Tracking / Trip recording
Draw a trip - manually add your past trips / future trips
Intro
There are a few reasons drawing a trip may be important to you. We understand that your boating experiences may predate SeaPeople, and we want to give you the opportunity to share those past adventures. We're also all human and may forget to start tracking a trip and need to draw the trip later as a way to share. And as many of us have learned the hard way, phones don't float, so if you drop your phone in the water and lose an active track, you can draw it later (with your new phone). That's why we've introduced the 'Draw trip' feature, allowing users to manually create and share trips with accurate mileage and speed calculations.
Fun tip: Get creative with your drawn tracks! Consider creating full-season recaps or previews of your upcoming adventures for a trip or an entire season
How to draw a trip
Here’s how to draw a trip that wasn’t tracked on SeaPeople:
To start drawing
Navigate to the Tracking button in the bottom tab bar. Select “Draw Trip” from the tracking menu.
Or tap on a plus button the top right corner of the home page.
Add points
By default, the 'End' pill is selected, so new points will be added to the end of your track. Do not change this setting if you are drawing. Each point will be the new end.
If you screwed up the starting point, you can add points at the start of your track, select the 'Start' pill. But reminder, to just start adding posts from start to finish, keep this googled on 'end.'
Tap anywhere on the map to place a point.
Important: Always add points to the end of your track to avoid reversing the trip direction.
Move points
Long press and drag any point to adjust its position on the map.
Delete points
Tap a point to delete it from the map.
Once your track is drawn as desired, press “Next” in the top right corner to create a post of your drawn track.
Saving a trip and posting to community
Choose your trip date
Select the dates when your trip occurred to accurately set its duration.
Important: Your trip dates and times directly impact the average speed for your activity, so ensure these are correct, or alter to get the average speed you prefer.
Give your trip a title
Choose a fun and descriptive title for your adventure.
Write a description
Share details about your trip, such as fishing experiences, weather conditions, or memorable moments with friends.
Add media
Include photos or videos from your trip to enrich your post. If you don't have any media, your trip will still show up as a trackline on the social feed and in your logbook.
Select the boat
Choose the boat associated with this trip. If your boat isn't listed, you can add it to your profile. However, we recommend completing the post with the incorrect boat first, then editing your profile to add the boat, and finally editing the post to update the boat association. This way, you won't lose any information you've entered on the ‘New trip’ page by navigating away from it.
Trip visibility
This setting determines who can view your trip in the Logbook tab of your public profile. Choose from:
Everyone – Your trip will be visible to all SeaPeople users.
People I Follow – Only people you follow and your crew members can see your trip.
Private – Only you and your crew members will have access to your trip.
Publish to feed toggle
Turn this off if you’re not ready to share your trip in the home feed after tracking.
Once you’ve rested, added a fun description, and uploaded photos or videos, scroll down and toggle it on.
When published, your trip will appear in the feed with today’s date, and your followers will receive notifications.
Include in stats toggle
Disable this option if you don’t want the trip to count toward your overall travel stats or badges.
Save a trip
Once you've filled in all the details, click the "Save" button to add it to your logbook. The trip will be also posted to the home feeds if the 'publish to feed' is toggled on.