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2007-03-07 , 15:48
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Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
I am impressed at the ability to download gpx routes. Of course, it doesn't always choose the route I would have chosen. I wonder if there is a way to tell it to go via a certain city in order to force to go a different way.
Unfortunately, I have no control over the chosen route - the directions are gleaned from Google Maps, which doesn't (to my knowledge) provide customization for how the route is generated.

Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
I still don't understand the 'insert mark' feature. I think it inserts the current location of the gps. Is there a way to edit or label the marks? How about uploading stored waypoints that I have from a different source? I inspected the marks file that I saved away and it seems like it is written in xml markup. I guess I could write a Perl script on my desctop to generate an xml file that could be loaded.
"Insert Mark" merely adds a break in your track. If you save the track to a file, it appears in the XML as the beginning of a new trk element. You can edit that XML file using a text editor if you want, but it's cumbersome.