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[@Michael Bechtold]

@Michael Bechtold
I still see no problem. Hope it was just some temporary glitch. Inform me please after you update, if this issue still persists, thanks!

@Tapio
thanks, this does not look like a major issue, so I'll look at it in the next few days!

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And the new version is out. You already know the news, so enjoy the new map and if someone contributes photos to LoPoints, also a gallery of images .

satellite screen in 4.11.1.5: why did the Altitude text label change to Depth??

Hello Andrew
this was also my question in #105
menions answer in #114

[@T-mo]

@balloni55
ah shit, thanks. "Depth" is a special inner custom variable for the new Seacraft device where seem that Locus Map will be part of the navigation console on the device ...

@T-mo
hmm, I've set Settings > Text-to-speech to Russia to hear the difference and in some cases, I correctly hear Russia TTS even though the app is set to Czech. So I'm unable to simulate it, sorry.

About OSM links: this topic was about links you click on some web page or are sent to the app over the so-called "Intent" Android system.

@Andrew Heard
export > damn, thanks, got it!

required password strength > hmm I've found settings related to this. Not sure what was set here before the forum update, but now "strong" was required. I've lowered this requirement, thanks.

[@CabrioTourer]

Hi guys

progress during sync: oki oki, I'll look at it. There are a lot of calculations at the beginning and comparing users' local and server data.

@CabrioTourer
if you PM your email address used to sync your data, we may completely clear the content already existing on the server so your first sync only send data to the cloud.

Btw:
"sync" - merge local and server data
"download" - throw away local data and download data from server

@Andrew Heard
The problem with the editing of the reversed route is interesting. I was able to simulate something similar once, but can't repeat it.

I'll look at it later, because it looks like a tiny but "hard to find" problem.

@joeloc & @Jethro10
Adding point problem: this happens directly on the main screen by simple long-click > + button?

And guys, with Android 13, even a hack that filebrowsers used to access Android/data stopped to work (I've discovered this yesterday). One additional option exists for now that use Locus Map 4 to access private data of Locus Map Classic and that seems to be used also the (till today unknown) "FV File Explorer" ...

And I really expect this hack will be patched in Android 14. Long life to Locus Map AFA version 

[@Andrew Heard]

@Andrew Heard
hmm error 10102 is a generic problem with the internet connection so it probably happened when the app was on background > system decided that Locus Map should not use the internet now. The app should anyway handle this more gently. Weird is that the "refresh" button does not help. Will have to try it ...

@luce
thanks for the shared settings, it helped! The issue was found and will be fixed in the next version.

@Tapio
The problem with the image when visible for the first time should be fixed in the next version, thanks!

The issue with recording & tasker > hmm, yes, there was a minor change in the recording system because of some optimization around ignoring points with "invalid" accuracy. But it should not affect the recording life-cycle & handling of such events.

What you may try > enable "Log to file" in the Beta version (long click on the main menu). When this issue happens, remember the time when it happened and send me the log from Locus/logs directory. There should be (maybe) some info ... at least something to start with. Thanks!

[Beta version 4.11.1.3]

The new Beta version 4.11.1.3 is finally published.

@Andrew Heard, @freischneider, @CabrioTourer, I'll look at it after weekend, thanks.

[@freischneider]

@freischneider
ah thanks for the reminder.

"Map rotation during navigation" > I'm playing with it and unfortunately no such problem was detected. Rotation is always made without any animation, so instantly. In your case, the map rotates based on the GPS movement so align with the navigation track itself?

@joeloc
white copyright > and what about the dark mode in the app? Then even a copyright button will be dark and not white.

problematic recorded point > in the next app version will be the detection of the HDOP & VDOP values that should block the recording of points with bad signal, so we will see if it helps. "Speed" is not an ideal solution. In your case, it will be 30m jump > oki, it is wrong, but second, it will be 30m/2sec, 30m/3sec etc and in some moment, the point will be saved.

... ah I see that @Andrew Heard already answered, thanks

regarding copyright button: at least make it 60% visible only... and just 10% after I clicked and read it once for a specific map. that would still satisfy your moral obligation to map creators and stop destroying your users phones.

bright white pixels on an amoled displayed at 1000 nits 8 hours a day is one of the worst things you can do to your phone. solution: just don't!

map itself is not problem since it is always different. the rest of your statically placed and always visible UI is not 100% white as far as I can tell. But yes, it is a problem too. And not a theoretical one mind you, I have Locus UI burnin on 3 phones already.

no, this will not happen to casual users.

yes, this will happen to power users who spend their locus life in bright sunshine every day.

@Andrew Heard yes with Firefox ctrl+ and ctrl- does work too and I am using it on several websites, it enlarges the entire website though ,not only the font-size.
If I compare the font-size overhere with a dozen other forums I follow this one definetely uses the smallest size.

edit: I found the perfect solution. in Firefox I can set a minimum font-size for all websites and that suits my bad eyes well ;-)

[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.

[@tapio]

@tapio
someone read the news?  Nice, thanks, indeed there was an incorrect link.

@freischneider
ah, it is still named as "Street name" > should be more something like "Extra info about next navigation point".

@Andrew Heard
Notifications in the quick settings were working but were placed below the dialog. Anyway now it seems to work correctly to me in all cases, weird. Do all buttons behave like this?

Accuracy before some sats are loaded may not be wrong. Android cache and re-use some older data, so it may provide a few minutes of old data with these parameters. The fact that is not "fresh" is another problem.

xDOP values are read from the GSA message. There is no guarantee it will be available on all devices. You may try to record an NMEA message and check if the recorded file contains any line with the GSA message (messages are stored in the Locus/data/nmea directory).

@baegas

and Locus Map 4 stops

... you see a system dialog that application crashed? If so, the log will be needed here right after this happens.

What problem is with the audio-coach?

[Locus Map 4.11.1.1]

Reported problems should be solved in the recent Locus Map 4.11.1.1 Beta version.

[@Andrew Heard]

@Andrew Heard
it is a problem. "hdop" value from the Locus Map in the GPX file is fake. App writes into GPX file received "horizontal accuracy". Android system does not report real hdop/vdop/pdop values over base API. What I may anyway do is read also NMEA messages and extract these values from there. Hmm, I'll look at it ...

Invisible info: an old problem with some longer info messages. Solved, but I had to shorten the info box duration.

Problem with "Optimize GPS values" > this is bad. I never read about any problem with this settings. So now I'll use this to test ...

@freischneider
Problem in merging of segments in the route planner: uff, this was hard , should be fixed now, thanks!

"Comment field" > should be visible during navigation in the top panel. It is difference to "Description field".

This one works: https://github.com/OsmTravel/OsmGo