What are Roadbooks?

Roadbooks are a tool often used in motorsports and orienteering to navigate uncertain terrain, as they contain directions for orienteering and navigation. Generally, they consist of several pages with diagrams, GPS coordinates and written instructions to help your navigation...

Digital Roadbooks contain all this information in digital format without the need to read directions on paper... when navigating the GPS will show you all the maneuvers on the screen. With them you can have fun and enjoy nature outdoors in complete safety.

Tool utility

The many advantages of using Roadbooks for navigation are:

• Orientation when navigating a route
• Know what maneuvers you must perform at all times
• See a point of interest to visit (Hermitage, fountain, good views...)
• View a danger or caution point on the route
• Open images and enriched descriptions attached to a point on the route

Tool functioning

To create a Roadbook from Land you need a track and descriptions and images for the points of the route:

1- Open the track.

2- On the toolbar, click the 'Track Creation & Edition' button:

3- Press the 'Add roadbook point' button on the track editor toolbar:

4- A window will open for you to indicate the basic data of the point you are going to create:

5- Next you must move the roadbook point and click on the point on the track where you want to locate it:

6- Repeat this action for each point in the Roadbook that you want to highlight.

7- Save the resulting file in *.TRK format and you will have your Roadbook created.

8- If you want all the attached files to be saved compressed in the same file, save it in *.BTRK format, with which it will be easier for you to share it with third parties.

IMPORTANT: Don't delete the Roadbook file in *.TRK format, you must always keep this file as the file in *.BTRK format cannot be edited. So if you want to change anything later, you'll need to open and modify the *.TRK file and then save it back in *.BTRK format.

Edit a Roadbook

Follow the steps below to edit a Roadbook file and enrich it:

1- Open the roadbook track (*.TRK format).

2- Once open, open its contextual menu and select 'Edit > Edit roadbook':

Next, you will see a new window (Roadbook Editor) with all the points of the track:

3- From this window you can edit the Roadbook points with relevant information:

• Croquis: Associate an image where a signal or indication is shown for easy orientation.
• Description: Write important maneuvers, information about a point of interest...
• Associated files: Associate an attached file (audio with voice indication, an image...). You can associate them from the 'Associated' box or using the 'Associate files' button:
  • You can also associate files:

• • • Dragging them directly from the file explorer (Windows/Mac) to the Roadbook point to be associated (either in the Data Tree or directly on the Map).
    • From the 'Associated' section of the Roadbook point properties:
    • From the contextual menu of the roadbook point selecting 'Associated':

• Enriched description: Add a longer description with explanatory text on a roadbook point with embedded images. In the right area of the 'Roadbook Editor' window you will find a button to access its creation and then a new window will open where you can create it:
  • You can also access the creation of an enriched description from the contextual menu of the roadbook point selecting 'Associated' (either from the Data Tree or directly on the Map):

4- Repeat this action for each Roadbook point that you want to highlight.

5- Save the resulting file in *.TRK format and you will have your edited Roadbook.

6- If you want all the attached files to be saved compressed in the same file, save it in *.BTRK format, with which it will be easier for you to share it with third parties.

IMPORTANT: Don't delete the Roadbook file in *.TRK format, you must always keep this file as the file in *.BTRK format cannot be edited. So if you want to change anything later, you'll need to open and modify the *.TRK file and then save it back in *.BTRK format.

Navigate a Roadbook

To navigate a Roadbook from TwoNav, all you have to do is access the 'Start > Follow a Route' menu and select the roadbook track you want to navigate:

Next, the 'Activity Preview' window will be displayed and you must press the 'Go' button to start navigating it:

When you are navigating the Roadbook, the icon of the next Roadbook point you are approaching and the distance you are from it will be displayed in the upper left area:

If that Roadbook point has a description, it will be displayed in the upper right area:

If that Roadbook point has an attached audio file, it will sound when you approach it and if it contains an attached image or an enriched description, a new window will open showing them:

Once you have passed that Roadbook point, the next one will be displayed and so on until you reach the end point of your route.

NOTE: From the Routes list you can see all the points of your Roadbook and access the attached files and enriched descriptions that you have created: