Working with tracking

In the GPS section of the Application dialog:

• Set Track Device Location to a time interval of your choice.
• Optionally, set View The Device Tracks to the required user level.

1. Select Tracking from the GPS group of the Map tab.
2. Optionally, select or deselect the options on the dropdown list below the Tracking command.

   At least one of the options should be selected.

1. Select Center On from the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens the Center On dialog.

2. Choose a user or device to centre on, then click OK.

1. Select Tracks from the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens the Select Tracks dialog.

2. On the Users tab and the Field Devices tab, select the users and field devices whose tracks you want to show on the map.
3. If any of the selected users do not have tracking colours allocated to them, allocate each of them a colour now using the dropdown colour selection tool.

   This colour allocation will apply only for the current session. Long-term colour allocation is set on the User dialog.

4. If required, you can temporarily change the tracking colour for any of the users (if, for example, you want them to be more distinguishable).
5. Click OK.

1. Select Track Details from the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens the Track Details dialog.

2. Click on each listed tracking point, or click the Next and Previous commands in the ribbon.

   A small red ring is shown behind each tracking point on the map as it is selected in the Track Details dialog.

1. Select Export Tracks from the dropdown actions menu in the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens the Export Tracks dialog.

2. Select the track(s) to be exported, then click OK.

   This opens a standard Windows Save As dialog (titled Export Tracks).

3. If required, change the default name and location for the export file.
4. Choose a file format from the Save as type dropdown list.

   The available file formats are Google Earth (*.kml) and GPS exchange format (*.gpx).

5. Click Save.

1. Select Import Tracks from the dropdown actions menu in the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens a standard Windows Open dialog (titled Import Tracks).

2. Select the file to be imported.

   Supported file types are Google Earth (*.kml) and GPS exchange format (*.gpx).

3. Click Open.

   This opens the Allocate Tracks dialog, which allows you to assign missing attributes to imported tracking data.

4. Assign any missing data using the dropdown lists for each track listing, then click OK.

This procedure clears tracking data from the database, not just from the current map.

1. If tracks are currently shown on the map:
   1. Select Tracks from the GPS group of the Map tab.

      This opens the Select Tracks dialog.

   2. Clear all selections from the Users tab and the Field Devices tab, then click OK.
2. Select Clear Tracks from the dropdown actions menu in the GPS group of the Map tab.

   This opens the Select Tracks dialog.

3. Select a "delete before" date.
4. Select the users and devices whose tracks you want to clear from the database, then click OK.
5. Respond to the confirmation message.