Security issue with routes
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Today, I ended my activity at the top of a mountain.
I was planning to rest, eat, enjoy the view and then start another activity for the downhill part of my hike. Big mistake…It quickly became foggy, so I wanted to use my watch to find my way down by following the uphill track. To my surprise, I found out that this simple task is impossible.
The track is in my watch, but I can’t use it!
What a terrible and dengerous design decision: in order to see any of your tracks, you first need to download it to your phone, convert it to a route in the app and finally upload it again to the watch.
But surprise, surprise, my phone was dead: no battery…This makes no sense, why can’t I follow tracks that are already on my watch?
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if you don’t end your activity but select track back you will be guided exactly the way you have tracked so far, back to your starting point
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@freeheeler And even without the recently introduced Track Back function it is fairly easy to follow breadcrumbs by looking at the map. Track Back doesn’t really add that much.
Suunto: Ambit, Ambit 3 Peak, 9 Baro, Race S, Race Ti, Vertical 2 Ti
Garmin: Forerunner 210, Forerunner 610, Fenix 6X, Fenix 7X Ti -
@sky-runner
it guides you a bit more than just the breadcrumbs, but yes… in a really critical situation breadcrumbs would do it, too.in unknown terrain and location a little bit of planning ahead wouldn’t hurt
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@sky-runner said in Security issue with routes:
And even without the recently introduced Track Back function it is fairly easy to follow breadcrumbs by looking at the map
Not if you stop the activity like the OP, or your watch restarts, like yours did. Then you’re left with nothing, since you can’t load saved activities as routes, without your phone.
