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-====== Guidance ======
+{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_guide_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Guidance ======
-<WRAP center round todo 60%>
-**...work in progress...**
+----
-</WRAP>
+===== About =====
+**Off-road, beeline guiding to a selected place, independent on road network**. Used especially for orientation in free terrain.
+Typically useful for finding **[[manual:user_guide:geocaching|geocaches]]** or directing towards **[[manual:user_guide:points:|user's points of interest]]** and **[[manual:user_guide:points:about#lomaps_points_of_interest|LoPoints]]** (remote viewpoint, waterfall etc.):\\ {{ :manual:ios:guidanceios01.jpg?nolink |}}
+**How to guide? Select the target and start guiding to it from its bottom menu:**
+===== Target selection =====
+==== Directly on the map ====
+  - **tap a [[manual:user_guide:points:locus_maps_pois|LoPoint]]**, a **[[manual:user_guide:points|user point]]** or any other point on the map, or **hold your finger on the place on the map where you want to be guided to**. The detail screen slides up.
+  - **tap the guidance button** in the bottom bar:\\ {{ :manual:ios:guidanceios02.jpg?nolink |}}
+==== Points from the Library ====
+Use e.g., in case you want to be guided to some geocache from your database:
+  - **select** the point from the [[:manual:user_guide:points:management|Library]]
+  - tap it to display the **[[:manual:user_guide:points:management#point_detail_screen|point detail screen]]**
+  - tap **guidance button** from the bottom panel:\\ {{ :manual:ios:guidanceios03.gif?nolink |}}
+===== Controlling =====
+==== Point guidance panel ====
+It displays the name of the point, its distance, and direction.  Tapping the panel displays the point detail screen.
+==== Panel menu ====
+{{ :manual:ios:guidanceios04.jpg?nolink |}}
+  * //Details// - opens screen with the point details
+  * //Guide Off// - stops guidance
+  * //Compass// - switches into [[manual:user_guide:tools:gps#compass|compass]] view. The arrow on the compass rose points to the guidance target. Distance and est. time to the target are below:\\ {{ :manual:ios:guidanceios05.jpg?nolink |}}
+===== Target notifications =====
+Locus Map Lite can notify you of an approaching target in several ways:
+  * **once within a defined distance** from the target
+  * **repeatedly** after you reach a defined distance
+  * **with increasing frequency of alerts** in dependence on your distance from the target (the faster, the closer you are)
+==== Settings ====
+  * go to **Menu > Settings > Guidance**
+  * Switch on **Notify when the destination is reached**
+  * Set the **alert distance** you want to be alerted at
+  * Select **alert type** - sound or system notification
+  * Set **frequency of beeps** - fixed or increasing
+{{ :manual:ios:guidanceios06.jpg?nolink |}}

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