Trace a Route

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• plotaroute admin   Monday 23 May 2022 08:50:44

  Sorry Mark, I don't know why pasting it works differently. Maybe we might be able to find a way to reload routes added to the background map if you leave the route planner and come back.

• Mark Worthington   Sunday 22 May 2022 12:10:35

  Interesting. I have a rotue named "01b 24-6-22". If I type directly into the Universal Search, the route soon appears in the "My Routes" section and a quick click loads it into the map. The Trace is maintained.
  
  However, if I paste "01b 24-6-22" directly into the box, nothing shows. I can delete characters until the route appears as above. However, if I click the search icon, then after being taken to another page, it takes a few more selctions to load the map.
  
  The latter process effectively clears the previous map (ie the Traced Route).
  
  Mark

• Mark Worthington   Sunday 22 May 2022 10:27:37

  Thanks for the tip!

• plotaroute admin   Sunday 22 May 2022 07:55:05

  The traced route isn't saved anywhere, so that's why it isn't there if you exit the route planner and go back to it. If you want to load one of your saved routes after using Trac e a Route to add another one to the background map, you can select it from the route planner page by typing the name of the route in the Universal Search box next to the menus.

• Mark Worthington   Saturday 21 May 2022 15:27:07

  Yes, one of PR's absolute best features, use it all the time.
  
  However, I note that after setting a route as the background via Trace a Route, loading a saved route (My Routes, Actions, Edit in Route Planner) deletes the trace. I expected the same behaviour as when I upload a new route.
  
  Am I missing something?

  Thanks,

  Mark

• Colin Hoppe   Thursday 29 Nov 2018 09:59:32

  Excellent feature !  Having borrowed some routes from another site and imported them, they arrive without directions.  

  Using the trace feature makes re-creating the route and thereby creating Directions an absolute doddle !

• plotaroute admin   Saturday 01 Sep 2018 08:02:27

  Once you've saved your route you can select CLEAR and choose the option to clear everytihng.  Then you can reload your saved route - you can do this without leaving the page by searching for it using the universal search box at the top of the page.

  John

• Cooky Dragon Wednesday 29 Aug 2018 19:30:59

  Great feature.  How can I remove the old route that I traced, once I'm done with my new route?

• David Tidmarsh   Sunday 17 Jun 2018 08:27:13

  Brilliant! Use this a lot for mapping alternatives when route blocked (locked gates!) for horse riders. BHS Scotland access.

• Peter Robinson   Thursday 24 May 2018 16:32:34

  Many thanks Peter!