Comments on: Tracks and Routes

By: Rich Owings

Rich Owings — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:54:05 +0000

What kind of navigator do you have?

By: Petra

Petra — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:58:48 +0000

Thank you for explaining all this. It does not answer my problem though. I am not walking with GPS, i stick to asfalt so i do want my route to correspond with my track. If i would want my navigator to tell me where to go when i am on my bike i don’t want to go as the crow flies. I have outlayed a track in my computer, but i don’t seem to be able to get it into my navigator unless it is a route.
But this site is for (off road) hiking? So you use it differently i think. I will continue to search for an answer on the web. Thank you so far.

By: Tom Gould

Tom Gould — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:15:33 +0000

A track is necessary, vs. a route, when navigating in Bush Alaska. A straight line between waypoints could get you killed by dropping you into open water, in the winter or run aground in the summer.