Add second track overlay

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The user should be able to overlay another track while recording a new one.
In that way he could follow a tour, or go on a treasure hunt, etc.
Possibilities are endless.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rdama...@google.com on 18 May 2010 at 9:15

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Issue 31 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 19 May 2010 at 7:44

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Issue 56 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 21 May 2010 at 10:15

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If anyone starts working on this please let me know. I have a very old patch 
that 
implements most of this functionality.  The patch probably no longer works but 
would 
have some valuable code.

Original comment by sandordo...@google.com on 25 May 2010 at 12:02

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Issue 127 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 1:56

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Issue 111 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 2:02

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Issue 91 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 2:22

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I, too, like the merged "Issue 111" ("take maps from mapmyride.com and other 
locations, import them, then use them to provide turn-by-turn directions"). I 
use RideWithGPS to draw routes and create a GPX, but I cannot find anything to 
give me the turn-by-turn directions with street names to ride that drawn route.

My idea was to integrate with Google Maps Navigation. I don't know what file 
format it uses for it's route directions, but if you want to make a circuit 
from your house that comes back to your house, Google Navigation won't help 
since you are already at your destination when you begin

I thought that a GPX --> Google Maps Navigation conversion/integration would 
create what's necessary to let me ride a newly created route (that I've never 
ridden) without a hardcopy cue sheet, or ride an older ride which I no longer 
have memorized.  When you ride 40-60mi rides, memorizing them all is difficult.

Thanks.

Original comment by donso...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 2:18

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I don't think the turn by turn direction is really important in a first time. 
But at least displaying a kml file/other source (mapmyride) as overlay on the 
screen is a good start.

Original comment by Christop...@gmail.com on 20 Sep 2010 at 11:46

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The latest Android Google Maps allows activating My Maps as additional layers - 
this would work well for planning a route at home and then using Tracks to 
follow and record the route.

Original comment by julian.d...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 2:39

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Well, Julian, that isn't exactly what I'm hoping for, but will certainly help 
me know if I'm on the right route.  Thanks.

Original comment by jolle...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 2:49

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Sorry jolleymd, I wasn't clear.  I was suggesting that merging the Maps 
functionality into Tracks would be a way forward for some talented developer.  
I really want to be able to do this.  I would like to be able to plan a route 
in Mapmywalk, use the import function in Google Maps to create a map in MyMaps 
and then activate this layer in MyTracks so I can follow the route and watch my 
track at the same time.  At the moment I swap backwards and forwards between 
Maps and Tracks which is not ideal but it is very useful.  

So please can one of the devs have a look and see if merging the MyMaps layer 
functionality from Google Maps into MyTracks is possible.  Thanks!

Original comment by julian.d...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 2:57

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I find this particular feature extremely important in case you want to ride in 
a new area.  I found myself very often switching between the MT app and a 
browser, just to make sure I took the right turn.

There are two separate steps here:
1) Locating a track and importing it into MT. This is a big use cases, as you 
can imagine that ideally we would like to import from any source (e.g. other 
social sites, Google Maps, GPX file, user edited map, etc.)
2) Being able to see the second overlay while recording a track.

I don't want to speculate on 1) (we already have some interesting ideas), so 
let's assume that we have the track already imported into the app.

The second part seems to be much simpler. User should be able to select the 
other track from the list of all tracks as a background overlay (which can be 
drawn using different (and/or transparent) color).  In order to implement this 
functionality, we need to refactor MyTracksOverlay and its parent class 
MyTracksMap.

Original comment by ba...@google.com on 10 Dec 2010 at 8:08

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Issue 356 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by sandordo...@google.com on 22 Feb 2011 at 5:57

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Issue 385 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 30 Apr 2011 at 5:37

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(just removing OpSys-Android label, all issues are in Android anyway)

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 26 Jul 2011 at 1:00

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I extremely need this functionality since I always follow new tours (downloaded 
from mtb websites as gpx files). I think that the integration with Google 
Navigator is not so important, a view of the loaded track is enough.
But it would be great if MT could warn the user if he take the wrong way (maybe 
with an alert sound).

Original comment by giulio.m...@gmail.com on 3 Jun 2012 at 7:47

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Congratulations for the latest update. The new UI is awesome.

I am really surprised that nothing has been done since 2012... A second averlay 
would be an awesome killer features.

A lot of people are buying a Garmin device to have a preloaded map and follow 
the path.
Many websites provide kml or gpx files to have a track to follow and discover 
new path.

Unfortunately, the only workaround (comment 9) is great but still require a 
data connection.

Please, MyTrack team, do something!

If people are interested I plan to download the source and add my own 
implementation, does some other de'vs would like to work with me on this (if 
MyTracks team does not want to do so...) and create a patch on github?

Original comment by Christop...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2012 at 6:23

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Issue 1076 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 7 Sep 2012 at 12:20

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Issue 1069 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 7 Sep 2012 at 12:24

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Issue 1129 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 7 Sep 2012 at 12:48

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This functionality is just essential for My Tracks.

It's the minimun you expect from a app like that. 

Original comment by andrer...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2013 at 1:00

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Don't want to spam, I'm not affiliated to them but I can recommend 'My Trails' 
from FrogSparks which does exactly what I was looking for.

Original comment by azzkikr2...@googlemail.com on 9 Dec 2013 at 8:31

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Thanks!

Original comment by andrer...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2013 at 11:31

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Issue 1063 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 14 Oct 2014 at 6:02

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Issue 1457 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 14 Oct 2014 at 6:05