Create Milestones
Overview
This dialog can be found in ‘Menu-Projects-Create Milestones’. Its main purpose is to create equidistant points of interest along a route or track.
The distance can be specified, as well as name and symbol.
Fields
milestone distance
This field specifies the distance value the milestones will be away from each other.
unit
This field specifies the unit for the distance set above.
offset
This field specifies an offset added to the milestone distance just for labeling purposes. It is normally set to 0.
label
This field specifies the name of the milestones, enhanced by user defined placeholders.
length
Currently not used.
symbol
The symbol for the milestone to be created.
Placeholders
The name of the milestones (field ‘label’) may contain placeholders:
| placeholder | description |
|---|---|
%c |
Zero based index (e.g. 0, 1, 2, …, 12, 13) |
%C |
Zero based index, zero aligned (e.g. 01, 02, …, 12, 13) |
%i |
Integral distance corresponding to the specified distance and unit. |
%I |
Integral distance as above, zero aligned |
%f{0..3} |
Floating point distance (e.g. %f1:7.0; %f2:7.00; %f3:7.000; ) |
%% |
Percent sign |
Examples
Example 1
- milestone distance:
1 - unit:
km - label:
%I km - offset:
0 - symbol:
Default
The output formats to:
0 km
1 km
2 km
3 km
Example 2
- milestone distance:
1 - unit:
km - label:
M%c: %f1 km - offset:
1.5 - symbol:
Default
The output formats to:
M0: 1.5 km
M1: 2.5 km
M2: 3.5 km
M3: 4.5 km