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if you won't need it, you don't have to use, it will be definitelly optional service.
Anyway, together with web site for planning & sharing, it will be ... ahh finally .

Question:
At OpenAndroMaps (https://www.openandromaps.org/) they're talking about more and more HighRes SRTM data being used (to allow altitude lines with 10m resolution).
As far as I can see, Locus still downloads the same HGT files as it did years ago, at least the size hasn't changed which strongly implies the resolution didn't improve.
Is there any chance that Locus downloads higher res data, too - where available? Or is there a source for HGT files to download and manually copy into the data/srtm directory? If Locus can use that at all?!

Is there a new version planned because only some few days left?

... and I forgot how to work with official version. 😁

Understand ... searching ... best should be to place a link (to file, URL) directly into the theme. But this makes sense only in case, I add this also into the official MapsForge4 library and it may take some time ...

So in the next version, "temporary" solution: currently PDF (any other format may be useful as well?) file with the same name and location as a theme XML file. In the list of themes, such a theme will have a small badge and long-click offer display of legend.

An idea: currently there are 2 types of buttons that can be added to function panels:

• Add function button
• Add link to app

How about 3rd type: Add link to  file? This could for this discussion be a PDF map legend file, but could be any useful file in practice.

Well, the IT is in the 2nd part only. :-) I have posted it for general audience, as some may take it as useful info, others not so much.

Yes, the BRouter servers take from OSM the daily difference files, process them and make the related daily BRouter differential and full updates.

You can check yourself:
http://brouter.de/brouter/segments4/

For usual users nothing changes, they just notice in BRouter download manager less of data downloading and more of data processing.

The daily/frequent  updating makes sense mainly on the current data square only a/o if one impatiently waits for OSM update propagation.

Or, if one wants/needs to cut down the updating network data for whatever reason.

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So ganz unrecht hat Tapio nicht. Ich bin z.B. seit 2003 im Naviboard unterwegs und ein Großteil der Threads dreht sich im Garmin-Sektor darum, wie man die Unzulänglichkeiten der Gerätesoftware und der Dienstprogramme umschifft. Das größte Problem sehe ich hier einerseits in der fehlenden Dokumentation seitens Garmin, andererseits in der Unsitte Geräte im Firmware-Beta-Status auf den Markt zu werfen. Bananen reifen bekanntlich ja auch beim Kunden.

Basecamp fand ich persönlich gar nicht so schlecht nach Einarbeitung. Aber warum kommt ein Buch zu Basecamp vom privaten Anwender Zellhöfer und nicht von Garmin?
Warum müssen Routingeigenschaften von z.B. Zumos von Anwendern ausgearbeitet und auch dokumentiert werden (Volker Koch) damit man diese überhaupt erst vernünftig bedienen kann?
Und bei der nächsten Firmware oder dem Nachfolgemodell ist wieder alles anders. Undokumentiert seitens Garmin natürlich.

Es sind so viele Kleinigkeiten, die sich bei mir über viele Garmin-Jahre über alle Geräte und Anwendungen hinweg addiert und nicht verbessert haben und den Frust haben wachsen lassen. Ich für mein Teil bin mehr wie froh, mit Locus endlich eine gut funktionierende und dokumentierte Software gefunden zu haben.

Ausflüge über WinCE mit iGO, Lowrance Endura und TwoNav waren zwischenzeitlich auch dabei - aber auch nicht von Dauer.

Ich habe alle Lomap-Poi-DBs entfernt und nur die Oam-DB von Baden-Würtemberg hinzugefügt. Damit funktioniert die Adresssuche per langem Klick auf die Karte.
Wenn ich aber nur die Oam-DB von Switzerland benutze, funktioniert die Adresssuche per langem Klick nicht mehr.
Was bedeutet, dass die Oam-Switzerland.db ein Problem verursacht. Die Switzerland-DB ist fast 40MB kleiner als die Baden-Würtemberg-DB.
Ich werde das mal bei OAM melden.

I tried the new circular automatic track, yes it works but why should I use it for ?

What I need is something that connects last point to start point to create a circular track

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Every ID has definition if it's hike/bike/car category => based on this, some other parameters are used, like compute of time estimates etc. As I wrote ... it's not so simple

Really, I was already thinking about it and I can't simply change the current system to allow bigger modification of BRouter profiles ... for now .

Consider adding a regular routed segment as typing a letter on a keyboard, while adding a straight segment as a CAPITAL one.

Consider explicit profile switching to straight line as CAPS LOCK activation.

Consider long pressing route or + button as using SHIFTed letter to type just 1 or 2 CAPITALS.

What is wrong with SHIFT key ?

I see just 1 issue, why to use right SHIFT and not left, if right one is already taken ?


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I voted "Long click on "+" button: add manual segment between last point > map center"
Because: a) I don't need what's currently on longclick+. and b) I think it is a rather regularly used function and we achieve a lot of convenience. Very good icitiative from lor74cas.

If this is implemented, @Menion can also allow to hide the manual profile just like the other profile types.

In the latest version of Alpha and Beta, is it no longer possible to use automatic route planning from a starting point based on a specified distance?

You mean that automatic route creation tool, indeed it is missing. BTW, something similar, a bit more sophisticated, is here: https://maps.openrouteservice.org

[United Kingdom]

Good news: After lots of hours research, contact with different institutes across the country, quality checks etc. there's for the first time a high-quality DTM of the whole United Kingdom

https://data.opendataportal.at/dataset/dtm-united_kingdom

For about 75% of England, Wales, Northern Ireland fine LIDAR source data available, Scotland
unfortunately (beside river valleys and coasts) is not covered as well. For the areas not covered with fine LIDAR-data I used OS DTM-50m which is wider gridded but also based on LIDAR source data and hence especially in wooden areas more accurate than SRTM data.

Enjoy the new DTMs of the UK!

Hi Menion, I have a proposal to modify the display of warnings and warnings. I don't like the current version, when the warnings are displayed twice. Please try to discuss this. This is because if the backup fails, for example, and you are on an expedition somewhere, the icon now unnecessarily overlaps the map.
soucasnostinformace.jpg - current status for informative announcement
navrhinformace.jpg - proposed version in Google style
soucasnostvarovani.jpg - current status of warning notifications, the icon is shown unnecessarily twice
navrhvarovani.jpg - an icon that nobody will miss should be sufficient

CZ:
Ahoj Menione, měl bych návrh na úpravu zobrazení upozornění a varování. Současná verze, kdy se varovaní zobrazují dvakrát se mi moc nelíbí. Zkuste se o tom prosím poradit. Důvodem je i to, že pokud selže například odesílání zálohy a jsi někde na výpravě, ikona nyní zbytečně překrývá mapu.
soucasnostinformace.jpg - stávající stav pro informativní oznámení
navrhinformace.jpg - navrhovaná verze ve stylu Google
soucasnostvarovani.jpg - stávající stav varovných oznámení, ikona se ukazuje zbytečně dvakrát
navrhvarovani.jpg - ikona, kterou asi nikdo nepřehlédne by měla postačovat