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A waypoint is a coordinate with data attached. This can be a point of interest, a geocache or a georeferenced image. If you move the mouse close enough to a waypoint it gets highlighted by a red circle:
If you click on the highlighted waypoint you get a short on-screen-summary and a few options:
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Edit/Show Details | Show details of the waypoint and edit attached data. |
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Copy | Copy the waypoint into another project. |
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Delete | Delete the waypoint. This also deletes data associated with the waypoint, such as photos. |
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Show Bubble | When enabled, the waypoint’s content is shown as a static bubble. |
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Move | Move the waypoint to another location. |
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Project | Project the waypoint - This is copying the waypoint and to move to copy a given distance and bearing |
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Icon | Shows the currently selected Icon / provides a list of available Icon when clicked |
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Tainted | When shown, the Waypoint was imported and modified (for details see Waypoints, Tracks & Co) |
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Locked | When shown, the Waypoint is locked - that is cannot be modified until unlocked (for details see Waypoints, Tracks & Co) |
In addition, the waypoint’s position, elevation and a text browser to display links, description and comment are shown. These can be changed by clicking on the blue, underlined labels.
QMapShack ships with a bunch of default icons, which are likely to be displayed correctly on the most GPS devices.
If you want to use your own icons, you need to add them to ~/.config/QLandkarte/WaypointIcons/ (tbd: path Windows/OSX?)
When adding an icon Photo.png, the icon will be listed as Photo in QMapShack.
In addition to general information, such as position, name and a description, QMapShack allows attaching photos to a waypoint. This functionality comes with several limitations, as it is primarily meant to provide a quick overview over the specific location - it is not intended to organize your collection of photos.
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Add (a) new image(s) | Imports one or more new images. Photos are scaled down on import |
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Delete selected image | Remove selected image (i.e. the image with the yellow frame) |
Photos are not exported to GPX. Use either a Database or the QMS format for saving photos along with waypoints.
When moving the waypoint the cursor will be locked to move mode. On a right mouse button click the move action is aborted. On a left mouse button click the waypoint is dropped at the new position. If the cursor is close to the viewport’s border, the map is moved.
Different to moving the waypoint this will create a clone of the waypoint. You have to give an explicit distance and bearing the waypoint is moved. You might want to change the icon and the name.