Re: [Paddlewise] Topo USA 5.0

Thanks for the tips on Topo USA 5.0, which, BTW, is not the same as 
"National Geographic Topo!" [their punctuation]

The answer to my question, which I figured out after muddling around a 
while is, to create a set of directions for navigating through a bunch 
of islands with no features,

In the Route screen
1. Define a Start, with the Start button.
2. Define a Finish, with the Finish button.
3. Do not bother adding Vias in between Start and Finish. Instead, mark 
every point where your course changes as a Stop. Real intuitive, huh? 
Oh, and don't come back and "Add" a stop later, you have to "Insert" it.
4. Directions will now list the changes in course correctly...except 
that while the map is cluttered with (1-0)Stop_1, (2-0)Stop, etc, the 
directions give only a terse "From: Stop, To: Arrive at Stop."

If you want to have the stops marked on the map with coordinates, you 
right click on the Stop and go 2 menus deep to Add Mapnote - Coordinate 
Mapnote. If they are too close together, they will end up on top of each 
other.

Anyway, it seems to mostly give me what I want now.

-- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA
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