Supplement your track with waypoints, maneuvers, and location comments

With the route and waypoints in the area already created, it's now time to enrich the route. So when we are navigating it, the GPS or the TwoNav App will notify us in advance of the events and highlights that we have marked along the route.

When we are walking or cycling, we enjoy our activity instead of constantly checking the GPS. Thus, having the GPS notify us a few meters in advance of a maneuver or an important point will be very useful. We'll use the GPS  as a navigation aid and for safety, not to constantly keep an eye on it.

As we'll see, it's not about filling the route with maneuvers; I'll only mark the ones that I consider most important and necessary. This way, we'll avoid the GPS or the TwoNav App beeping and constantly alerting us. Above all, let's enjoy the surroundings!

Import Waypoints to the Route

I open the route and the waypoints I've previously marked. Now what I'm going to do is 'import' these waypoints to the route. The easiest way to do this is from the data tree of Land. We just need to drag the waypoints file onto the route. This will 'insert' the waypoints closest to the route as roadbook points.

By default, Land will import waypoints that are 400 m away from the route, but we can change this setting. In this example, I have reduced this distance from 400 m to 50 m so that Land does not add waypoints that are too far from the route since I am not interested in importing waypoints that are so distant. Next, I import the waypoints to the route by dragging the waypoints file onto the route.

The waypoints have been automatically imported as roadbook points. We visually differentiate waypoints and roadbook points by the box that contains them. Waypoints are displayed in a square box, while roadbook points are displayed within a circular box.

Manually Add More Roadbook Points

The map I'm using contains valuable information that I can use to complement my route. I look at the map, analyze its information and add other roadbook points that I consider important for this route, such as detours, steep descents, steep climbs, forests, beautiful views...

After a few minutes, here's how complete my enriched route looks. We are ready to send it to the GPS or to the TwoNav App and start navigating!

Here are some practical examples to make it easier for you to add roadbook points to your routes. It's very easy!

Mini-Tuts

Add roadbook points to a track	Add intermediate points to a track

In the final chapter of this training, I will show you how to analyze the route a bit to have some important values clear. We'll synchronize the route with the GO Cloud, so we can easily share it with other enthusiasts.

Shall we continue?