and have to guess which is 'OK' and which is 'Cancel', for example. This really ought not to happen.

Regards, Nick.



Well, you've confused me :-)

With my Geko 301, the standard practice is to follow a Route. A Route is made up of a number of waypoints.
A Track is something which the GPS creates as you walk/cycle.

In Anquet, I simply "Start Route", it adds waypoints at every mouse click. I then download the whole route to the Geko. This then holds all the waypoints and the route details. If I want some more (off-route) waypoints, I simply create these in another folder and download that folder full of waypoints.

In short, Anquest is working exactly the way your Geko is.



It IS possible to download a route "as a track" and use the Geko to follow this. This has the advantage of having more "waypoints" (actually trackpoints) - but these are not listed as such in the Geko Waypoints list.


As for the storing and handling of data, I've created a number of databases for different purposes - planned walks, completed walks, geocaches etc. Within these databases, I may have a number of folders, perhaps with some geographical grouping. The advantage of the multiple database approach is that each can be opened/ closed as required - with as many open as your screen can cope with! Closing down any you don't want at that time unclutters the screen.


Note that the earlier version of Anquet used the term "path" for a section of a route - each route could be made from a number of "paths". This nomenclature was dropped with V06 as GPS devices did not recognise this construct. However, it is still possible to create "sub-routes" within each route, join them, copy them etc. So, a classic use for me might be a sub-route from the car park to a bridge, then another for a horse-shoe walk, then re-use the first from the bridge to the car park by copying it and using the Reverse option. Saves going over the same bit twice. These sub-soutes can also be copied into other routes which is useful when re-visiting somewhere and going over some old ground.


Hope you find this useful




druidh

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