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# Track Lines
### Overview
Creak track lines between GPS points based on the animal and date/time.
### Points to Path
1. Search for `Points to Path` in the processing tool box. This will create lines between sequential points. Since there are multiple unique animals, you'll want to group by the unique tag\_ident and order by the timestamp field.
2. Without changing the path, it's going to save it as a **memory layer** (or 'scratch' layer). As it's in memory, it's not written off to disk and will vanish once you close QGIS. Incase our QGIS crashes let's save it as a shapefile file by selecting the three dots next to path.
3. Click `Run.`Your map should look like the below:
1. Now we can style the lines based on the individual. Right click the layer > `Properties` > `Symbology`
2. Change the top drop down option to `Categorized` and select the value `tag-ident`
3. Select a `color ramp` of preference
4. At the bottom of the window screen, select `Classify > Apply`
Your map should look something like this:
