manual:user_guide:maps_settings
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| manual:user_guide:maps_settings [2021/11/08 16:11] – [Cached maps only] mstupka | manual:user_guide:maps_settings [2025/07/17 15:01] (current) – [Automatic map loading] mstupka | ||
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| ==== RASTER MAPS ==== | ==== RASTER MAPS ==== | ||
| ==== Automatic map loading ==== | ==== Automatic map loading ==== | ||
| - | Loads SQLite-based maps according to actual GPS position. There is no need to select maps manually when out of one, Locus Map switches it on automatically. **To make this work, store all the maps into one folder**. | + | Loads SQLite-based maps according to actual GPS position. There is no need to select maps manually when out of one, Locus Map switches it on automatically. **To make this work, store all the maps in one folder**. |
| There are three options: | There are three options: | ||
| * **no map auto-load** - maps must be selected and activated manually | * **no map auto-load** - maps must be selected and activated manually | ||
| - | * **auto-load maps of identical | + | * **auto-load maps of identical |
| - | * **auto-load maps of any type** - at first Locus Map checks availability of identical map type and then switches | + | * **auto-load maps of any source** - at first Locus Map checks |
| ==== LOMAPS & OTHER VECTOR MAPS ==== | ==== LOMAPS & OTHER VECTOR MAPS ==== | ||
| ==== Automatic map loading ==== | ==== Automatic map loading ==== | ||
| - | Loads available vector maps according to actual GPS position. | + | You manually select which map to display or you let Locus automatically load available vector maps for the currently displayed |
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| + | <wrap info> | ||
| + | ==== Online LoMap as backup ==== | ||
| + | When turned on, online LoMap loads when you go out of the area covered by your downloaded offline LoMaps. | ||
| ==== Text size ==== | ==== Text size ==== | ||
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| ===== Auxiliary graphics ===== | ===== Auxiliary graphics ===== | ||
| Graphic elements displaying various non-map objects or values. | Graphic elements displaying various non-map objects or values. | ||
| + | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
| + | These can be also added to the **[[manual: | ||
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| ==== Map scale ==== | ==== Map scale ==== | ||
| Map scale defines the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.\\ {{ : | Map scale defines the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.\\ {{ : | ||
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| Circles indicate selected distances from the map screen cursor - 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 m, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 km:\\ {{ : | Circles indicate selected distances from the map screen cursor - 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 m, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 km:\\ {{ : | ||
| ==== Dynamic elevation ==== | ==== Dynamic elevation ==== | ||
| - | Displays elevation value on the location of the map screen cursor:\\ {{ : | + | <wrap info> |
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| + | Displays elevation value on the location of the map screen cursor:\\ {{ : | ||
| ==== Cursor to position line ==== | ==== Cursor to position line ==== | ||
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| Displays direction and approximate range of your view.\\ {{ : | Displays direction and approximate range of your view.\\ {{ : | ||
| <WRAP center round tip> | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
| - | This option can be added to a function panel for quicker access. | + | This option can be added to a [[manual: |
| </ | </ | ||
| ==== Magnifier ==== | ==== Magnifier ==== | ||
| Shows a magnified part of the map on the spot the map cursor is pointing at.\\ {{ : | Shows a magnified part of the map on the spot the map cursor is pointing at.\\ {{ : | ||
| <WRAP center round tip> | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
| - | This tool can be added to a function panel for quicker access. | + | This tool can be added to a [[manual: |
| </ | </ | ||
| ==== Text size ==== | ==== Text size ==== | ||
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| {{ : | {{ : | ||
| ==== Map shading ==== | ==== Map shading ==== | ||
| - | <wrap info>Only with Locus Map Premium | + | <wrap info>Available only with **[[https:// |
| - | Enables additional shading of map based on offline elevation files. | + | Enables additional shading of map based on [[manual: |
| * Select which maps you want to shade - **online**, **personal** or **LoMaps and other vector maps** (or all). | * Select which maps you want to shade - **online**, **personal** or **LoMaps and other vector maps** (or all). | ||
| * Types of shading: | * Types of shading: | ||
| - | * **Hill shading** - classic | + | * **Hill shading** - classic |
| - | * **Slopes** - highlighting slopes of >30°, >35°, >40 (light orange, orange, dark orange) - useful for skialpinists, backcountry skiers etc.:\\ {{ : | + | * **Slopes** - highlighting slopes of >30°, >35°, >40 (light orange, orange, dark orange) - useful for ski alpinists, backcountry skiers, etc.:\\ {{ : |
| - | * **Colored elevation** - elevation levels | + | * **Aspect coloring** - coloring by the orientation of the slope gradient:\\ {{ : |
| + | * **Colored elevation** - elevation levels | ||
| <WRAP round important> | <WRAP round important> | ||
| It is important to download elevation data before using this function, more info [[manual: | It is important to download elevation data before using this function, more info [[manual: | ||
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