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Xpedition 2 - Quick Start Guide v1.0 (Feb 2019)
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Xpedition2 - Overview
XPEDITION2 is an online mapping and route planning WebApp brought to you by the
makers of Satmap Outdoor GPS devices.
XPEDITION2 works best on Windows and Mac desktop and laptops, but also works
very well on tablets and smartphones.
Its main purpose is to provide outstanding online topographic mapping and route
planning tools for outdoor adventures.
These routes (along with POIs (Points of Interest) and shapes) can be easily saved and
organised into a standard folder structure. Folders and routes can easily be
reorganised using drag-and-drop.
Once completed, these routes can easily be downloaded and and transferred to any
GPS device (including smartphones and tablets that support the universal GPX
navigation file format. Owners of the Satmap Active 20 GPS units have the facility to
wirelessly download and upload routes from and to Xpedition2.
This planner is currently offered in two versions: a standard, free version and a
premium version with extended map coverage and enhanced routing features.
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Xpedition2 - Introduction
The XPEDITION 2 WebApp offers :
• Global topographic mapping.
• Standard Users – Satmap adventure layer & Bing road, aerial coverage
• Premium Users – Ordnance Survey and other major European providers.
• Plan routes, create POIs, shapes and lines.
• Save and organise all routes, POIs, etc. by multi-layered folders.
• Import and export GPX / TCX files (routes, tracks and waypoints).
• Global routing : “snap-to-foot(path)” / bike(path) / road.
• Route editing : Split, trim and append functions.
• Multiple, simultaneous route, POI and shape editing.
• Split screen route editing allowing for different map styles in each screen.
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Xpedition2 – Map Tool Bar …
Open a route, POI, shape, etc.
Open the Xpedition Route Manager
Save all items on the map screen
Export all map items to a GPX file
Import a GPX file
Clear current map of all items
Split screen mode (Premium feature)
Screenshot map
Print map
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Xpedition2 – Map Selector List …
Premium subscribers can select from a wide range of
topographic mapping providers.
“Great Britain (Ordnance Survey)” will display
OS 1:50k Landranger and
OS 1:25k Explorer layers.
“Free” subscribers have access to a restricted list of
worldwide mapping layers – including the exclusive
Satmap Adventure mapping, in addition to Bing Road
and Aerial coverage.
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Xpedition2 – Routes Tool Bar
Create new routes by pressing the “+” icon Clear route icon
Route “Save” icon
Route “Save As” icon
Export route file icon (.gpx format)
Snap to Foot / Bike / Road icons
Change route colour Refresh / replace elevation data
Convert route to a line
Join one route to another (Append function) Convert route to a track Convert route to a shape
N.B. Some GPS devices work better with
GPX “Tracks” rather than GPX “Routes”. In
many respects they are very similar.
Xpedition2 allows easy switching between
Tracks and Routes.
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Xpedition2 – Create a route (“straight-line”)
Create new routes by pressing the “+” icon
Routes easily named when saved
Leave these icons un-pressed for straight-
line routes.
Route finish/end-point
Route start-point
Click (or touch with tablet/smartphone) to
create new route.
For “straight-line” routes, a route-point will be
laid down at each click/tap. Points can easily
be dragged to new locations to adjust the
route.
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Xpedition2 – Create a route (“snapped”)
Spanner will toggle tool visibility
Routes are “auto-named” initially.
Use icon to select “snap-to-foot(path) /
bike(path) or road”
Route finish/end-point
Route start-point
Click (or touch with tablet/smartphone) to
create new route and points along tracks and
roads.
N.B. where there are minor differences
between the route as seen on the O.S. map
and the snapped route, this is due to the
routing machine using a global route network
for this function.
Top-Tip : “Snapped” routes are generally
quicker to create and more accurately follow
any given track or road then straight-line
routes.
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Xpedition2 – Save a route
• Routes are “auto-named” initially, just over-type to change the name.
• “My Stuff” is the root location for saving objects.
• Folders are listed on the left hand side panel,
• … individual routes, POIs and shapes are listed on the right-hand side panel.
• Use the “+” icon to create folders and sub-folders as required.
Folders Routes & POIs
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Xpedition2 – Export a route
To export an individual route, press the “download” icon.
Then re-name if required and select either GPX or TCX file format
(depending on your GPS device), and press export.
This will then allow the file to be saved to your PC / Mac / tablet /
smartphone, where it can then be sent onwards to a GPS device.
N.B. Some GPS devices work better with
GPX “Tracks” rather than GPX “Routes”. In
many respects they are very similar. The
Export function allows downloads to be
formatted as “tracks”.
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Xpedition2 – Create lots of routes, shapes & POIs at once
In this example, we have created
a primary route (Skiddaw Loop),
then an alternate route (Short-cut),
plus 4 Check-Points and an “Out-
of-Bounds” area.
All of these “objects” can be
downloaded as a single GPX/TCX
file or as separate files.
As an individual file it will have just
one name, as separate files, they
will have the names given in
Xpedition2.
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Xpedition2 – Split screen function
The Split-screen function is a great tool for easier route planning.
This allows the map to be seen in two panels. Each panel can operate independent from the other : i.e.
different map style, different zoom, and different centre points. A central slider allows for reciprocal panel
sizes.
Adjust panel size
Select LHS Map
Select RHS Map
Match Zoom
Match Centre
Collapse menu for bigger
map area
Opposite panel
coverage
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