I also just took the time and tried it. in 6.8.9 it is possible.
Steps: 1. Enable pan mode. 2. Pan to desired location. 3. Double tap on map while still in pan mode (Took a while until I figured that one out!) 4. Now select NAV 2 and drop marker. You are now in pan mode AND in nav 2 menu. 5. Drop a marker. It is created at the crosshair location and named according to coordinates. 6. Tap on map to get ‚map elements at this location‘ page. 7. Select the marker from the list. 8. Tap ‚Details‘ button to get element info page. 9. Tap right arrow to get waypoint details. 10. Tap ‚Edit‘ button to get waypoint editor page. 11. Make your edits (Rename, etc. ) and quit with OK. -> Now tap on the new waypoint in map and insert it in task or go to task editor and use it the usual way. I’d not say that is the most straightforward and intuitive way, but it might be acceptable for pre flight. In 6.7.x, though, the above is NOT possible, since the marker is not dropped at the crosshair location. Martin --- Am 25.07.2015 um 03:59 schrieb Ramy Yanetz <ryan...@yahoo.com>: > Just tried it again. Panned out and dropped a marker. The marker was not > dropped at the cross air. It was dropped at current location. So if the > enhancement in 6.8 is to convert it to a waypoint, it will still not address > the need to be able to create a waypoint on any place on the map. > So no, I dont think I am the one speculating and spreading wrong info. > Reopening the ticket. > > Ramy > > From: Ramy Yanetz <ryan...@yahoo.com> > To: Andreas Pfaller <pfal...@gmail.com> > Cc: "xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net" <xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 12:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] How to create a new waypoint on the map by panning > or tapping? > > There is no speculation nor spreading wrong info in my posts. The wrong info > was actually provided by yourself and Max when you closed the ticket as if > this feature was already available. It was not but I am glad it will be > available in 6.8. > I tried what you describe in 6.7 and could NOT drop a mark at the cross air > location. > Please explain how or point me to the place where it is described in the > manual. > > Thanks for all the hard work you folks put into XCSoar > > Ramy > > (Sent from my iPhone) > > > > > On Jul 24, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Andreas Pfaller <pfal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > A marker can be dropped at the cross-hair location in pan mode > > just like you would do it at the current GPS position in the > > normal map mode (well, you will have to use the menu as gestures > > will not work in pan mode). This feature is certainly already > > available in 6.7.x. > > > > The primary change in 6.8.x was converting a marker to a proper > > waypoint. > > > > So please stop speculating and spreading wrong info. A new > > 6.8.x alpha was just released. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Xcsoar-user mailing list > > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
