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title = "Record a Track and open it"
description = "Record where you have been with the GNSS receiver, and open the file in a mapping tool."
weight = 5
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tag = "GNSS"
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You need the **Cap LoRa-1262**, an **SD card**, and a place with a view of the sky.

1. **Switch the receiver on:** **Settings → GNSS** to *On*. The Status Bar shows `G` once it is searching.
2. **Open the GNSS App** and wait for a fix. The first line says `Searching: n in view` and how long it has been, then `3D Fix, n of m satellites`. The first fix outdoors can take a while.
3. **The clock must be set.** A fix sets it, and so does Wi-Fi. A Track will not start without one: the App says `Waiting for the time`.
4. **Press <kbd>r</kbd>.** The bottom line says `REC`, with the number of points and how long it has been going, and the Status Bar shows `REC`. You can leave the App: the Track keeps recording.
5. **Press <kbd>r</kbd> again to stop,** in the GNSS App.
6. **Open it.** In the [Storage App](/guide/storage/), go to `/gnss/tracks` and open the `.gpx` file: it shows the number of points, the start, the duration and the distance. To see the route on a map, take the card to a computer and open the file in any GPX viewer or mapping tool.

If *Pause GNSS for LoRa* is on, the receiver stays awake while a Track is being recorded, so recording is not interrupted by the radio.