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[Menion]

Hello Menion.

I've just find out that the GPS notification, that I had always set to beep when GPS lock, dont't works anymore.

I've tryed to set up again in GPS, Global, enable notification and setup a beep notification when GPS lock but whatever I setup, when I click OK Lucus say: "Notification not set!". Strange behaviour, isn.'t it? The version is 2.5.1.

By the way I would like to suggest to add a third button in the GPS window where already are "My Location" and "Bussola" buttons, that can enable or disable the external Bluetooth GPS receiver.

I very soon swich between external GPS (much more precise and power saving) and internal (comfortable and always available). Should be nice to can swtitch between them, if you like.

Conbgrats for all the recent updates, very useful about the new zooming behaviour. ;-)

See you.

[Menion]

Hello Menion.

First of all a little preliminary statement: when a new version is released, I appreciate a lot many of the new feature, even if I am not used to send greetings for that all the time. On the other hand, when I find some "defects", I am very punctual to report. That doesn't mean that I do not appreciate all the hour of your work, or I exact the solution. I like just to mention what I find it at least "strange", in order to let you know. That's it.

After that, I find some strange zoom and finger-moving map behavior.

I make a little list to try to be precise.

1. Moving map with finger has some defects (compared with previous releases). By the way, I use a single-core 1ghz CPU on a 480 x 854 pixels and I've ever had amazing performances with Locus. The defects is that: when moving the map with finger, after releasing the finger the map continue moving but not simultaneously: the screen divides vertically in two parts (1/3 on the left, and 2/3 on the right) and they moves at 2 different speed (one part in late), until the movement is finally finished. This is not professional-like, annoying after a while, and in any case Locus has never done it! It happen with any kind of raster maps (both RMaps SQL that TAR). The effect is more visible moving diagonally the map, but also clearly visible vertically and horizontally. I do not need or exact the maximum smoothness and fluidity, but the splitting in two part and one it's rendered in late until all it's full stopped is annoying, especially if I have to explore a map and move it often or continuously.

Tell me if I am explaining properly, or if you prefer I can record a video and send you by eMail.

2. The zooming feature that now supports automatic-lock zoom and go over and below 100% (so 50% and 200-800%) should really be excludable (seems there's no way now). It was very comfortable, before, to can safety zoom just and only inside the REAL resolution of the map, reaching in a fast way the maximum and the minimum real resolution avoiding to go over.. Now I always go under and over the real resolution.

In any case, the 50% zooming with TAR maps gives buggy results: always and continuous disappearing of part of the map. Moving in a way, some part disappear, other appear. And so on in any direction.

My suggestion, here, just for TAR maps (because they are non unlimited area like the on-line maps), is to create a button to fast switch between the current zoom and the smallest available zoom-ratio. ;-)

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In any case thanks a lot for all the other improvement. Locus seems the most wonderful mapping software. Better then many avionics moving maps! I have some suggestion for the future (avio and car usage ;-) ..

[track]

Just to notice that the import procedure of a single GPX containing 1 (and just one) track + waypoints seems fails.
GPX files containing 2 or more tracks + waypoints seems work perfectly.

I have attached a zip file:

- MTB Rome 1 Small Track with wps.gpx: doesn't work properly: Locus imports just the track and the last waypoint. And selecting it produce a crash.
- MTB Rome 2 Small Track with wps.gpx: it works.

The GPX are generated by OzExpl 3955n and they seems correct.

That's it.

At disposal for test.