Landmarks

Many race courses use fixed navigation marks as part of the course.  These marks can  be defined in your event just as with any other mark, but they must be re-defined each time.

TackTracker gives you the ability to define fixed marks knwn as "landmarks" that appear in TackTracker permanently.  

Note that a landmark serves as a point of reference only.  It cannot function as a course mark. However, you can use a landmark to quickly and accurately lay a course mark when needed.  

• If you create a course mark with the same name as a nearby landmark, the course mark will automatically be laid at the landmark location.
• If laying a course mark on top of a landmark with your mouse, it will snap to the precise landmark location.

Landmarks are defined in the Settings dialog, accessed using the Settings Button:

Select the "Landmarks" tab:

The landmark dialog displays either all your landmarks or the selected landmark and any nearby.  You can edit the selected landmark to change its name or coordinates and even lay it by clicking on the map.

To create a new landmark, click

This will display the Add Landmarks dialog:

You can locate your new landmark in two ways:

• Search for your location by typing a placename in the "Search for Place Name" box and press Enter.   A dialog will show all matching locations around the world.  Select the desired location and click "Show on Map".  If you don't see the location you're looking for, provide more context such as state and country.
• Type in the latitude and longitude coordinates of the landmark

When done, click Add to add your landmark.  The landmark will be shown in the main landmarks list and you can further edit it from there.

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