Re: [APP] - version 4.32.+ ( 12/2025 )

Tapio · February 14, 2026, 13:33:41

Photo workflow for me is complex... backup, add exif timestamp from gpx if missing (Geosetter), add City etc. names (GeotagNinja on Github, since Geosetter is forever broken here), imprint some info and position QR code via XNview batch processing.

Then copy from PC back to smartphone. For LM mostly into very few folders with many files, because "Geotagged media" functionality can not be handled if there's 100s of folders.

Mick thx for the img date fixer link, I quickly fixed all my pictures.

Tapio · February 14, 2026, 13:58:05

In the picture viewing, swiping to the next picture is weird. On first swipe attempt, the Android top bar becomes visible. A second swipe is required to move to the next picture.

BIG THANK YOU @Menion, LM now quickly finding the related pictures is so cool.

Tapio · February 14, 2026, 14:04:26

But it all comes at a price. Anyone able to still use OAM maps? Mine didn't auto load and upon manually loading t it doesn't get listed in LM. And it complains.

EDIT. I re-imported via locus-actions://https/www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/library/xmlV5/Nordrhein-Westfalen.xml and it works now.

Tapio · February 14, 2026, 15:41:13

Suggestion. Longtap small thumbnail picture and start system photo app? Or even vice versa. For me system viewer is F-Stop. From there I can instantly swipe through pictures in fullscreen. Makes things very usable!

Another thing. If those pictures have gps positions one would want to jump to the related position. So another idea: longtap thumbnail picture - if has gps pos, close track window, center to place and show a photo waypoint.

I don't like the symbol on the small pictures.

Graf Geo · February 15, 2026, 10:32:11

Quote from: balloni55 on February 13, 2026, 16:39:22
Quoteexperimental enabling of possible map tilt
"tilt" is not found in search dialog, where to find and enable?

Yesterday, I discovered this feature by chance; it appears to be enabled by default. If you swipe down lightly with two fingers, the map tilts slightly.

Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a way to disable this feature yet.

Ulrich Kiermayr · February 15, 2026, 17:51:21

Speaking of tilt: for me, the map is incomplete, when tilted.

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LG uk

Graf Geo · February 15, 2026, 20:45:48

@ Ulrich Kiermayr:
I assume that this is intentional or perhaps unavoidable. Due to the perspective, the map elements would have to be displayed smaller and smaller/closer together on the horizon (theoretically infinitely), which would no longer be possible to render meaningfully.

Ulrich Kiermayr · February 15, 2026, 22:48:42

Quote from: Graf Geo on February 15, 2026, 20:45:48@ Ulrich Kiermayr:
I assume that this is intentional or perhaps unavoidable. Due to the perspective, the map elements would have to be displayed smaller and smaller/closer together on the horizon (theoretically infinitely), which would no longer be possible to render meaningfully.

I don't think so. Given the visible street names in the blank area, there is no (in) visible horizon. It is just a little tilt where there is still only ground visible. Moreover, a horizon would be a straight line (not a 90°corner)

To me it looks like there are just three tiles missing on top.

Greetings, uk

T-mo · February 15, 2026, 23:57:30

@Ulrich Kiermayr:
seems like tile-rendering is as usual (screen plus some super small margin), but with using tilt you can look into the not-rendered-tile-area.

This small tile-rendering-window is generally somewhat annoying, you can move the map back and forth or slip while checking your area and everything needs to get rendered each time. Waste of processing.

Tilt is very nice with map shading enabled, like it

Graf Geo · February 16, 2026, 07:51:24

A strange error when the map is tilted: I am searching for a location that is outside and south of the current map section, e.g. Innsbruck. The red circle with an arrow is displayed at the top and points north. When I flatten the map again, the arrow jumps down and points in the correct direction.
This also happens (sometimes irregularly) with locations in the west/east. E.g. Warsaw, see screenshot.

