Track Editing: Simplifying

Using the right-click "Simplify Selection..." context menu in a Track Pane, or the "Edit/Simplify Selection..." menu or toolbar icon will display the track simplify dialog:

This allow excess detail to be removed from a track to save storage and runtime performance costs. For example, it is generally overkill to store a sample once every second for low speed travel such as hiking, running, skiing, or cycling. There are several simplification modes:

You can also select a segment, or multi-select a range of points in a Point Pane, and perform simplification only on the given range.

The dialog displays a live preview of the number of points that will remain after the simplification operation.