{"id":1383,"date":"2013-12-16T03:58:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T03:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2013-12-16T04:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T04:11:12","slug":"displaying-a-snail-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/displaying-a-snail-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaying A Snail Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>RavTrack PC<\/em> has the ability to place &#8220;Track Dots&#8221; on the map as tracked objects move around.&#160; There are a number of user-configurable features in <em>RavTrack PC<\/em> that facilitate the Track Dot display, such as color and frequency of the dots.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>To enable Track Dots, open:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>File &gt; Program Properties &gt; Units and Display<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This panel is used to configure the Track Dot features.&#160; Check the &#8220;Draw Track Dots&#8221; option to enable Track Dots.&#160; Set the &#8220;Dot Size&#8221; to a size that is visible on your map.&#160; 4-10 is a typical size.&#160; 20 is a very big circle-dot. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"301\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you set the &#8220;Minimum distance between dots&#8221; to zero, they will be drawn on the map every time the transponder reports in.&#160; On some systems, this may clutter the map, so you may want to set the minimum distance to some larger number, say 100 feet.&#160; If it is set to 100ft, then a dot will appear on the map every time the tracked object moves more than 100 feet.&#160; 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