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Nein, das sieht kaputt aus... oben direkt unter der Android-Statusleiste und ganz am unteren Rand bzw. direkt auf der unteren Locus-Symbolleiste ist möglich. So ist es bei mir. Also ich rede von LM4

Schaut mal in den Einstellungen der Dashboards, da ist eine Option "Position" - ich kannte die noch nicht.

Statt unzufrieden zu sein würde ich das eher an Asamm melden, kommt mehr bei raus.

RE: Fullscreen. Regrettably, but yes. I've noticed hacks and problems in the past, also in other apps (eg Moon+ Reader). Small step back, but we'll survive it 😉

Ich persönlich lasse während meiner Wanderungen via Tasker überwachen, ob die Aufzeichnung läuft (LocusTasker-Plugin, Auswertung von %is_track_rec_recording) - ist sie nicht "true", gibt es einen Alarm. Ansonsten ein subtiler Piepser, der mir anzeigt, dass Locus und Android leben. Bleibt der aus, merke ich das irgendwann. Das habe ich mal gemacht, als mein Android öfter abstürzte und neu startete.

EDIT: Ich habe es mal bis aufs grundsätzliche Konzept verkleinert und hochgeladen.
https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8kdDIMDeveQcQfRglam%2Fah1mTW%2FWcg05FZ39c0i1q%2F77iY3E7cIwxCkXqJTaTA%3D&id=Profile%3ARecWatcher

Waldrand, Nordseite, Stand der Sonne, zu erwartende Dichte der Plagegeister (e-Bikes 😁 - heutzutage fährt ja die ganze Familie und noch der tote Opa die Berge hoch) - ja, meine meist so 20 km habe ich auch schnell zusammengestellt. Vor allem überstimmte ich den BRouter-Vorschlag oft.

Link broken?

I think you're spot on, you want to change a set of options and the current solution could be presets - if we convince Menion to make maps part of the system. I tried already, but he wasn't convinced.

Btw, do you know longtap mapscreen content button toggles previous/last map? This may help you a bit. I toggle between oam vector vs. offline satmap this way. Have never really noticed the unwanted map shading on satmaps.

Maybe there's a way to create a merger of offline satmap + overlay, idk

Nochmal eine Frage zum Locus-Webplaner (https://web.locusmap.app/de/):
Gibt es dort im Routingprofil Auto keine Einstellung für Autobahn vermeiden (so, wie in der App)?

Nein. Es geht genau das, was Du vorfindest 😁. Alles, was nicht geht und sinnvoll ist, kannst Du vorschlagen.
Technisch sicher nicht schwer. Aber Asamm sollte das KFZ-Routing eigentlich eher unattraktiv machen, damit es gar nicht erst versucht wird. Ist letztlich einfach nicht Kernkompetenz von Locus, da würde man ein Faß aufmachen.

@tapio - was watching your amazing YouTube videos. It all goes very quickly & it's hard to see what's happening & why. No captions. But all sorts of clever tricks I never knew were possible. Thanks.

Thanks. I am aware of it, they're bad, but cannot invest much time. Should probably press on screen longer, there's a white spot there. I am always considering sharing, but I also know tasks are complex and people with just a bit knowledge of Tasker will need support. That's holding me back. And all sorts of error handling needed if you share stuff.
Tasker+Falcos Locus plugin+Locus = holy trinity 😁

sadly IMHO Locus is not mentioned. I have experimented with all other 6 apps (long time ago) and settled on LM as the best

It's helpful to see what the expectations are. What I take from this is URL you posted, POI are of importance for many users. With OAM poi available offline, Locus has all that's needs, but the usability could be much better. Things like "POI along the route", "POI sets" (define a set of userdef poi categories)... But Menion is aware of.
Aw and that horrible scrollscrollscroll-Add100-scrollscroll-another100... Lopoi screen.

Usability vs. features, the old story.
All cyclists and tourist... after all, want a stupid app capable of... not much..., hence easy to operate. The most successful one would be the one which is most shiny, most fireworks on top of nothingness, where they can put most of their belief in. There's a word for it: Apple.
I prefer competence over fireworks. And I admit, after all those years we deal with IT, I'm pretty disappointed by the users average level.
Sorry for the arrogant hate post, sometimes I need that 😁

I am 100% fine on how presets work. Personally I have zero urge to have them kind of bidirectional - i. e. undo, or return to a previous state.

What I was thinking is "function bar in presets" needs another thought. They are complex to maintain. Let's say you have 5 presets which change function bars, but only 2 kinds of function bars. You always have to make function bar changes in any of those, which have the same style. Maybe function bars need an own preset system, just like dashboards. Or possibly make life easier, like copy/paste whole button setup to clipboard.

In all changes please don't forget the people controlling presets from outside, via intent.
No need for Locus asking which preset to use (one of Freischneiders ideas).

Changing the preset system fundamentally is probably... dangerous. IMO it's more important to rewrite the Lopoi system.

Ich denke das ist kein Widerspruch.
Wenn Presets an das Routing gebunden werden, ist das eine Automatik und damit Komfort im Feld, oder?

Du missverstehst mich. Ich meinte: Man kann Locus bzgl. des Routings widersprüchliche Befehle geben.

a) "Always on: [X] During navigation"
b) "Navigation: Link with presets"

Wenn Preset b) always-on abschaltet, tritt der Fall ein. Mit sowas sollten wir Menion nicht beschäftigen. Ich habs nur aus akademischen Gründen erwähnt 😁

EDIT: Habe es nochmal genauer angesehen. Da ist kein Widerspruch. Sondern einfach eine Option, die durch ein Preset überschrieben wird. So muss man das sehen. Genug davon...

@CabrioTourer: Quick Bookmark is something you can add to Locus toolbars/menu.

Additionally there's Falcos Tasker plugin. This one offers another possibility to start Tasker tasks. Since you can send arguments with quick bookmarks, I start map position dependent tasks from there. Not position related tasks from the plugin menu.

Could you explain me how you connent to tasker? The only way I found was with Secondary Tasker App which is very limited.

Much easier way... And you can pass %par1 and %par2 into tasks just as in "Perform Task" command:

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tasker://assistantactions?task=MyTask&par1=whateverArgument&par2={mapLat},{mapLon},{mapEle}

You may be interested... I'm sharing useful GPS related stuff up on Taskernet, eg. Pluscode, Latlon format converters, or a geopos calculator.

https://taskernet.com/?user=AS35m8kdDIMDeveQcQfRglam%2Fah1mTW%2FWcg05FZ39c0i1q%2F77iY3E7cIwxCkXqJTaTA%3D

Dashboards vs. presets in todays new beta:
WORKS. Very likely. Thx Menion. Will observe. For every preset the dashboard had to be defined again in order to display the correct one.