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Track Recording Settings

Foot - pre-defined profile. Frequency of trackpoints: 1m and 10sec. GPS accuracy: 100m. Tap to edit the profile.
Cycle - pre-defined profile. Frequency of trackpoints: 10m or 5sec. GPS accuracy: 100m. Tap to edit the profile.
Add new profile - available only for Locus Map Pro users. Allows to define a completely new profile based on default values.

Style of track recording panel - selection between full-featured, dashboard-like sliding side panel or simple compact bottom panel
Automatic start - starts track recording automatically after each Locus Map startup. Useful for thorough mapping of your training but demanding data space.
Training manager - turns Locus Map into a full-scale sporttracker. Opens a dialog setting voice notifications accompanying your workouts:
- topbar
  - Add a new training - adds a new notification scheme. Sets its icon and name.
  - Text-to-speech settings - sets TTS service and language
- list of notification schemes - tapping a particular scheme opens the scheme setting dialog with distance or time trigger interval and a list of notification variables - distance, average speed etc.

How to set up a new training:

Training manager > Add new training > set icon&name > Add
select a recording profile, e.g. “Bike” > Recording profile settings > scroll down and select Training auto-start > select one of the pre-defined training schemes > the scheme is associated with the recording profile and starts automatically with the track recording

Auto-hide side panel - hides side sliding panel automatically after start/stop of recording to free screen space for map
Number of track monitoring items - defines number of visible track monitoring items in a grid on the panel
Start with countdown - starts track recording with a pre-defined countdown from 5 to 30 seconds