How to modify your Track(s) and Waypoints?

Skipperblogs has been designed to give you maximum freedom on your content and how to customize it. In this sense, the map editor allows you to fully edit any tracks on your map. You can add, edit, move and delete waypoints and customize tracks style.

A quick overview of the Map Editor

Go to Dashboard Navigation Map (https://www.skipperblogs.com/dashboard/map-editor) to open the map editor.

The floating menu on the left list all your tracks. At the beginning you have only the Tracking track which is the main one and the only one to have your boat position and the only one being updated by the system with your location.

You can add secondary tracks for other purposes. For example, you can create a Planned Voyage track to show your visitors your sailing plans for the next season.

Click on the Map tab to open the settings and customize the background, the boat icon and so on.

How to edit a track?

Locate the track you want to edit in the list and click on the Waypoint Edit button This will enable the edit mode on the track and allow you to edit each waypoint individually.

On top, a new menu bar list three different modes

When Edit waypoints is selected, you can edit, move and remove waypoints

When Continue track is selected, you can add new waypoints at the end of the track (continue your voyage).

When Continue backward is selected, you can add new waypoints at the beginning of the track (add waypoints in the past).

Edit waypoints: move

To move any waypoint while in the edit mode you just have to grab-move it (maintain click and move).

Edit waypoints: remove

To remove a waypoint, hover it and click on the trash button .

Edit waypoints: insert in between

You can insert waypoints in the middle of a track by clicking on the icon. Then drag the waypoint to the desired location.

Edit waypoints: change data

Fly over a waypoint and click on the edit icon to include a custom text and navigation data to your waypoint. Theses info will be shown on the map.

Timestamps in the tracking track

Each point of the tracking trace has a timestamp that defines their chronological order and allows to perform statistics on the journey (Number of days since departure, average speed, ...). Each tracking system will add the timestamp of the reported position and, in the case of manual tracking, it is up to you to enter this information. That said, if this consistency is of less importance to you, you can leave the date of the new position as it.

Don't forget to save!

Your changes on the map and on the waypoint are not immediately saved, that way you can always revert your changes. Once all your modifications are done, hit the save button to commit your changes.

Continue track (manual tracking)

When you need to move your boat, this mode allows you to simply click the map to add a new waypoint. You can click several times in a row to circumnavigate your boat in no time. This mode is aslo known as Manual Tracking.

Don't forget to save!

Your changes on the map and on the waypoint are not immediately saved, that way you can always revert your changes. Once all your modifications are done, hit the save button to commit your changes.

Continue backward

Same as Continue track but this time you append new waypoints at the beginning of the track.

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How to modify your Track(s) and Waypoints?

A quick overview of the Map Editor

How to edit a track?

Edit waypoints: move

Edit waypoints: remove

Edit waypoints: insert in between

Edit waypoints: change data

Timestamps in the tracking track

Don't forget to save!

Continue track (manual tracking)

Don't forget to save!

Continue backward