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+Firmware
+========
+ - Firmware will be updated automatically if device is connected to WiFi network. This doesn't work on the power cable
+ and batteries should be present in the system. Once firmware downloaded (on WiFi availability, no message), the update
+ will be performed during next restart.
+
+Sync
+====
+ - There is multiple sources of tracks, routes, and waypoints.
+ * Garmin/GPX folder (in earlier firmwares this was limited to tracks in GPX/Archive in the main memory
+ The data will be not loaded from SD and waypoints/routes were not supported. This is not fixed by using MapSource
+ or old version of BaseCamp. But this seems fixed in the current firmware).
+ * EDM database which updated when routes/waypoints are stored on device or synchronized using explore.garming.com
+
+ - Easiest way to synchronize.
+ * Generate a list of .gpx files using basecamp: separate file for each track and route, but one for waypoints.
+ Names are non-informative and will be as bad in the device if copied as is. Rename script will fix it and organize
+ structure.
+ * Basically puts all tracks to 'GPX/Archive' folder which will ensure they are not using active memory. Waypoints
+ and routes go to directly under 'GPX'. Waypoints/routes goes to SD. Tracks for now should be stored in main memory
+ as on SD they are not archived but active even if put under 'GPX/Archive'. In the internal memory, it OK.
+ * Routes will still not preserve the actual path and will be recalculated on the device (but there is no way around
+ with other synchronization options)
+
+ - osmand
+ * Single GPX is reasonably imported (and can be easily removed). However, routes are imported as small tracks (consisting
+ of waypoints only). There is no way to pass the routing either. So, basically best to exclude routes.
+
+
+ - Problems
+ * If archived, there would be no way to sort/filter tracks (they are even not alphabetically sorted). So, it is
+ quite inconvinient for overview. Might be better solution is to use osmand for planning and Garmin on the trail and
+ for routes.
+
+
+Garmin Explore
+==============
+ - Routes need to be loaded one by one or the naming will be lost if a single GPX with multiple routes is used. Using
+ kml input doesn't help either.
+ * Routes also include waypoints and importing routes and waypoints sequentially will result in dublicates (also on
+ the device).
+ - Tracks are not possible import at all. Web site just says 'Invalid media type'. Even if a single track is imported.
+ KML import results in the same error.
+ - Tracks/routes from 'GPX/' on the device are synchronized (but not tracks in the 'GPX/Archived'). So, thats probably
+ the only way to import stuff in the system.
+ - The web site is also anyway pretty limited in the sense of route analysis (no routing!), etc.
diff --git a/tracks/rename.sh b/tracks/rename.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p GPX/Archive
+
+for name in $(ls Route*.gpx Track*.gpx 2>/dev/null); do
+ new_name=$(cat "$name" | grep -oP "(?<=<name>).*?(?=</name>)" | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z]\+/_/g').gpx
+ if [[ "$name" =~ ^Route ]]; then
+ new_name="GPX/$new_name"
+ else
+ new_name="GPX/Archive/$new_name"
+ fi
+ echo "Renaming: $name to $new_name"
+ mv "$name" "$new_name"
+done
+[ -f Waypoints.gpx ] && mv Waypoints.gpx GPX/