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Routes are the least understood and one of the most
important functions of a GPS receiver. The better you
understand routes and how to use them, the more
enjoyment you will receive from using your eXplorist.
The easiest, and most common form of a route is a
GOTO route. A GOTO route is a one-leg route with a
starting point (your present position) and a destination
(a POI you select). This route is useful when you want
to go to a specific preloaded or user-entered POI.
The next type of a route is a multi-leg route. The easiest
way to understand multi-leg routes is they are GOTO
routes stuck together. If a GOTO route is from A to B
then a multi-leg route goes from A to B, B to C, C to D
and so on. (Using the term multi-leg is somewhat misleading as it can be a single leg route but these types of
routes are rarely used as a one-leg route, a GOTO route would be used instead.) An advantage of a multi-leg
route is that it can be saved in the eXplorist’s memory to be activated and used over and over.
A third type of route is a backtrack route. (The creation of backtrack routes are not described in this section of
the manual as they are part of the Track Log functions of the eXplorist.) As you travel the eXplorist records
your track. Creating a backtrack route uses this track information and creates a multi-leg route, in reverse
order, enabling you to navigate back to where you started.
A GOTO route is the most commonly used form of route in your eXplorist. The creation of a GOTO route is no
harder then pressing the GOTO button and searching in the POI database for the destination POI.
Features of a GOTO route:
• A straight line from your present position to a selected POI.
• GOTO routes can not be saved.
• GOTO routes are erased when the eXplorist is turned off.
• GOTO routes can be created by pressing the GOTO button and selecting the destination POI from the
POI database.
• GOTO routes can also be created in the Cursor mode of the Map screen.
GOTO Routes
Routes