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[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
27. 9. 2023 - Locus 4.19.0

[Starting version]

I would like to introduce one major improvement we are preparing now.

Starting version
Test: Beta 4.18.2.2.
Production: 4.19.0?

Customization
We all know customization options for offline LoRouter & BRouter like "Wet conditions", "Avoid highways" etc.
Improvements we bring are the same options also for the online router + inner flexible system that will bring more customizations, firstly for online, later offline router.

Now we also introduce the first "Terrain tailor" parameter that allows customization of the required MTB track difficulty (currently only for online LoRouter).

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Please keep in mind, that I plan soon completely rewrite the screen with the setup of routers & routing parameters (screenshot above) so excuse UI & its usability for now.

Warnings
Because along the route, there are usually a lot of important and problematic places, the app will try to inform you about it. So now you may see these places as icons or cross-lines along the planned and saved route.

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Currently also only over the online LoRouter.

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This is the kind of feature that will never be done. There will always be something more to report or customize. We already have quite a long list of parameters we want to add there. Suggestions are of course welcome, but are not too important for now. Important is to have a working reliable system that is prepared for adding new parameters. Thanks for reading!

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
2. 8. 2023 - Locus 4.18.0
4. 8. 2023 - Locus 4.18.1
15. 8. 2023 - Locus 4.18.2

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
16. 5. 2023 - Locus 4.17.0
24. 5. 2023 - Locus 4.17.1
15. 6. 2023 - Locus 4.17.2

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
25. 4. 2023 - Locus 4.16.0

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
8. 3. 2023 - Locus 4.15.0
10. 3. 2023 - Locus 4.15.1
16. 3. 2023 - Locus 4.15.2

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 

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

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- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
18. 1. 2023 - Locus 4.14.0
23 1. 2023 - Locus 4.14.1
27. 1. 2023 - Locus 4.14.2

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

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- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
6. 12. 2022 - Locus 4.13.0

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

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- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
27. 9. 2022 - Locus 4.12.0
13. 10. 2022 - Locus 4.12.1

[So what should be updated (todo list)]

Hi guys,

it has been almost 12 years since I created this forum and posted my first post here. Heh, a long time.

Unfortunately, for a few years, the forum was stuck on the older version without an option to update (because we still used a really old server). And now, we get info that the server is shutting down.

So what should be updated (todo list)

• missing "Last post button"
• make a "Recent post" slim
• enable Tapatalk system

EDIT: just to make it clear (based on comments of my colleagues): this was the only old server we used .

So > new server, a new version of this forum, new problems, and many plugins + theme that does not work!

Important is to keep in touch and update the app itself, anyway I'm creating this topic to

• inform about these changes
• discuss what features are missing here (on this forum) most and try to do something with it

Thanks for understanding and let me know if there will be any requirement or any problems I did not notice.

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

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- list of news of public versions
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- Beta versions

Versions
26. 7. 2022 - Locus 4.11.0
11. 8. 2022 - Locus 4.11.1

[Implemented features]

Hi guys,

because this is a feature we were working on for some time and it will be very actively developed next months, I've rather created a separate topic to keep the discussion in the one place.

What is it about?
We were able to attach around 300k photos from Wikipedia to our online LoPoints. Not much for world coverage. So to improve the quality of LoPoints, we decided to create an option to upload user photos for online LoPoints.

Where to test it
- latest Locus Map Beta version 4.10.0.3+
- or public Locus Map 4.11+ (in preparation)

Implemented features
- upload a new photo taken by the camera
- upload already created photo
- report invalid photo

Features in developing or planned
- user profile page with a visible amount of uploaded photos
- gallery of own uploaded photos
- rating by "hearts / thumbs up" (or any other symbol)
- maybe some kind of "photographer of the month" or similar

FAQ
- based on your questions

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Feel free to ask anything you care about so I may improve "FAQ" section.

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
2. 6. 2022 - Locus 4.10.0

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
25. 4. 2022 - Locus 4.9.0
3. 5. 2022 - Locus 4.9.1
6. 5. 2022 - Locus 4.9.2

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- list of news of public versions
- Blog post (in preparation...)
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
30. 3. 2022 - Locus 4.8.0
31. 3. 2022 - Locus 4.8.1
4. 4. 2022 - Locus 4.8.2

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- short list of news of public versions
- Blog post (in preparation...)
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
16. 3. 2022 - Locus 4.7.0

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- short list of news of public versions
- Blog post (in preparation...)
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
2. 2. 2022 - Locus 4.6.0

[Locus Map (4)]

New Locus Map (4) version

Important links
- short list of news of public versions
- Blog post (in preparation...)
- Public versions
- Beta versions

Versions
1. 12. 2021 - Locus 4.5.0
6. 12. 2021 - Locus 4.5.1
... uff
10. 12. 2021 - Locus 4.5.4
17. 12. 2021 - Locus 4.5.5
23. 12. 2021 - Locus 4.5.6

[Summary]

Hi guys,

there were not too many changes in the Android itself during last years, that affect Locus Map. The big one was of course battery optimizations  .

And now, tadá, we have another one as most of you know.

A11+ devices bring a limitation in access to the device file system. Task, which firstly was not looking so complicated, in the end, took more than a month of work for me and half of the Locus team.

I started this topic so I may answer and discuss any changes that the next update brings independently on the main app version topic(s).

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Summary
- app can no longer access the root of the internal memory directly, only over very limited so-called "Scoped storage" access. This brings some limitations. Mainly fact that the neesd to move its main directory to the private storage (/android/data/...). Also no support for the custom "srtm" and "mapsVector" directory, no support for custom "geo tagged photos" directory, and no support for "external maps" defined over the app.

- app can't directly detect installed apps, so the content of the function panel may be limited

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Michal is already writing a bigger blog post & manual for a better understanding of these changes and how to solve the most common use-cases.
You may watch the creation process of the main manual page in progress here.

Feel free to ask here, I'll gladly answer.

I'll also today finally publish the new Beta version where all these changes will be presented.