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### Waypoints

Waypoints are used in Cumulus to aid navigation. When used in tasks, they also serve as turnpoints. The waypoints are shared with KFLog/Embedded and can be exported from KFLog on the desktop, where you can more easily maintain the list or even import waypoints from the airfields files or other file types.

To select a waypoint, press W to go to the waypoint screen. Highlight the waypoint using the arrows and/or the letter keys and press Space or Center Button to select the highlighted waypoint.

You can narrow down the list of waypoints using the buttons above the list. These act as a filter. In only a few steps, you can reduce a list of thousands of items to only a few, making it much easier to find the waypoint you are looking for.

Use the Info button to get more info about the highlighted waypoint. The info screen for a waypoint will close automatically after 7 seconds. Press I to hold up the screen for 7 more seconds, and press K to keep the screen open; press Space or Center Button to close it.

The currently selected waypoint is highlighted on the map using a reversed label. You may want to use V after selecting a waypoint to ensure it is visible on the map.

If you want to add, modify or delete waypoints use the icons above the waypoint list. It is not recommended that you do this in flight!

If you choose new or edit, you will be presented a dialog with entry fields for the waypoint's properties. The importance property deserves some explanation. To prevent overcrowding the map with waypoints if you zoom out far, not all waypoints are drawn in at all zoom factors. You can control which waypoints to draw by selecting the importance. If you select high, the waypoint will always be drawn. This would be appropriate for your home site and other important sites. If you select normal the waypoint will be drawn in normal zoom modes but not if you zoom out too much, and the low importance waypoints are only drawn if you zoom in far enough. The currently selected waypoint is always visible.

At any time you can press R to remember the current position. A waypoint with the name WPX HH:MM will be generated that contains the current coordinates and altitude, where HH:MM is derived from the current UTC time. The new waypoint will show up in the map display and can be manipulated in the waypoint screen as any other waypoint.

Waypoints are also used for final glide calculations. If you plan to use this feature of cumulus, please make sure that you correctly enter the position and the elevation of the waypoint!

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