#145 ENHANCEMENT: Select multiple trackpoints, routepoints, & waypoints for further manipulation

[Hedley Finger]

Ubuntu 16.04 .2
Viking 1.6.2-2
ENHANCEMENT REQUEST

It would be useful to be able to select multiple points, either contiguous or non-contiguous, for further mapping. Some selection methods might be to select:

• A single point
• Several single points by holding down a modification key (e.g. Ctrl) and selecting arbitrary (possibly non-contiguous) points one after another
• Points on a subset of the track by selecting a point at enad end
• Points by dragging a rectangle or ellipse over a subset of the track
• A point and extend the selection to the start or end of the entire track
• The entire track.

Each of these selections could then be operated on in various ways. For example, the selection could be:

• Moved
• Deleted
• Copied
• Cut
• Pasted (for example, to shift part of a track from an outbound bikepath beside a multilane road to the inbound bikepath on the other side of the road
• Simplified by reducing points on different types of lines or curves
• Interpolated with additional points to better define corners, deviations, arcs
• Matched to thoroughfares (lanes, paths, drives, roads, etc.) on a map
• Converted to trackpoints, routepoints, or waypoints
• Operated on by gpsbabel.

[Rob Norris]

Ticket moved from /p/viking/bugs/140/

[Rob Norris]

This is known long standing deficiency in Viking (i.e. almost from the beginning), so don't expect to see rapid progress on this issue.
I was fairly sure there was an existing ticket but I can't find it presently.

[PhLo M]

Yes, please! This is a massive deficiency that makes it necessary to switch between other apps to get simple track edits done.