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I have to agree with the others on this one. The decision to integrate the options that used to be listed in the grid into the search as a narrow scroll bar is unfortunate.

When I want to set a waypoint or reposition one, I practically never search for a town. Yet the most recent search results take up 90% of the screen and I have to scroll in the narrow bar at the top...  Sure, I can sort the most frequently used options to the left, i.e. at the front, but only two or at most three options are visible without scrolling.

When I want to navigate, the cities or towns I'm looking for may well be relevant, but they don't necessarily take 90% priority. Locus is primarily an app for outdoor activities and less of a car navigation system.

Perhaps the screen could be split 50:50. In the top half, the options could remain as before in a grid or as a vertical list, so that as many options as possible are immediately visible, and in the bottom half, the search results. 

Incidentally, search results can only be deleted one at a time, and the next one from the history then appears, so that I always see 5 entries... Can't they all be deleted completely at once?

Vermutlich ist BerndMaier nur eine Sockenpuppe. Ist der erster Beitrag mit diesem Account...

[Bug when editing a merged track]

Bug when editing a merged track

4.33.0.10 - I don't know if this bug was present in earlier versions; I've only just noticed it. It's easy to reproduce:

Use the route planner to create any route from A to B.

Create a second route from B to C.

Merge both routes. This creates the route from A to C.

Now I want to edit the merged route from A to C using the route planner. However, in edit mode, it only shows the section from A to B.

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"AR"? = Augmented Reality? Must have missed that, where can I find that? I searched in settings and functions, nothing...

I had to look for it too. Main menu > All functions > Tools.

(Deutsch: Hauptmenü > alle Funktionen > Werkzeuge)

Even with full-screen mode enabled, all the buttons are still displayed on my screen.

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Rotating the phone "eats" away buttons. This happens in both directions.
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On my device, all the buttons are displayed in landscape mode. It seems to depend on the device.

400 Points shown, I turn AR on, rotate the camera a bit fore and back, along the points... LM crashes reliably.
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Quick test with over 1200 points displayed and then AR – no crash for me.

Klick on the X just below your marker on the right and they are back.

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Auch die Planung einer Tour ist m. E. nicht Aufgabe von Locus. Hierzu setze ich schon seit Jahren eine eigene Software am PC ein.
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Das sehe ich aber komplett anders. Der Routenplaner (in der App) ist für mich eigentlich noch wichtiger als die Navigation und eine der von mir meistgenutzen Funktionen.
Der Webplaner kann diesem leider immer noch nicht das Wasser reichen, trotz Verbesserungen. Ich plane zwar nur gelegentlich am PC, nutze da dann oft lieber Brouter / bikerouter.

Ansonsten kann ich die Kritiker schon verstehen, auch wenn meine Erfahrungen mit Updates und Weiterentwicklung überwiegend positiv sind. Und vor einem Urlaub / Outdoor-Wochenende sollte man im Zweifelsfall erstmal nicht updaten, wenn man eine stabile Version hat und keine Lust/Zeit mehr hat, erst zu testen.

Allerdings gibt es auch für mich naheliegende Verbesserungen, auf die ich seit Jahren warte. Vor allem die Möglichkeit, das Trackinfopaneel individuell anpassen zu können. Nach Einführung der Trackgalerie und der neuen Charts wichtiger denn je, da bei mehrzeiligen Tracktiteln und aktivierter Trackgalerie das Trackinfopaneel komplett die Karte verdeckt. Was die Nutzung/Auswertung des Höhenprofils sehr erschwert. Zumindest das Ein-/Ausblenden der Track-Galerie und vielleicht des Tracktitels sollte zeitnah möglich sein. Die Konfigurierbarkeit soll zwar geplant sein, aber hoffentlich passiert das noch, bevor ich zu alt für Outdoor-Aktivitäten bin. 😉

Dennoch überwiegen für mich eindeutig die positiven Erfahrungen. Ich nutze Locus gefühlt seit einer Ewigkeit und finde die Entwicklung fantastisch und die App ist bei mir fast täglich im Einsatz.

Hmm, I've just checked for updates and got a list of four maps to update. So it seems to be working fine for me.
Beta 4.33.0.8

@olliz: Ich finde deine Kritik zwar etwas harsch formuliert, aber das Höhendiagramm im Dashboard ist durch die Vereinheitlichung der Chart-Stile tatsächlich unbefriedigend und schlecht lesbar, da keine flexible individuelle Darstellung der Linie mehr möglich ist. Und die "Sprechblase" stört mich auch in der normalen Chart-Übersicht, was ich an anderer Stelle schon bemerkt habe. Ich denke und hoffe, da wird demnächst noch einiges verbessert. Wurde von Menion auch angedeutet.

Fast check 4.33.0.8:

LoPoint photos are visible on my device.
The waypoint icons remain (very) large once you open them.
The Track Editor is working again.

Another serious bug:

The track editor causes Locus to crash.

Locus store is broken for me. It is stuck in the loading screen. And when I click on the profile button top right, locus crashes.

Same here.

Regarding 4.33.0.6 (1211)
I've only installed it on my secondary device (S10) for now. First impressions:

Integrated Augmented Reality solution: Where can I find it, or how can I view it?

All "config.cfg" settings have been moved to the Expert settings:
Good, this makes it more consistent and clearer.

Fix: multiple tracks selected at once:
Confirmed.

 - Add: option to display waypoints (not the navigation orders) on the charts
  - Add: support for tapping on waypoints on the chart + highlight:
I've never used waypoints before. Now I've added some to a track as a test. When I highlight them, they appear very large on the map. How do I make them small again? I have to hide the track and show it again; then the icons become small again, but that can't be the solution, can it?
The waypoints don't appear on the charts, even though I've enabled the option.

add: zoom buttons on the screen with track charts:
Good!

Chg: improved line style to support "dotted style" (just dots on track points):
OK, that makes it clearer. Even if you don't immediately realise they're track points and not a normal dot pattern. Maybe "Trackpoints only" instead of "Dotted style only"?

I can't comment on the other changes (yet).

@Gerhard57:

You're right. The blank chart is from a track I apparently created using a faulty earlier version, which caused me several problems.
All the other planned routes display the charts correctly.

Although I really don't understand the gaps in the planned routes - yes, they appear where shaping points have been set, but that's pointless, isn't it?
In recorded tracks, the gaps are where we actually took breaks.