[OSM-talk] how to start/stop gpx tracking in OSMTracker

Dodi dodi at moonbase.sk
Sun Nov 23 16:34:34 GMT 2008


Hi,

> Subject: [OSM-talk] how to start/stop gpx tracking in OSMTracker
> 
> hi,
> how does one start/stop tracking in OSMTracker
> --
This feature is present only in dev snapshot OSMtracker
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMtracker/Dev,
there is support for commands __tracking and _newtrack. They should be
assigned to one of soft button by editing buttons.xml making one of the line
looks like this 

<button id="x" title="new track">_newtrack</button>
or 
<button id="x" title="tracking">__tracking</button>

where x is 1 of 12 soft buttons on selected page

__tracking command turns on/off logging, _newtrack start a new track in GPX
file (useful for splitting log into smaller logical parts)

Hint: by adding hardkey="y" (y: 1-6) and/or hotkey="character" attribute
into <button ></button> definition you can access selected button by
hardware buttons on PDA and/or by pressing "character" on hardware keyboard
if present i.e. <button id="7" hardkey="2" hotkey="t"
title="tracking">__tracking</button>

Dodi









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