How to see exact coordinates of a Favorite

[AKorolyov]

Dear all,

  It there any *quick* way to see coordinates of a Favorite?

  I know at least three ways to get it, but they looks like workarounds:

  - show favorite on map / zoom in as close as possible / long click over map nearby – to see approximate coordinates in appeared text box (accuracy will depend on zoom level and your fingers);
  - show favorite on map  / click on text box to get context menu / choose “Search near here” / choose “Coordinates” tab to see almost exact coordinates (slightly rounded);
  - use any file manager to read the contents of "favourites.gpx" file – to get exact coordinates...

  So if there is no easier way, it would be handy:

  1) in Favorites list, when favorite is clicked, to have one more action (e.g. “Get more info”) – to see coordinates and maybe something else useful;
  2) .. or, better, in the same Favorites list, when favorite is clicked, to have existing action “Edit favorite” with more info available, incl. coordinates (now it allows to edit Name and Category, but I guess that to add coordinates will be the simplest way to implement);
  3) at Map, in context menu when text box is clicked, add one more item “Edit favorite” with the same effect as (2) above (now we can only Delete favorite there, but not Edit).

  T&R,

  Andrey

[Rodolfo]

Afaik, there is no option such as "view details", but a quick workaround is to long press the favourite, then click the balloon and choose "Share location". Then choose QR-code or SMS... I agree, these workarounds are not a very elegant solution, but I think that most times, people only "use" a favourite, without caring about its exact location. Or do you have a special use case for this?

[AKorolyov]

Rodolfo,

  Thanks!   it works for me - share thru SMS is a way to know coordinates of a favorite, quicker than I used in the past.

  I will try to recall what were my other "special cases", but so far I remember that several times I had to read out coordinates to enter into another devices manually - to "share" favorites between devices and different programs, when no export/import or copy/paste is available..

  T&R,

  Andrey

[Eliot Blennerhassett]

On Friday, 8 November 2013 00:36:30 UTC+13, Rodolfo wrote:

I think that most times, people only "use" a favourite, without caring about its exact location. Or do you have a special use case for this?

My use case for wanting to *edit* the coordinates of a favourite is to enter the exact coordinates of a Geocache, which may come from calculations, or be discovered on the move, when the coordinates of the next waypoint are discovered during a multi-cache.