# Multi-vertex polylines or tracing paths **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** gh-import\ **Created:** [14 May 2025 02:26 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/multi-vertex-polylines-or-tracing-paths/493 "2025-05-14T02:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 02:26 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/multi-vertex-polylines-or-tracing-paths/493/1 "2025-05-14T02:26:39Z")
Hi there, I cannot find a similar question in the forum yet. I am new to QField, using Android and connecting to Emlid Reach RS2+ I am interested in creating lines following a path (that is not always straight), in other words, I want to track individual line features. I have tried with a geo package layer of a multiline and a poyline shapefile, but while in the field and start the new feature Qfield only creates straight lines (cannot trace all my small turns and paths). How can I trace paths as features (with their unique attributes)? I have tried with tracking but that does not create individual features, but an aggregate of all my walking in that layer. Is there something in preparing the project that I am doing wrong? or the settings in QField? Any advice? Thank you! * * * _Imported from [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/opengisch/qfield/discussions/5182) by @themopoco on 2024-04-12T18:48:49Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 02:26 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/multi-vertex-polylines-or-tracing-paths/493/2 "2025-05-14T02:26:40Z")
Tracking is what you’re searching for. Each time you stop tracking, it saves a feature. Start and stop tracking for each track you want to save. > **[Tracking - QField Ecosystem Documentation](https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/tracking/)** > > Welcome to the QField ecosystem documentation - a suite of products designed to make fieldwork seamless and efficient. Whether you're a new user or an experienced pro, you'll find everything you need to know about using QField and its related tools. * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/5182#discussioncomment-9104222) by @VxTedxV on 2024-04-13T14:23:46Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 02:26 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/multi-vertex-polylines-or-tracing-paths/493/3 "2025-05-14T02:26:42Z")
Thanks for the quick response VxTedxV! I guess Qfield is still a little finicky on tracking and I wasn’t so intuitively to me. Sometimes (can’t figure out why) tracking starts from last place I stopped tracking on that layer even if I did manually stop. It happened to me the very few first times I experimented with tracking and then again other times. I closed the app and started again and the problem was fixed but is not ideal. Thanks again. * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/5182#discussioncomment-9105421) by @themopoco on 2024-04-13T18:10:54Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 02:26 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/multi-vertex-polylines-or-tracing-paths/493/4 "2025-05-14T02:26:44Z")
themopoco , QField supports track resumption, make sure you click on the Start Tracking and not Resume Tracking. * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/5182#discussioncomment-9107040) by @nirvn on 2024-04-14T01:49:46Z_