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I upgraded from an older Locus version on my old Galaxy S4 to my new S9 installing the latest version here.

I completely set up my SD card from scratch and copied my external maps folder to the new SD card exactly as they were before (Folder structure).

Then I did import my last complete backup from the old phone to the new phone.

All seemed to work fine until I tried to add my external maps again.


My problems :

1)
If I try to add external maps with the + button I see my maps folders shown empty "number of files 0" but in fact there are maps, subfolders and other files in them (I double checked).

Also behind the folder is something like "wrong value" shown (in German "falscher Wert").

I can't even select any maps folder or path there he just shows my former maps folders as on my old phone.

So I can't add maps this way.


2)
Then I tried to set the default maps folders.

Setting the Vector maps folder worked fine.
But ther is no "Offline Maps" folder so I assumed the "Maps" Folder is the correct one.

But then he gave me a warning since the folder is not writeable ther might problems occur.

Therefore it doesn't seem to be correct this way.

But now he at least shows my maps for the time being.


3)
But there's another strange phenomenon here:
Some maps are shown separately even if they are in one folder, other folders group them.
Normally it should be either/or all of them the same right?


So how do I get that seemingly empty folder and "wrong value" issue fixed?

I'm pretty sure this must be because the path to the SD Card has changed since the new one has another name or such.

Oh that's bad. Maybe you can get in touch with Google and add it lateron. Thanks for your effort!

Or maybe with

https://mapmaker.google.com/

But that service is also new to me, just discovered it.

As far as I know it could be done with Google My Maps.

You can upload content and create own maps. So it should be possible also to have the App login with the Info of the user and upload that.

https://support.google.com/mymaps/answer/3024836?hl=en

You don't need a server since anyone can use Google Maps for saving their tracks and waypoints.

So if it's not possible (I don't know) to save it on Google without any login you would just need to ask the user to login and then it can be shared on Google Maps.

Hello, for the first time I  tried to share a track on Facebook.

But to my amazement when the track is clicked you don't get to for example Google Maps where the track is shown but instead to a Locus pafe where Locus is advertised.

This pretty much sucks!

I don't have the latest version. Has this been changed by now? If not it should urgently, else that function is unusable an one would need to switch to another app. But since I like Locus I wouldn't like to.

Ok just found Dashboard seems not to do what I need, maybe themes.

Is there any download page for Themes or Dashboards?

Hello I'm looking for a good way to

1) record my track
2) navigate (same time)
3) display something like a bike computer

Can this be done with Dashboards?
Is there anything already that would allow me to do the 3 things?
If multiple, which would you prefer?

Hi, tried that program but I can't figure out how to use it for this task since its pretty complex.

Is there any PS Filter that allowa me to manually bend like I need?

There's a "Verbiegen" (bend) filter that would do the job but I can't use it since it always reports low ram no matter how much ram or temp space I assign (should have enough ram). 

So I would need a custom bend filter for my PS CS (the first CS)

Same outcome the map is correctly alligned but distorted.

Maybe the original map is alredy distorted since the horizontal degree lines are rounded (see top of picture)
So I need a way to distort the original picture in a gfx program but my Photoshop dosent have such option since i own an old version.

Any Idea?

I already own it but did use Earth for calibrating then Map2Mapc for conversion.

Maybe this is the better way, just testing

Thats not the problem!

The actual maps in my example are modern maps.

The pictures are stretched wrong in GE

Hi,

I do use Overlays quite a bit wwith historical maps.
I always import a picture in Earth, set the boundaries and convert the data for use with locus.

Since I did smaller maps all the time I never noticed that the map projection in GE distorts my plain maps but I always did wonder why my historical map never did fit exactly the actual German landmarks.
I always thought th old maps just were slightly inaccurate and did a centering so it does fit the best possible.

Now I tried overlaying an entire Germany map and saw a huge distortion which makes me unable to fit the jpg to the actual Germany map. (1)

then I tried converting the overlay in GE (Overlay settings-Position) to LatLon.
Now I could move the edges and distort the map but now it has another roundness which makes me unable to fit the map in the other direction. (2)

How the hell can I get my plain map ready to overlay it in GE?
I'm getting Crazy by now, read the net for Hours without finding any helping tips.
Anyone here who can help me?

I can't use it since years as well, since as I posted already the coordinates are off

At least when using as I did whith that sms sending

There is a step by step description which probably includes a link but I did open it on my mobile and there was no link. I just could register since I found it also in the forum.