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In my case (Italy LoMap), zooming/ panning/ change theme/ anything else I could think of, made no difference. Once I moved into an area where nothing was drawn there was no option but to exit/restart of the app. In one case only a power cycle of the phone. It has not happened in last 3 months with Australia LoMap.

If you exit (tap back button twice) any track recording is preserved and restarted when you restart. Good feature. While cycling and the map started disappearing, with practice, I could exit & restart within ~30s, and all without crashing

This sounds similar to an experience I reported to Menion a few months ago. It would happen once or less per day. An area of the map ahead would be totally blank except for the recorded track (map not repainted as I moved towards it). @silvermapper - is the map redisplayed after exit/run Locus? I can't find a reference to my original discussion. It may have been in forum rather than a help topic. I had one time when not even a restart worked, only a phone power cycle. It hasn't happened in last few months although I haven't been navigating all day every day. I was using Italy LoMap. The theme made no difference.

I do not know if other beta testers had any problems with dragging. [/b]

@lor74cas - I mostly use tap > Edit position rather than drag but drag does have advantage of quickly creating a Shaping point. If I drag by accident just tap the Undo button. Seems like good compromise to me.

@john_percy - I think issue is running Pro/Beta simultaneously (agree sounds like bad idea) rather than just installing both.

[Beta version 3.25.5.5]

New Beta version 3.25.5.5 just uploaded. Enjoy it.
chg: huge number of changes in Route planner

@menion - huge change from 3.25.5.2? really? what to test?

Until now I haven't tested the Track Editor. For me not needed much with Route Planner. But a question: if I move to first or last track point in the Track Editor does it make sense for Tools > Insert break menu item to be enabled? A break can only be inserted when an intermediate point is selected?

Track Editor > Tools > "Tuto, remove"

But imagine everyday bicycle commuting in big cities with regular municipal announcements about short and long term road closures.

@poutnikl - yes of course.

No problems for me; either way. I only reply to your comment "I see no reason..." with my reason

Just a general comment:- Until now I have used the "external BRouter" method of route planning - http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tracks:planning:brouter. I can quickly generate X routes for X profiles, then compare & contrast. But now, finally, the new Route Planner has overtaken this method for convenience. With Shaping points & NOGO areas it just gets better & better.

I never thought about them as about tool that should "shape" an planner route. And to be true, I still see no reason for this.

Often BRouter needs no encouragement but sometimes I encourage the chosen route with a Shaping point, sometimes with a NOGO area. Each has it's use and advantage depending on the characteristics of the current route. Generally for me a NOGO is only needed for the life of the route. No longer. As my cycle touring is always to a new area.

They should not be used as "negative viapoints/shapepoints".

I sometimes find nogo's very convenient for negative viapoints/shapepoints. Sometimes it is the fastest method for shaping my route.

Shaping Point(s) into exported gpx ?
As ONLY Locus must recognise/reconstruct.
Shaping Point indicator in trkpt attribute <type>
<trkpt lat="51.0529732704163" lon="3.99975299835205">
<type>Shape</type>
</trkpt>

+1 = would allow round trip GPX export/ import of route plan

[@Žajdlík Josef]

@Žajdlík Josef:
- understand, let's try it with 25m.

+1

@Andrew Heard:
2) hmm you are correct. <snip> So what about simply "Point from part N"?

+1

@Andrew Heard:
6) again for my surprise, no one complains till now . I was thinking about dialog with simple options "Overwrite" or "Save as new". 
7) it is important to keep in mind, that route planner is made of planning of new route. If you on existing track tap on "Route planner", track is loaded to planner, but there is no connection to original track! This should be solved by point 6), but I'm really worried to save changes immediately to original track.

Menu > Route Planner > create new route... of course. But track > Route Planner > edit existing route > ("Save" > "yes|no") | "Save as new".  This is behavior of RWGPS system too.

I still question this sequence:

• add NOGO
• auto recalc
• delete NOGO
• no auto recalc but expect to be able to reverse operation (manual undo)

I still think add NOGO should have undo. And Delete NOGO should force auto recalc. It won't be obvious to a user to long-tap the Compute Source icon for Recalc All.

And recompute ... ah I made a small gift for you just for testing for now and forget to mention. Try to long-click on big blue "choose source" icon in bottom left. Hope it is enabled in Beta .

@menion - beautiful gift - thank you.

BETA version 3.25.5.3
route planner:

while moving the map I accidentally moved a red point, very sensitive..maybe adding some touch-

@T-mo - use the Undo button (top left arrow) if you accidentally move a red point

Tools > Travel time: there are no profiles for cars, even though I planned the route with a car-profile. I would like to define some profiles (fast, eco,..) just to get an idea. Of course traffic can change a lot, but as a first approach it would be nice

@T-mo - I suggested similar 9 months ago - only 3 votes - http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/provide-vehicle-types-for-travel-time-calculation - please vote for my suggestion. Seems crazy to me there is BRouter profile for car but can't calculate travel time.[/list]

And recompute .... Try to long-click on big blue "choose source" icon in bottom left

@balloni55 - thank you! I must have missed that comment. Not as intuitive as menu item, but good enough for me now I know the secret.