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And is it possible the "breadcrumb" can be turned into actual links like below so the user can navigate back up the document hierarchy?

I've already discussed it with Menion. We have to look into some dokuwiki plugins if there is some to tackle this. 

...The manual has names (Locus Maps POIs and Independent POIs) which aren't used in the app, which doesn't help matters much.

I've rewritten the article a bit so that it corresponds to the current usage in the app. However as I've said, it's not the final solution.

Gentlemen, I wrote the needed article yesterday, please feel free to comment on it: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:planning:brouter. Links to it are in Route planning, Navigation settings and of course Customization sections.

@Andrew Heard... yep, I checked actually two videos and wrote a brief "how to" with one of Gynta's videos attached... http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:planning:brouter

@john_percy

So some of the feedback on the beta is that the naming is confusing. The manual has names (Locus Maps POIs and Independent POIs) which aren't used in the app, which doesn't help matters much.

We've been discussing this for some time but haven't come to a satisfactory solution yet. The entry article about points in the manual clarifies to newcomers that there are "two kinds" of POI handled. Original manual didn't regard this at all. So things have got moving

No problem. Here is some info that may help with reporting issues: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:faq:question#i_ve_got_a_problem_whom_to_ask_for_advice

@Michal - is it possible to show a "breadcrumb" for each manual page? I keep seeing pages, eg Menions "got a problem" page that isn't in the left side panel Main Menu "table of contents" - I had no idea it existed. I then tried Main Menu > About Locus Map > Error Reporting - but this is not found/ doesn't yet exist. So how would a user know about "got a problem"? The Main Menu could have more expandable levels, and each page could have "breadcrumb" so the user then learns for next time where in the manual organisation that page lives. Just a suggestion to improve the manual & reduce support load for you guys maybe.

A sort of "breadcrumbs" can be seen in upper right corner of each page, e.g. "manual:faq:question". However, we'll see to some other solution for better orientation.

There are currently two types of POI, which does cause confusion:
1. The points defined globally in Data > Points. "Data points", maybe? These can be edited.
2. The points of interest from the OSM database downloaded with vector maps from the Locus store. They are accessed by More > Points of Interest (beta) and are also displayed as overlays on the map. These can be searched but not edited.
They should be distinguished in any list of definitions.

@slarti76 too... The duality of general POI and Locus POI is referred to here http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:points:about. However, "Locus POI" problematics hasn't been finally solved yet even internally. The feature handling Locus map POI (Menu > More > Point of interest) is still named "Beta" as you can see. So you can expect a bit of evolution here.

Today i needed some manual links to help but it was difficult now to find quickly and it was a little bit frustrating - compared to the old system....

Dear gynta,
I understand your being upset with the new manual. You were working with the old one for many years and knew every bit of it here and there... Menion asked me to overwrite it so that it is clear and understandable. The old manual was written gradually, little by little as it was needed to clarify Locus's growing features and options, therefore many Locus aspects were dealt in many places, scattered across many sections. Now everything has its place and your comment here is the first completely negative I've come across. If it were as you say, I would be a dead man, we have hundreds thousands of users... Moreover, if Menion had disagreed with the structure I had proposed, he'd have stopped the project in the beginning. And I guess  he knows Locus users the best of all.

Anyway, thank you for your observations and comments.

@Michal - I stumbled across this method of route planning - http://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=4605.msg37076#msg37076 - by gynta today. I was unaware of this feature and there is no mention I can find in the manual, eg in http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:planning. I wish I'd known about it a long time ago, while still not perfect, for most situations it is better than using the track editor.

In summary

• add BRouter as application to main screen
• to create a "routed" track add a point named "from"
• add a point named "to"
• optionally add via points named "via"<n>
• optionally add nogo areas as points named "nogo"<n>
• tap BRouter icon to calculate a GPX file saved in mapitems folder
• import this GPX to display the track
• adding these points can optionally be simplified by creating quickpoints - see the videos

Nice To be honest I haven't had a clue about this method as well until now. No trace of it in the old knowledge base, no Locus coleagues have ever mentioned it... Thanks God for Gynta!

I'll definitely add this method to the User guide. Thanks!

Thanks Andrew, mistake repaired. Will be grateful for any other comments.

Hi Gynta,

Thanks for comments. New knowledge base has been created a little bit in advance according to Locus evolution that hasn't been released yet. Locus Maps as a new name for vector category was a mid-link that will be partly abandoned - map sorting is one topic that is being dealt right now. Therefore the map sorting passage will be completely reworked. Hold on

Wanted to try this out, but the link above (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:map_tools:vector_maps_content&#internal_themes) doesn't work?! Also trying it manually (Advanced -> Advanced Map Tools -> Locus Map Theming) gives error message "This topic does not exist yet".

Hi, quite a lot of articles from the old manual (all advanced) haven't been repaired and transferred to the new version. We're working on it. If you want anything from the old version, just add "_old" behind "docs" in URL. The manual is being built above the wiki platform, that's why you get "This topic does not exist yet" prompt.

rainy puplic holiday time to read new manual
http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:basics:trackrecord

- after i start track record as discribed, recording panel appeares, how can i hide it? if i use the back hard or software button i go back to menu and not to map. Please discribe slidefunktion.

- please discribe also start track recording from sidepanel, it is different displayed, depending on setting and in this case the back button work as expected

- pictures "save recorded track", in first picture "My tracks" storagefolder is selected, in second picture track is stored in "Recorded"

Thanks Balloni. all points done. The slide panel behavior is is mentioned in http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:recording:panel

uff, check all links? Well, I read it not so precisely ... guilty   

Mea culpa, Menion, mea maxima culpa...

Again... GC Offlinizer has been added and links to it corrected.. thanks! Go on (Menion revised the Manual and didn't notice these details

thanx Balloni for your feedback! All repaired...

Thanx Christian! 

Hi guys, broken link repaired... however, there are still quite many broken links in the Manual. Working on it, sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm doing my best.