Navigation

As described above, you can import GPS tracks or routes as GPX files into myTracks. There are a variety of online services that offer routes as GPX files. If you have imported such a track, then you can easily view the track in myTracks on the map. You can let myTracks navigate along such a route. However, myTracks is not a complete navigation solution because myTracks does not automatically calculate routes.

To start navigation, first open the corresponding GPS track or route. Then tap (i) to open the information window. There you will find the button to start navigation.

The following route modes are available:

• Regular: Navigate in the original direction along the route.
• Reverse: Navigation starts in this mode at the end of the original route.
• Round Trip (Regular): If the route is a circular route, then you can use this mode. First, the nearest point of the route is determined based on your current location. This serves as a starting point. From there you navigate along the original direction.
• Round Trip (Reverse): In this mode, the nearest point is also determined first. From there, the navigation takes place in the opposite direction.

If you activate the Exact Route option, you can not use shortcuts. If the option is not activated and you leave the route once and then return to another part of the route, navigation will simply continue there.

The Speed​​ setting helps myTracks display hints for turning. The setting Slow should be used for walking or cycling. Medium and Fast are useful, for example, for car rides.

During navigation, another bar appears in the upper area. If you have to go straight ahead then you will see an unfilled straight arrow. The value is the distance to the destination:

If you need to turn soon, a filled-in arrow will appear, pointing in the appropriate direction you need to turn. The upper value indicates the distance to the point where you need to turn. The lower value indicates the distance to the destination:

The part of the route that you have already completed is shown in green. The part that is still in front of you is shown in red.

When you tap the button with the three dots, a menu appears with the following options:

• Continue at current location: If you select this item, navigation will continue from the nearest point of the route, relative to your current position. Once you left the route, you can use this feature to instruct myTracks to continue navigating to the nearest point on the route.
• Continue at center of the map: If you want to continue the navigation at a specific point on the route, first move the map so that this specific location appears in the middle of the map. Then select this function. myTracks will continue the navigation at the appropriate location.
• Stop navigation: Via this menu item you can stop the navigation.

If you do not see the navigation bar at the top, the navigation information will be displayed in a rectangle in the top left corner of the map:

Note: The navigation instructions are currently only shown on the display. In particular, there are currently no voice prompts, for example.