manual:user_guide:maps_settings
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| manual:user_guide:maps_settings [2022/04/27 08:45] – [Automatic map loading] mstupka | manual:user_guide:maps_settings [2024/10/18 10:27] (current) – [Magnifier] mstupka | ||
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| You manually select which map to display or you let Locus automatically load available vector maps for the currently displayed position. This also ensures a seamless map display across the whole screen in areas where the coverage of two maps blends into each other. | You manually select which map to display or you let Locus automatically load available vector maps for the currently displayed position. This also ensures a seamless map display across the whole screen in areas where the coverage of two maps blends into each other. | ||
| - | <wrap info>Advanced: it works only for maps of the same Mapsforge version | + | <wrap info>Auto-loading |
| ==== 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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| - | Displays elevation value on the location of the map screen cursor:\\ {{ : | + | 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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| <wrap info> | <wrap info> | ||
| - | 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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