With Aqua Map it is possible to record all the important information of your trips, share them with others and import tracks to be used as safety reference for your navigation.
Track recording
To start recording your Track, tap on this button, it will start recording the track and the button will change , tap again to pause or to stop and save the track log. In case you pause the track, tapping again will restart the track recording.
NOTE: all the markers and photos inserted while recording a track will be automatically "linked" to the track. When you will share the track you will have the option to share the track together with all the linked markers and photos.
Track info box
When the app is recording a track, a new section of information will be added to the GPS info box:
This new section of the window contains (from left to right):
- the Total Length of the recorded track,
- the Average Speed of the recorded track,
- the Total Time of the recorded track.
NOTE: tapping on this info box will open the corresponding Track info page.
Track popup
You can access information about a track by tapping on any point along the track. It will open a pop-up window where you will be able to share it or access its "info" page .
You can also access the same page from the Search page.
The popup window shows:
- on the first row: the name of the Track ("B423 Savannah to Titusville 033021")
- on the second row: (only in US) the Mile Marker corresponding to the GPS position ("MM:687,2"), the distance and direction of the tapped point compared to your GPS position ("260°T - 4223 NM"),
- on the third row: the depth ("-8.2 m") and the time and date of the tapped point along the track ("31/03/21 22:20:03").
NOTE: “Depth” data is recorded into the track only if you have an active WiFi connection to your ship’s depth instrumentation.
NOTE: tapping on the track name in the center of this dialog (or any similar pop-up) will open a page with the list of all objects near that position. See the Map information page for more details.
Track info page
The below image is the track "info" page, where you will be able to:
- open the Track settings page (tap on the corresponding button), where you can edit name, description, color and visibility of the track;
- see the Duration of the track (total distance and total time);
- open the Route Explorer page (tap on the corresponding button), where you see the Route Explorer information for this track;
NOTE: to open this page you need to have the Aqua Map Master subscription active. - open the Depth page (tap on the corresponding button), where you see the Depth graph.
NOTE: in case the track does not have any depth info associated with, this section will not be present.
NOTE: in the Depth page it will be possible to delete portion of the track. - open the Speed page (tap on the corresponding button), where you see the Speed graph.
NOTE: in case the track does not have any speed info associated with, this section will not be present.
NOTE: in the Speed page it will be possible to delete portion of the track.
From the bottom menu you can:
- share the track in GPX or KMZ format. You will be able to share in many different ways (eg GEC Account, eMail, other apps, ...). See the sharing page for more details;
- center the map on the track, will close this page and will zoom on the map centered on the track.
NOTE: this button on the Depth and Speed graph pages will center the map on the track exactly on the point corresponding to the slider selection on the graph. - followthe track, will make this track "active" to allow you to navigate it like a route. If the track is active, this button will be substituted by the button that will stop the track navigation.
When navigating a track you will get the same behaviour and info that you have when navigating a route.
NOTE: Navigating a track will create dummy (automatically calculated) waypoints along the track itself, in order to help with some references during the navigation. - reverse the track, will reverse the track direction (start becomes end and viceversa). All the track info will be recalculated considering the new direction.
NOTE: This button is not active if you are navigating or recording the track. - duplicate the track, will create a new track with the same content of this one. The new track color is automatically changed to white.
NOTE: This button is not active if you are navigating or recording the track. - delete the track
Here below the Depth and Speed graph pages:
In both pages, from the bottom menu you can:
- center the map on the track at the exact point corresponding to the graph cursor.
- cut/split the track: when you tap on the icon a popup will ask if you would: a) delete from the graph cursor to the end of the track b) delete from the graph cursor to the beginning of the track c) split the track at that position. If you split the track, a new track with the "_X" suffix will be created, the original track will contain the track from the selected point to the end, the new track (with the "_X") will contain the track from the start to the selected content. In any case, all the track info will be recalculated.
NOTE: pay attention, you cannot undo this operation, so we suggest to duplicate the Track before to do this operation.
Track editing
This is a summary of all the possible changes you can do to a Track.
- change the name: from the Track info page, tap on the button in the Settings section, then select the Track name field.
- change the description: from the Track info page, tap on the button in the Settings section, then select the Track description field.
- change the color: from the Track info page, tap on the button in the Settings section, then select the preferred color.
- hide/show in the map:
- from the Track info page, tap on the button in the Settings section, then tap on the Hide/Show switch,
- from the Search page, tap on the icon on the left of the track row .
- cut the track:
- from the Depth and Speed graph pages (see above), select the cutting point with the slider and then tapping the button. You will be asked if you would cut the track from that point to the end or to the beginning.
- from the map, tap on the cutting point, then open the Track info page with the button, open the Depth or Speed graph page, the cursor will be placed at the exact location where you tapped on the track, tap the button
- from the Depth and Speed graph pages (see above), select the cutting point with the slider and then tapping the button. You will be asked if you would cut the track from that point to the end or to the beginning.
- split the track:
- from the Depth and Speed graph pages (see above), select the cutting point with the slider and then tapping the button. You will be asked if you would cut the track from that point to the end or to the beginning.
- from the map, tap on the cutting point, then open the Track info page with the button, open the Depth or Speed graph page, the cursor will be placed at the exact location where you tapped on the track, tap the button
- from the Depth and Speed graph pages (see above), select the cutting point with the slider and then tapping the button. You will be asked if you would cut the track from that point to the end or to the beginning.