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Editing a track

There are various ways of performing the following functions - by menus, commands and textual menus.
Below we detail some of the more popular actions.

Duplicating a track

We suggest you duplicate a track to keep a copy of the original before you start to work on it with commands such as splitting and joining.
This will be held in the locations database for you to refer back to if you want to re-instate the original.

Splitting a track

This is extremely useful if you find you have forgotten to reset your GPS device before the start of your second track and when you download the file to your computer you find you've a straight line joining the two tracks.

Before you start splitting a track we suggest you make a duplicate of it so that it is still there in your locations database if you make a mistake. Once the duplicate has been made, remove the original (or the copy) from your place file and work on track.

Take the mouse to the point at which you want to split the track* and right click.
From the menu select Split track and you now will see two entries rather than one in the browser list
On the map or in the browser list select the section of track you want to remove and right click,
Select remove from Place or remove from Library

*get the point at which you want to split the track as close as possible to where you need it (this is where overzoom can be helpful!). If you have a waypoint in the way then this can affect that selection. Best to move any waypoints into a temporary place file whilst you are performing the split and then move them back later.

Split track into days or segments

If you have recorded a track over a number of days, or have switched the device off on occasions during the recording of the track, these features will split the track into separate segments accordingly.

Joining Tracks

Before you start joining tracks we suggest you make duplicates of them so that they are still in your locations database if you make a mistake.

Select the two tracks either by:
selecting and highlight them in the browser list (to select two items in the list that are not next to each other, select the first then Ctrl/Cmd+alt+left click mouse to select the second)
or by highlighting them both on the map (use the select tool+left click to select the first then shift+left click to select the second)
Right click on one of the track icons in the browser list to get the contextual menu or right click on one of the tracks on the map to get the contextual menu.
Select Join Tracks.
The tracks will join in date/time order.