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Hello,
is there any roadmap where you can see when the iOS app will have a similar scope to the Android app?
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bear in mind dancatt Locus on Android has been in development for 14 years. And funny from the photo, the professor of Locus, hasn't aged at all in that time.
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A little off topic, but this battery optimisation issue is really complicated. I think I have it sorted with Android 14 & LM4, but Tasker still complains of some issue but doesn't tell me more so I can solve. Tasker & LM have a extensive webpage of settings to check, which I have. If & when LM thinks it is being optimized can it provide additional info to help the user rather than just the single line?

Still the same joeloc .

@menion - where is the "straight face" emoji? you could have been a diplomat instead of a master programmer ;-)

Classic newbie (me) mistake: new device > restore LM4 settings (all settings except tracks) > Cloud Sync tracks & points > BUT I have tracks & points visible after the cloud sync - 12,000+ tracks > Locus continual crash, I guess due to too many visible tracks - error below...

So delete media/.../data/database/* and start again with cloud sync settings: Show new points & tracks: OFF ;-)

Because CloudSync does the sync plan beforehand, it knows in advance when there will be too many tracks to display, so can avoid this unnecessary situation?

The problem in the backup > is interesting. It looks to me, that the local backup works fine, but then you wanted to upload to the cloud? And this is done on the background and it failed in your case. Is it possible?

@menion - no, the backup didn't work - I had rearranged directories & the backup directory didn't exist. No cloud involved. LM said the backup was however successful.

BTW on a new LM install (new device) I go to the main menu > All features > where is the Backup Manager?? I do a search from the All features for "backup" > No search results. PS eventually found under Settings > Backup & filesystem, not and/or with All features > Tools? You see "Settings > Backup & filesystem" is a combination of settings and functions/ features, so I think the current placement is somewhat confusing.

I wasn't able to comment on this out-of-date topic regards the Backup Manager https://help.locusmap.eu/topic/cannot-find-backup-manager-in-menu-options, or find any other (easy) references.

It doesn't help directly as the question is for the (online) Web Planner, but using Android LM4 you can choose/ experiment with a 3rd party mapping theme. If you are adventurous you have full control over the color of everything on the map. But the learning curve is huge & outside scope of this topic.

Congrats <> Problem with backup directory? hmm, mixed messages - one LM hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing? The backup directory had indeed changed, so in my screen cap it is the "Congrats" that is wrong.
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Check app settings > Navigation > LoRouter offline settings ... here are two new options. Alternative routes is a new feature

4.25.1.2 beta - alternate routes or routers? I would think the former?
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In full screen mode there, the title bar "Route Planner" needs to move up 1 "row" so right at the top?
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Alternative routes - I have enabled, I tried with car & touring bike profiles, but don't see an alternative generated. Would these 2 new settings be better located in the Route Planner main menu rather than the Settings > Navigation menu? I would think sometimes you want them on, sometimes off, and that decision is when in the planner.

Sorting track recording profiles by name - thanks!

excellent question; I wish LM did that too
please convert your question to a suggestion @ https://help.locusmap.eu/topic/add so others can vote for the idea

maybe creating a special topic per interesting tasker tasks here?

@menion - nice category - I hadn't realized.

Your task, by not saying anything means "all is well" but also it could mean "Locus/Tasker/Android have crashed".

personal preference, but I'd agree

both of you - fantastic stuff - and being text (rather than some obscure binary) it is possible to use WinMerge (or similar) to track changes

But now as you mention it, I'm not sure if my task worked the last times haha

@Tapio - maybe a 2nd tasker profile to monitor the 1st? double-ha-ha (emoji for that?) - could you share your Tasker profile anyway, please? Good to learn from the masters. To be honest I still have your other one LM4RndPoints_DataIntent.tsk to understand yet - I'm getting slower & s.l.o.w.e.r...

BTW - my use case - screen is virtually never turned on - glancing at the screen for any evidence of heartbeat/ recording is not a useful option while running & phone is inside a bag. However if I don't hear a beep every "now&then" then I may A) try to listen harder B) few minutes later turn on screen.

I suggest any further comments are via the Help desk suggestion.

Today for the 1st time (I can recall in 14 years) LM<N> crashed while track recording - after only 230 metres, but I only realized when I went to save the track 30 minutes later ;-( When I turned on the screen, the Android home screen was displayed; when I tapped LM4.25.1 it started as normal & showed the unsaved track recording panel. I haven't used the Audio Coach before so I had an idea of a single reassuring "I'm still alive" beep every now & then. I set the Audio Coach time to 3:00 but unfortunately the statistics are all long, verbose & somewhat inaudible when running (phone in bag). A further "statistic", like with some notifications eg. "GPS Acquired" with option of beep or "select sound", where I can select a short optimized high volume resonant frequency beep would be perfect. Worth a help desk suggestion, or other ideas? It's annoying when data is lost. Thanks.

20 years since OSM begun - we have these far sighted people to thank very much - https://blog.systemed.net/post/18.

Nice idea. Worth a help (suggestion) topic?