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#81

Troubles & Questions / Re: Add LoPoint photo from an ...

Last post by Marek Scholtz - May 29, 2025, 11:27:22

I understand. So it seems to be a problem with your system. In the photo picker, under the three-dot menu, there is also a 'Browse...' option. There, you can access Google Photos from the hamburger menu. You can check if you see your Google Photos albums at least there. Anyway, you should receive the Android 16 update in a few days, which will hopefully solve your problem.

[@Graf Geo]

#82

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by Menion - May 29, 2025, 10:02:34

Search in categories > give it a try guys. If there is be problem in finding what you are looking for, we should improve a catalog of synonyms. If still not good enough, we may talk about "browse in all categories". But I would like to have it as the last option here.

EN results for search > in case, you have the app in, for example, DE and the search for categories finds 0 results, the app tries the same search also as for English texts. So they are not mixed, if there are any results.

@Graf Geo
mixed list of categories > yes I know. It is a little problematic. App now remembers also the translation of the category, so the change of the language does not change it locally. Will update (somehow) later.

#83

Themes - Vector maps / Re: [Theme] Tapiola

Last post by Tapio - May 29, 2025, 08:26:19

Not much time, I looked into it and changed some code for charging stations. Can you give me some charging station positions?

BTW. As not exactly a friend (rather the opposite) of eBikes in MY FORESTS AND hills 😜😜, this is a tough job for me.

#84

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by Tapio - May 29, 2025, 08:21:05

In a not so distant future
moving POI handling from each & every theme back into the core app would simplify each theme

Well, it's a matter of theme organisation to be able to show/hide poi (optionally all at once, and efficiently).
For me it's about poi being useful. If they're just printed into the map, and their display depends on priorities and other factors, that's not always useful.

"On my hike, I am exactly interested in a) benches, b) shelters and c) peaks and d) everything related to tourism (i.e. a whole category), please display that" - that's what I wish and what I think is just a very natural approach.

I have a suspicion that the "show all" style Lopoint system is technically not ready for filtering, or maybe it's having performance implications.

#85

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by freischneider - May 29, 2025, 07:46:04

In a distant future my preference would be to have the theme display no poi and LM display hand picked categories of lopoi.

In a not so distant future
moving POI handling from each & every theme back into the core app would simplify each theme
I'd vote +1 for this suggestion

I agree with you there. But this is just a highlighting point, which is a completely different topic, and it's implemented exactly right here.

#86

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by Andrew Heard - May 29, 2025, 00:05:10

In a distant future my preference would be to have the theme display no poi and LM display hand picked categories of lopoi.

In a not so distant future
moving POI handling from each & every theme back into the core app would simplify each theme
I'd vote +1 for this suggestion

#87

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by Tapio - May 28, 2025, 15:28:54

Yep. Users don't know what search term to use and if no result, there will be doubt if maybe one should use another search term or if the pois just don't exist.

#88

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by slarti76 - May 28, 2025, 15:02:24

@slarti76
If visible on the map, a complete list makes sense. But here it is only about highlighted ones.

I honestly don't know what you mean. Perhaps you have another use case? I mean, highlighting is just an additional feature, but it starts with selecting categories to show on the map. And there, just like I did with "LoPoints (offline)", I want to click on the respective button and browse through a list.
Let's say I'm looking for mountains - dunno how OAM stores them, "mountain", "peak", "summit"? Don't wanna try all 3 search words, typing on phone is a nuisance. But it's definitely "Nature", so in offline points I scroll to root category "Nature", open it, and voilà: "Peak".

And yes, ok, the search is intelligent enough to show "peak" when typing "summit". It's just the first example that came to mind, but there will always be similar words that are not found by the search. And again, typing is hard, especially with gloves, so a nested list is often better.

#89

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by Tapio - May 28, 2025, 14:51:48

Testing themes on top of oam map, turning on/off theme options, zooming in/out - Locus loves to crash especially in bigger cities with many poi, like Dortmund. Anyone?

eg Voluntary theme at zoom 21 here: 51.51327183, 7.46400446

Press minus for zoom out a few times, boom ctd

In a distant future my preference would be to have the theme display no poi and LM display hand picked categories of lopoi.

#90

Locus Map / Re: [APP] - version 4.29.+ ( 4...

Last post by freischneider - May 28, 2025, 14:13:57

@slarti76
If visible on the map, a complete list makes sense. But here it is only about highlighted ones. If you want to highlight something, then you already know what you want to highlight. Therefore, it makes no sense here and you are faster with the search. Most of the time they are always the same and are therefore in the list.