How to mark specific points in my gpslogger with a button

I used the following code I found. I can log the gps data but i want to use a button to mark specific times

/******************************************************************************
CSV_Logger_TinyGPSPlus.ino
Log GPS data to a CSV file on a uSD card
By Jim Lindblom @ SparkFun Electronics
February 9, 2016
GitHub - sparkfun/GPS_Shield: GPS Shield for Arduino. Created by and available from SparkFun Electronics.

This example uses SoftwareSerial to communicate with the GPS module on
pins 8 and 9, then communicates over SPI to log that data to a uSD card.

It uses the TinyGPS++ library to parse the NMEA strings sent by the GPS module,
and prints interesting GPS information - comma separated - to a newly created
file on the SD card.

Resources:
TinyGPS++ Library - Releases · mikalhart/TinyGPSPlus · GitHub
SD Library (Built-in)
SoftwareSerial Library (Built-in)

Development/hardware environment specifics:
Arduino IDE 1.6.7
GPS Logger Shield v2.0 - Make sure the UART switch is set to SW-UART
Arduino Uno, RedBoard, Pro, etc.
******************************************************************************/

#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <TinyGPS++.h>

#define ARDUINO_USD_CS 8 // uSD card CS pin (pin 10 on SparkFun GPS Logger Shield)

/////////////////////////
// Log File Defintions //
/////////////////////////
// Keep in mind, the SD library has max file name lengths of 8.3 - 8 char prefix,
// and a 3 char suffix.
// Our log files are called "gpslogXX.csv, so "gpslog99.csv" is our max file.
#define LOG_FILE_PREFIX "gpslog" // Name of the log file.
#define MAX_LOG_FILES 100 // Number of log files that can be made
#define LOG_FILE_SUFFIX "csv" // Suffix of the log file
char logFileName[13]; // Char string to store the log file name
// Data to be logged:
#define LOG_COLUMN_COUNT 8
char * log_col_names[LOG_COLUMN_COUNT] = {
"longitude", "latitude", "altitude", "speed", "course", "date", "time", "satellites"
}; // log_col_names is printed at the top of the file.

//////////////////////
// Log Rate Control //
//////////////////////
#define LOG_RATE 1000 // Log every 1 seconds
unsigned long lastLog = 0; // Global var to keep of last time we logged

/////////////////////////
// TinyGPS Definitions //
/////////////////////////
TinyGPSPlus tinyGPS; // tinyGPSPlus object to be used throughout
#define GPS_BAUD 9600 // GPS module's default baud rate

/////////////////////////////////
// GPS Serial Port Definitions //
/////////////////////////////////
// If you're using an Arduino Uno, RedBoard, or any board that uses the
// 0/1 UART for programming/Serial monitor-ing, use SoftwareSerial:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define ARDUINO_GPS_RX 3 // GPS TX, Arduino RX pin
#define ARDUINO_GPS_TX 2 // GPS RX, Arduino TX pin
SoftwareSerial ssGPS(ARDUINO_GPS_TX, ARDUINO_GPS_RX); // Create a SoftwareSerial

// Set gpsPort to either ssGPS if using SoftwareSerial or Serial1 if using an
// Arduino with a dedicated hardware serial port
#define gpsPort ssGPS // Alternatively, use Serial1 on the Leonardo

// Define the serial monitor port. On the Uno, and Leonardo this is 'Serial'
// on other boards this may be 'SerialUSB'
#define SerialMonitor Serial

void setup()
{
SerialMonitor.begin(9600);
gpsPort.begin(GPS_BAUD);

SerialMonitor.println("Setting up SD card.");
// see if the card is present and can be initialized:
if (!SD.begin(ARDUINO_USD_CS))
{
SerialMonitor.println("Error initializing SD card.");
}
updateFileName(); // Each time we start, create a new file, increment the number
printHeader(); // Print a header at the top of the new file
}

void loop()
{
if ((lastLog + LOG_RATE) <= millis())
{ // If it's been LOG_RATE milliseconds since the last log:
if (tinyGPS.location.isUpdated()) // If the GPS data is vaild
{
if (logGPSData()) // Log the GPS data
{
SerialMonitor.println("GPS logged."); // Print a debug message
lastLog = millis(); // Update the lastLog variable
}
else // If we failed to log GPS
{ // Print an error, don't update lastLog
SerialMonitor.println("Failed to log new GPS data.");
}
}
else // If GPS data isn't valid
{
// Print a debug message. Maybe we don't have enough satellites yet.
SerialMonitor.print("No GPS data. Sats: ");
SerialMonitor.println(tinyGPS.satellites.value());
}
}

// If we're not logging, continue to "feed" the tinyGPS object:
while (gpsPort.available())
tinyGPS.encode(gpsPort.read());
}

byte logGPSData()
{
File logFile = SD.open(logFileName, FILE_WRITE); // Open the log file

if (logFile)
{ // Print longitude, latitude, altitude (in feet), speed (in mph), course
// in (degrees), date, time, and number of satellites.
logFile.print(tinyGPS.location.lng(), 6);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.location.lat(), 6);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.altitude.feet(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.speed.mph(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.course.deg(), 1);
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.date.value());
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.time.value());
logFile.print(',');
logFile.print(tinyGPS.satellites.value());
logFile.println();
logFile.close();

return 1; // Return success

}

return 0; // If we failed to open the file, return fail
}

// printHeader() - prints our eight column names to the top of our log file
void printHeader()
{
File logFile = SD.open(logFileName, FILE_WRITE); // Open the log file

if (logFile) // If the log file opened, print our column names to the file
{
int i = 0;
for (; i < LOG_COLUMN_COUNT; i++)
{
logFile.print(log_col_names[i]);
if (i < LOG_COLUMN_COUNT - 1) // If it's anything but the last column
logFile.print(','); // print a comma
else // If it's the last column
logFile.println(); // print a new line
}
logFile.close(); // close the file
}
}

// updateFileName() - Looks through the log files already present on a card,
// and creates a new file with an incremented file index.
void updateFileName()
{
int i = 0;
for (; i < MAX_LOG_FILES; i++)
{
memset(logFileName, 0, strlen(logFileName)); // Clear logFileName string
// Set logFileName to "gpslogXX.csv":
sprintf(logFileName, "%s%d.%s", LOG_FILE_PREFIX, i, LOG_FILE_SUFFIX);
if (!SD.exists(logFileName)) // If a file doesn't exist
{
break; // Break out of this loop. We found our index
}
else // Otherwise:
{
SerialMonitor.print(logFileName);
SerialMonitor.println(" exists"); // Print a debug statement
}
}
SerialMonitor.print("File name: ");
SerialMonitor.println(logFileName); // Debug print the file name
}

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What changes to the code have you tried ?

I tried to implement this code in the specific areas.
Void setup in the void setup of the main code and void loop in the void loop of the main code.
I always get errors.
How would you do it?

I would start by testing some code that would read a button and make sure it worked.

There are examples in the IDE showing you how to read a button.

Please edit your post to add code tags.

And after you get the push button code to work properly: add a ninth field to your CSV file and call it something like"POiNT". And increase the number of data fields being written from 8 to nine and set the 9th to zero, EXCEPT when your button has been pressed, set the new field to 1. Then you have marked your specific point in your logger file.

Logical extension of that, instead of a "1" make it an incrementing number, and now you've got a track with waypoints...

It was pretty basic fix afterall, thank you everyone

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