Menion · February 16, 2026, 08:05:13

@Graf Geo
icon at photos > it should indicate that these photos are only local, not stored directly in the track or Locus Map. It is a small preparation for the future synchronisation of attachments. Then we will need to distinguish which photos are persistently attached in the Locus Map and which are not.

@Tapio
date > Locus Map is not taking data directly from photos. It communicates with the Android system that has its own "Media database". How exactly they get data from photos > we do not know for sure. But I really expect that EXIF plays the main role.

Breakfast > now you perfectly know, what happended during your trip

Swiping problem > ~~will look at it, thanks.~~, hmm can't simulate it. No matter if top panel is visible or not, swipe works as expected.

Opening in external app > first request on this here. Not sure if this is extra useful. Locus Map should not replace a photo browser app, but here we should get a quick overview of a few photos taken during trip, nothing more. But you still can open a photo and in the three-dot top menu is "Open" option.

Display on photos on the map > I already had an idea to display these photos directly on the map when the track is highlighted. Maybe later ...

@freischneider
filter some WhatsApp etc photos ... I'll look at it. About "EXIF" first > as I wrote about it to @Tapio, we do not have this under control.

And tilt, yes. Area of rendering in larger than without a tilt, but still not enough. Hmm...

Žajdlík Josef · February 16, 2026, 08:19:39

After installing the new beta version, switching maps works without problems. Thanks.

Tapio · February 16, 2026, 09:05:15

Yeah for me swiping only works perfectly, when top (15/32) and lower bar (with the filename) are shown. They disappear after one tap. Now in that state, it requires two swipes. After the first, the Android top bar appears and after the second, the swipe works.
Fullscreen option in Locus Expert settings is off. Android 10.

Do we really need that icon on the small pictures?

Being able to display the track related photo pois on/off would be nice. Maybe you can link them to the displaying of the track in some way. Also, centering to it, coming from the thumbnail or photo viewer.

I noticed a consistent crash. I did some heavy file dates changing on 1000s of pictures. I then used "Full reload" in Geotagged media. I always saw the number of listed (in the "Geotagged media" screen) per directory photos decrease down to zero, as if it unloads, as a first step.
Then it crashed. After restart LM, the scan worked its way through.

slarti76 · February 16, 2026, 17:11:41

Serious problem with recording:

I did some longer tours this weekend, and everytime after a longer break (>5min, I think), Lotus was not recording anymore. Recording mode itself was still on, I didn't pause the recording. I could recover by turning GPS off and on again, which is of course annoying with gloves in the snow.
I first thought I had some setting wrong, but all of these were off:

Auto-pause
Record only when moving
Record when GPS is off
Notify of (pausend/pending) recording

Dunno in which version that started, I noticed some problems already end of last year, but didn't go on tour for a while, only used Locus for navigation, and it doesn't happen when screen stays on.

However, I can say with conviction it's not a hardware problem: I recently recorded skiing holidays with two different special skiing apps, and both had no problems, screen off, in my pocket, even with 1hr+ lunch breaks.

Anyone have similar experience?

freischneider · February 16, 2026, 17:43:55

Quote from: slarti76 on February 16, 2026, 17:11:41Serious problem with recording:

I did some longer tours this weekend, and everytime after a longer break (>5min, I think), Lotus was not recording anymore. Recording mode itself was still on, I didn't pause the recording. I could recover by turning GPS off and on again, which is of course annoying with gloves in the snow.
I first thought I had some setting wrong, but all of these were off:
Auto-pause
Record only when moving
Record when GPS is off
Notify of (pausend/pending) recording

Dunno in which version that started, I noticed some problems already end of last year, but didn't go on tour for a while, only used Locus for navigation, and it doesn't happen when screen stays on.

However, I can say with conviction it's not a hardware problem: I recently recorded skiing holidays with two different special skiing apps, and both had no problems, screen off, in my pocket, even with 1hr+ lunch breaks.

Anyone have similar experience?

If you also have Android 16, then it's a Samsung problem.
https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=9452.0