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A more comprehensive RideTrac User’s Manual is coming soon.  For now here’s the quick and dirty cheat sheet version.

Button Definitions:

GPS button:

GPS receiver is off.  Select to turn the GPS receiver on.

GPS receiver is on and a location is acquired.  Select to turn GPS receiver off.

GPS is on and locations are being recorded.  Button is disabled.

Record button:

GPS is on, location acquired, and not recording locations.  Select to begin recording locations.

Location recording is in progress.  Select to stop recording locations.

GPS location not acquired.  Recording is not possible, button is disabled.

Street View button:

GPS is on, location acquired. Select this button to jump directly to Google Street View.  Note: not every location has a street view available.

GPS location not acquired.  Street View is not possible, button is disabled.

Recenter button:

GPS is on, location acquired.  Select to recenter the map display on the current location.

GPS location not acquired.  Recenter is not possible, button is disabled.

Compass button:

Compass is off.  Select to display on-screen compass.

Compass is on.  Select to remove compass from display.

Map mode button:

Map is displayed.  Select to display satellite image.

Satellite image is displayed.  Select to display map.

Traffic button:

Traffic is not displayed on map.  Select to display traffic overlay on map.

Traffic overlay is displayed on map.  Select to stop displaying traffic.

Statistics View Context Menu (long press on the statistics view at the bottom of the screen):

Select Track Drawing Mode

Off: Do not draw the track

Solid: Draw the track in a solid color based on the Loaded Track Color preference

Color By Elevation: Draw the track in up to 6 colors mapped to absolute elevation ranges/colors specified in the Color By Elevation preference

Color By Elevation Change: Draw the track in up to 6 colors mapped to relative elevation (relative to the starting elevation)ranges/colors specified in the Color By Elevation Change preference

Color By Gradient: Draw the track in up to 6 colors mapped to the gradient percentage (steepness) ranges/colors specified in the Color By Gradient % preference

Color By Speed: Draw the track in up to 6 colors mapped to the speed ranges/colors specified in the Color By Speed preference

Select Marker Drawing Mode

Off: Do not draw any markers

All Markers: Draw all the markers that are visible on the map

Track Only: Only draw markers collected as part of the currently displayed track

Option Menu Definitions:

Settings..

Preferences: Bring up the User Preferences (see below).

Custom Exports: Create/View/Edit/Delete custom CSV export formats.

Saved Tracks..

Load: Load a previously recorded track from the database.  Statistics will update, track will overlay on map.  Position map on last point in track.

Import: Import a gpx file from the /ridetrac directory on the sdcard.  Files must have a .gpx file extension.

Export: Export the currently loaded track to GPX, KML, or custom CSV format (if any are defined).  Exported file will be written to the /ridetrac directory on the sdcard.

Delete: Delete a previously recorded track from the database.

Markers..

View/Edit/Delete Marker: Select a previously created marker to view, edit, or delete it.  All marker details including the image can be edited other than the location.

Create Marker: This option is only available while the GPS is active with a location acquired.  Select to create a marker at the current location.  If this is selected during track recording, the marker will be associated with the track and exported as placemarkers in KML.

Reset: Remove a loaded track from display and reset the statistics.  Note: Tracks automatically unload when recording is started.

Database..

Backup: Back the entire database up to the /ridetrac directory on the sdcard.

Restore: Restore a previously backedup database.  This will overwrite any data currently in the active database.

Help..

About: Display a nice disclaimer dialog.

FAQ: Display a Frequently Asked Questions help page

Release Notes: Display the release notes

Quit: Exit RideTrac

User Preference Definitions:

Select Distance Units: Choose between feet/miles and meters/kilometers for the statistics display. Default is feet/miles.

Show Track Date/Time: Select to display the date and time of a loaded track overlaid on the map view. Default is ON.

Keep Map Centered: Turn on to keep your current location at the center of the map whenever GPS is on (whether recording or not).  One consequence of turning this ON is you will be unable to move the map manually and keep it where you put it whenever GPS is ON since RideTrac will keep jumping the map back so your location is at the center (you can’t have it both ways…).  Another consequence is the Recenter button isn’t very useful when this is ON, but if you simply want to always have your current location dead-center all the time, this option is for you.   Default is OFF.

GPS Off When Paused: Turn off the GPS whenever RideTrac is paused. This happens when a phone call comes in, the screen saver is activated, the back button is hit, etc.  Default is OFF to conserve battery. Turn ON if accurate collection of distance and elevation statistics is desired in all situations when GPS is ON and not recording.

Use GPS Accuracy: To filter out excess point recording, only motion that exceeds a specific distance will result in a recorded point. Turn this ON to use the GPS reported accuracy as that limit. Default is OFF.  My observation is that the actual accuracy is frequently better than the reported accuracy, so turning this on may cause legitimate points to not get recorded.

Set Min Distance: Use an explicitly set distance to filter point recording. Only motion that exceed this distance will be recorded. If Use GPS Accuracy is ON this will be ignored. Default is 1.0 meters.

Button View BG Color: Change the default background color of the button view.  Note: this does not effect landscape view.

Statistics View BG Color: Change the default background color of the statistics view.

Live Track Color: Change the default color of overlay track drawing for live collection.

Loaded Track Color: Change the default color of the overlay track drawing for loaded tracks.

Color By Elevation: Change the default ranges and colors for the Color By Elevation track drawing mode

Color By Elevation Change: Change the default ranges and colors for the Color By Elevation Change track drawing mode

Color By Gradient %: Change the default ranges and colors for the Color By Gradient track drawing mode

Color By Speed: Change the default ranges and colors for the Color By Speed track drawing mode