Detecting Elements - GPS TrackMaker Reference Manual

8.5 Detecting Elements

General Information
Detect Elements button
Tracklogs and Routes. This allows the program to find which element the User wants to select, edit, or combine,
(in the case of a new Tracklog or Route).
So, with the button
• Waypoint highlight, represented by a small circle over the icon
• Tracklog or Route segment highlight, represented by the segment color change.
• Waypoint and Tracklog or Route segment editing with the right mouse button.
• Tracklog or Route union. A small circle will appear in the extremities of the segment, indicating that the
program will make the connection at that point.
Enables the Pop-Up menu of digitized images.
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The button turned off allows to draw isolated Tracklog or Route segments when the screen is full, without
combining them with other segments or Waypoints.
Limitations
The GPS TrackMaker® program is designed to be used in fast PCs as well as in slower machines. With the
button pressed, each movement of the mouse pointer over the screen causes the PC to make thousands of
comparisons using complex geometry calculations to recognize the approach of the mouse pointer to Waypoints
and Tracklog or Route segments. All those calculations demand execution time in the processor. With lots of data
in the screen, the recognition could become too slow, even in fast PCs.
If the screen is full, with thousands of Tracklogs, Waypoints or Routes, and it is causing significant delay in the
detection of the elements in screen, use the zoom function to reduce the amount of visible data in the screen. This
procedure will increase the speed of detection of the elements in the screen.
is provided to enable approach recognition of the mouse pointer to Waypoints,
pressed, the following functions will be enabled:
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