Data Field Showing Overall Recorded Course During Activity

I am looking for a data field that would show the entire course as it's being recorded. I like to see in a glance where I have been or if I am moving away from the start point or towards it say when doing a loop.

I have tried two data fields from the app store: "Chart Data Field" and "3D Trail and Compass", both of them seem to record their own data instead of using the GPS course data recorded by Garmin. This results in memory limitations and starting from scratch when I use the "resume later" feature.

Is anyone aware of another data field to show the overall course progress? Does Garmin have a native data field that can do this?

0 Sam201176 over 7 years ago

Hi,

That's the two I would have suggested.....BTW...
why is using the map data screen not useful in your circumstance....just curious..lol.

0 jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

Yes, in Chart DF, I build the display based on GPS data during the activity, and with resume later, only since you resumed. (it build the data a it happens and can't go back in time) It only knows where you've been, but not the course over all. Have you tried the map screen in an activity?

0 SahbaA over 7 years ago

I tried the map screen but the problem is that I can not set it to always scale so that the whole course is visible.
Is there a way to set the map screen so the scale automatically changes to keep the entire course visible on the disable as the length of the course increases?