What are routes, tracks and waypoints?
In summary: A route is a course you intend to follow, where as a track is the course you actually followed. A waypoint is a place you have ‘bookmarked’. Routes and track have a particular exact meaning with most mapping applications. Safarimappers can actually deal with both routes and tracks, but it’s worth knowing about the differences between each. A track is a recording by a GPS of your position, elevation and speed at a series of points in time. Before uploading a track to safarimappers.com it’s a good idea to have a look at the track and edit it to just show the data you want. A route is a series of points which have been created in a suitable application. Like a track they contain position date for a series of points, typically at points where the route changes direction. You can use a route on a GPS to help you stay on your intended course, as the GPS can give you directions to the next point on a route. You can add a name and description of each waypoint. An example of a waypo
