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Wrong topic I know, sorry, but charts below (time vs. battery current milliamps each 2 minutes) comparing Locus with just track recording vs. Locus with navigation and track recording. Just thought it was interesting & confirms for battery misers when riding all day why avoiding navigation mode could wring out the life of the battery before it goes flat. Ignore the -250mA spike on the 1st chart - was when camera used, not just Locus running. I have found/ discovered recently that measuring/ logging current with Tasker rather than %level is a better indication of energy usage. At 10:45 in 2nd chart, navigation stopped and was then just track recording.

@menion- I note in v4.23.1 release notes "reduced app refresh in the background when not active" - charts below are for 4.23.0 so would be interesting now to see whether this affects the battery current. Did you make this change to save battery energy?

@Andrew Heard
what map and theme do you use?
which zoom range?
with map rotation?

- map shading?
- dynamic elevation?

• 2021-11-28 OpenAndroMaps Australia-Tasmania
• 200m (on ruler) (whatever ZL that is I don't generally view)
• map rotation:on
• track recording:on
• navigation:off
• map shading:off
• dynamic elevation:off
• display is normally off (99.99% of recording time)

No obvious memory leak in 4.23.0 here.

• Initial memory 153 MB
• 15m later 154 MB
• 7h later 211 MB (after tracking recording)

Map/theme display, anyone?

@Tapio - working OK for me.

@TwoSlipsAndAGully - for me (4.22.2), adding manual points (your point #8) works fine (for me) - see 3rd point - the address is correct.

@menion - why the space between the top of screen & the title "X Route planner"?
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it may be useful to cancel the start process, e.g. if you have started Locus by mistake

quite unconventional; canceling half way through some operation could lead to other problems; I'm thinking the cross is just a relic.

A recent update to the Web Planner allowed map points to be shared but still not user points (just when I wanted to share one). Is this being considered? Vote @ https://help.locusmap.eu/topic/31212-allow-share-of-point-in-web-planner-just-like-sharing-a-track
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@menion "Missing Select from screen > why do you miss this option? You do it directly in Route planner - picking from the map screen." https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=8743.msg74953#msg74953 - I couldn't quote you because the topic was locked.

A few times while testing the new offline route planner I wished there was the option. For example (even in writing this reply) the route planner now shows bottom panel "+ Select start" & "+ Select destination" > I tap Select start > and here straight way I have no option to select an ad-hoc position on the map? Isn't this sufficient reason, and consistent with other places where "Select from screen" is unhidden?

Yes, as you say in your later post https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=8743.msg74958#msg74958, I can tap the map direct, but once the user has displayed the "Select location" list, for whatever reason, I don't see a reason not to display the method.

Just curious - what happens if I tap the cross X? Should the startup Initializing screen have this X?
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Installed MapGooglePlay_4.22.0_1126_release.apk and now I'm apparently not a subscribed Premium/ Gold user - what's happened? PS. a few hours later - tapped on main menu > Locus Store, and it fixed the issue. Weird. Never seen this before.
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Select location" screen here it could be helpful to add the "Select from screen" item.

@freischneider you just beat me to the same suggestion - thanks.

4.21.1.5 - the EXPAND/ COLLAPSE seems a nice compromise @menion. Having just 1st & last point in the collapsed list is a good idea.

The left button toggles area/ distance, the right button toggles itinerary/ elevation; can I suggest tapping the 2nd left estimated-time button displays the same as "Estimated travel time" from the Route menu? And maybe in future the "Type" drop down list just has own custom list instead of types mostly of no use ;-)
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Could even the remaining two icons become buttons too, and link to display of the full track elevation like in track details? Then viewing slope would finally become possible! Just a dream.

I assume the "setting" (point visibility) is not stored, hence lost on re-load. There are quite a few similar Web Planner "settings" which are lost on re-load ;-(

In fact only stored "setting" is units:
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@T-mo - I've mentioned this (stupid far away search results) a few times, but fell on deaf ears. Has never made sense to me either ;-(

[@Graf Geo]

@Graf Geo
"Collapse" in all menus > you are good you've found it at all

@Menion - as I commented previously I don't see this "Collapse" in any menu (not that I want it), but why is that? point #2 is the last point.
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It would therefore be better for me if it didn't open initially

@Graf Geo - for me in 4.21.1.4 there is just a single line at the bottom - same as pre beta

The "collaps" function is very practical

I've never seen this menu function, and dragging down the panel now works fine for me anyway

>Red circles on planned route
I've not seen these either

No change in 4.21.1.4. Was there supposed to be? I've uploaded a video of the bug. Note "touch" taps are now recorded. Side question - tapping the sensor name is ignored. Could this simply open the settings given the ... menu only has 2 options?

I like the route planner much more now

me too, thanks @menion