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Simply "Main menu button" is ok

@svartbjorn sure I remember. Welcome back  .
And amazing ... thanks. I'll probably never be satisfied so can't fully agree, but yes, some nice features are there compare to Classic and some are in preparation (for example now we are finishing completely new search system, uff)

[@lor74cas]

@lor74cas
hmm back button to the menu ... it is something I'm not perfectly OK with. The list of functions, even if it looks like a full screen, is closing when any function starts (like a small dialog). So "back" has nowhere to return. And I personally never had a problem with it.

@CabrioTourer
auto-loading: I saw something like this before as well. Hard to say if I'll be able to help, we will see
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Ah solved with the theme. Interesting!

@Tapio
by default, LoPoints scale with the "Magnify all maps" value. You may overwrite this setting with the "LoPoint icon size" settings. The fact that points do not scale with "Zoom lock" is correct from my point of view. With the next (new) LoMaps, points won't be visible directly on the map at all, so what you see (scaled point in the map & active point above) won't happen anymore.

@T-mo & @freischneider
I plan to re-work online&offline LoPoints system in the next months (unite & simplify), thanks for your patience.

@Andrew Heard
Sorry, it was task 5-minutes before release and I've not tested it properly, my bad. Will look at it!
Anyway what is the problem with naming? Simple " - copy" in the end should be improved?

Should be this one

[Beta version 4.14.2.4]

New Beta version 4.14.2.4 just uploaded.

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@lor74cas
This is a topic I was thinking about a few weeks ago. First, currently best solution I have, is in the weather screen. Cross button in the top-left that always closes the screen + hardware back allowing return from detail to full overview or close also.

Which screen has currently a major problems?

Hi Andrew,
hmm, I'll check it because it looks more like a problem (yes, again) with -180/180 border. I'm sure for countries away from this longitude, it will work correctly and all necessary data will be available.

[@joeloc]

@joeloc
with Locus Map 4, you may hide everything except @ symbol. And this one will be semi-transparent with the next app version. This is ok, isn't it?

Downloading speed for OAM maps: hard to say. I've increased mentioned buffer a little, so let me know if it helps. Anyway, everything on the background is quite new so there should be no software slowdown.

@CabrioTourer
auto-load of V4 maps does not work? Hmm ... (after some testing) ... it worked before?? Do not understand how this was possible. Anyway, I've found a method how to make it work so the next version.

Important: because the next LoMaps will be also based on the V4 theme, I've improved the auto-loading system. The app will auto-load only LoMaps when the base map is LoMap and the opposite. So it won't do a mess by auto-loading incorrect maps (maps with different content & theme). Needs testing though.

@Andrew Heard
Duplication of presets > oki, next version

@Tapio
intent to start recording: blame Google! Anyway  ... check app is not battery optimized. Probably best to open the side track recording panel. There should be no!! blue box that informs about battery optimization. Then it should work.

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New version with some fixes tomorrow.

Hello,
no, it is not possible. "KML networking link" is an amazing feature that allows dealing with dynamically changing content. Locus Map is unable to directly download and import current content on the server. Such a feature is not implemented, sorry.

The solution is to extract link(s) from the KML file and download & import manually.

Hi Tapio,
thanks for never-ending help & support, amazing .

To enable still hidden purchases over LoCoins, it is necessary to open Expert settings and enable the "Premium for LoCoins" option. Then you should see also an offer for LoCoints in the main purchase screen.

Just for your info, a topic related to this is already published here.

I've also fixed the problem reported by Andrew when the app stuck at a certain moment and added some tweaks to the whole system. So "final" version will be published for testing today or tomorrow together with new maps. Anyway more on the mentioned topic.

Just a quick info from me > sorry for the delay in answers this week. After 10 years, we were moving to the new office (again in Prague), so this week was more about this than some useful work. Next week will be better and I'll for sure answer all questions & problems. Thanks for understanding and have a nice weekend!

[@baegas]

@baegas
Oki, I'll rather try it with service in Czech and let you know. But most probably Beta version with some special logging will be necessary.

@Andrew Heard
no matter what map you use? Revert is not so easy mainly because old files are deleted forever...

[Beta version 4.14.2.3]

New Beta version 4.14.2.3

Two main changes
- support for LoMaps based on the MapsForge V4, more info here

- a new system for compute of uphill/downhill elevations. Results are usually about 10% smaller than the old system, but cover better smaller unwanted changes (0 - 5 meters) that happen on the flat. Give it a try and let me know if results are more realistic. This change does not affect incorrectly received altitude value (jumps)!

Hi guys,
finally, after years, we are preparing LoMaps based on the latest MapsForge V4 library.

Useful info (numbered so it may be easier to ask for additional info if needed).

1. Required Beta version 4.14.2.3+: http://bit.ly/lmVersionsTest

2. App contains the latest public code for MapsForge lib. So not the latest official 0.18.0 version, but 0.18.0 + latest changes and fixes: https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/blob/master/docs/Changelog.md#new-since-0180

3. LoMaps, for testing of the new theme (currently only Europe) are prepared here: http://bit.ly/3IFmOS4

4. Public repository with the latest "LoMaps offline theme" and also tagging file is here: https://github.com/asamm/lomaps-mapsforge . Seems that @voldapet has to add some "readme".

5. You may notice that themes contains also a separate "poi" theme. This is a special addition currently only for internal LoMaps that affect the display of offline LoPoints (the base map theme does not contain instructions for the LoPoints icons at all). If interested, I may add support for this for public themes as well.

6. The New MapsForge library contains many useful improvements and also some fixes that may be interesting for overcomplicated hacks that are done in OpenAndroMaps regards colors (more here: https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/pull/1366 )

7. Here also comes the idea to unite tag-mapping-xml for main MapsForgeV4-based maps. This should make a life for all theme creators so much easier. What do you think, mainly @Tobias?

8. I would also like to notify all map creators who have themes created for current V3-based LoMaps (and others) about this, namely: @john_percy , @Magellan , @karlchick , @LocusUser#1 , @Tobias, and others ...

9. And the last. If you notice any issue in the rendering system for V4 maps, feel free to ask me as well. I may help here a little bit.

10. New maps are not compatible with current public maps, so auto-loading won't work between them.

Uff, hope this is all. Thanks for reading and testing if someone will want to try it 

Hello zabo,
currently, there are no options to modify this generated preview. No other options exist as far as I know.
This functionality was made some time ago as an alternative to sharing routes with friends. Currently, we have a web.locusmap.app portal, there may be more easily visible shared tracks, so exactly this function is not needed at all I believe.

We are currently thinking about the option to "print" a visible map with the route from the web, but a) it is another story and b) most probably there also won't be extra parameters.

Perfect. What you see is not an error but an intent. Panels try to use the smaller possible space now + it have to look nice