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I think that with a new feature to hide the route after storage, there would be a better name in Czech: "Save and Hide". It is now called: "Save and View". This is confusing because the route is already displayed before saving. Or at least edit the name to: "Save and View Details"

Recently, I drove more than 1000 km on the bike according to the map theme of the Voluntary Beta from 1.8.2023. The map theme is very clear and it was driven very well in Poland and the Czech Republic. Thanks John.

Thank you John for the explanation. This should only be highlighted for: highway=cycleway But I understand that it may not suit everyone. Therefore, I suggest that the highlighting be optional and only in the cycling menu.

Hi Andrew, I have another request for adjusting the cycling. If the cycle path is not even a cycle route, it is almost not visible in the blue color. If it runs near the railway line, it is not visible at all. In the topics of Locus and Paws, the cycle paths are highlighted with a purple color. Would it be possible to add the possibility to make the cycle path to the menu? After activation, it would be highlighted to a full purple color. And I'm sorry I still want some changes.

Hi John, beta is much better and clearer for cycling. The trees are not very important when cycling. It is important to navigate and the beta is clearer on the small display of the phone.

The permanent shutdown of the displayed routes and points does not have logic. Other "eyes" work as a hiding/view switches. But for routes and points, they are switches: "just turn off". If it should stay, it would be a good place to use another symbol.

@Žajdlík Josef Hi, you mean search input always floating on top of the map or something different? Thank you for your kind words!

It often happens that I need to find more things and repeat the search. I design the option in the search panel option: "View temporary search panel". The screen would add a floating panel for searching and an icon to hide the panel. See pictures.

CZ: Často se stává, že potřebuji najít více věcí a hledání opakovat. Navrhuji v panelu pro vyhledávání přidat možnost: "Zobrazit dočasný vyhledávací panel". Na obrazovku by se přidal plovoucí panel pro vyhledávání a ikona pro skrytí panelu. Viz obrázky.
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Hi Menione, the new search is great. Very good work. This is the best change in the last year. Personally, I would add the option to view the search directly on the map, but it's not that important. Thanks.

4.12.2.4: The new movement sensing/ auto-pause evidently (sometimes) isn't working for me - see screen cap of map where phone was perfectly stationary for 70 minutes with GPS still enabled.

During this 70 minutes it can be seen the GPS accuracy (from LM web planner) jumped from ~3m to ~40m accuracy, as expected in bottom of a multistorey concrete building.

I found that AutoPause only activated if the phone has a good GPS signal. If the recording is still jumping, Autopause does not succeed even when the phone lies on the table.

The autopause test during four hours of hiking turned out excellent. No unexpected lines.

you probably find only 0.01% of users use Presets, so far bigger fish to fry; maybe there are analytics behind the scenes to justify development in certain areas

Andrew Why do you think so? I think Locus Presets needs. Without them I can not even imagine using locus.

@Žajdlík Josef - LM4 5M+ downloads, LM3 probably even more, but just a few regular beta users in this forum. I agree with you Presets are a great power-user feature but it would be interesting to see how many out of 10M+ Locus users are aware of & use this feature. I'm just trying to say with limited developer resources there are possibly more important areas to develop that would give more bang-for-your-buck for more users.

In this review of 6 best navigation apps for bicycle touring https://wobblyride.com/2022/03/29/best-navigation-apps-for-bicycle-touring/ sadly IMHO Locus is not mentioned. I have experimented with all other 6 apps (long time ago) and settled on LM as the best. I would suggest every LM user who reads the review, adds a comment to promote LM and provide wider exposure.

All cyclists and tourists I know want a simple application of free Mapy.cz do not want to think about the settings and options that Locus applications offer. I think that the Locus team knows it and does not compete directly with them. Mapy.cz or Google have big teams of people.
I agree with Menion that the presets will have to be modified, but it takes more discussion on this topic.

you probably find only 0.01% of users use Presets, so far bigger fish to fry; maybe there are analytics behind the scenes to justify development in certain areas

Andrew Why do you think so? I think Locus Presets needs. Without them I can not even imagine using locus.

Co jednoduchý přepínač na bod/trasa? Viz scr.

It worked for me too, but when I selected one Dashboard from the menu, the settings of all Presets changed to this dashboard. And it can't be changed anymore. Even the recovery from the backup did not help.

It's alright. But if I understand it correctly, there is part of the data in the Lopoints of OSM and part of the Wiki. Therefore, for each item I would like a button with a direct link to change directly in the database OSM or in Wiki. It's definitely very complicated, but if it succeeded, it would be great. I am afraid that an ordinary user will not want to install other editing applications, so there will be not many lopoint repairs.