MacENC 7.30 brings a very interesting function allowing you to create a route, composed of a succession of waypoints, from a plot made with the mouse on the map using the “Annotation” mode of the toolbar.
How to go about it ?
1 – Select menu Routes > Open.
2 – Create a new route or choose an existing route.
3 – Click the " Annotation in the toolbar.
4 – Create an annotation, for example by drawing a line connecting several waypoints.
5 – If you are not satisfied with this annotation, annotation hover with the cursor (it turns into dotted lines), then press the [Delete] to erase it.
6 – Otherwise, hover over the annotation with the cursor (it turns into dotted lines), then right-click to open the context menu.
7 – Choose the " Add to the route to automatically create the waypoints that travel through this annotation that will be added to the selected route.
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At time, The "freehand" route on the map, by means of the mouse, or worse, The Trackpad of the laptop, does not allow for high accuracy. Richard Ray, given the immediate success of this feature with US users, will see to extending the annotation options in the form of lines, Ovals and rectangles, as in drawing software.
In my opinion an excellent feature for this application already well supplied in other navigation features, for a still low price.
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