# Rally Points
Rally points are alternative safe landing/waiting destinations for a vehicle in [Return mode](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/fly/flight-mode-selector#return-mode). A vehicle will typically fly to the closest rally point or home (precise return behavior depends on vehicle configuration).
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Rally points are helpful if the takeoff point ("home location") is not a safe place for landing, or when a vehicle may not have sufficient power to return home.
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Rally points are shown on the map as a circle containing the letter **R**. The *orange* circle indicates the *selected* rally point (which can be edited or deleted in the *Rally Point Editor* panel on the right.).
The points are created in [Plan View](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan), and uploaded to the vehicle along with [mission plans](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/useful-resources/mission-planning) and [geofence](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan/geofence-plan) definitions.
## Create Rally Points
**To create Rally Points:**
1. Open the *Plan View* and select the **Rally** button above the editor on the right.
2. Select/Enable the **Rally Point** tool
3. Select the map location where a rally point is to be added.\
A new point will be added to the map as an orange circle containing the text **R**.
4. If needed, use the *Rally Point Editor* on the right-hand side to specify a precise latitude, longitude and altitude.
5. Add as many points as needed.
6. When finished, press the **Upload** button to save the points to the vehicle.
## Select/Edit/Delete Rally Points
Existing rally points can be selected on the map and then moved using drag-and-drop. Once selected, a rally point can also be edited or deleted in the [*Rally Point Editor*](#rally-point-editor).
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Rally points can only be created if the *Rally Point* tool is enabled. Existing rally points can be selected at any time.
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## Rally Point Plan UI Overview
### Upload Button
Rally points are saved to the vehicle using the [**Upload**](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan-ui-overview#upload-button) button (along with any mission and geofence definitions).
### Rally Point Plan Tools
The tools that are displayed when planning *rally points* are described below (for information about all plan tools see [Plan UI Overview](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan-ui-overview#plan-tools)).
| **Icon** | **Name** | **Description** |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  | [**File/Sync**](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan-ui-overview#file-sync-tools) | File operations (create, save or load plan) and sync operations (upload/download plan from vehicle, clear plan on vehicle). |
|  | **Rally Point** | Select to enable adding *new* rally points to the map. |
|  | [**Center**](https://docs.auterion.com/vehicle-operation/auterion-mission-control/ui-breakdown/plan-ui-overview#map-tools) | Center map on mission, home, vehicle, all items, or specified location. |
### Rally Point Editor
The rally point editor can be used to modify or delete the *selected* rally point. The *selected* rally point is displayed in green on the map (newly created rally points are automatically selected, or choose a rally point on the map to select it).
The editor fields are listed below.
| **Name** | **Description** |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Longitude** | Longitude of selected rally point. |
| **Latitude** | Latitude of selected rally point. |
| **Altitude** | Altitude of selected rally point (relative to home location). |
The rally point is deleted by tapping the bin icon.
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