The content panel controls what is displayed on the main screen:

• maps - background maps, overlays and shadings
• tracks and routes
• points of interest - user points and LoPoints
• other layers - photos, notes, grids…

…is opened by tapping the selected map title:

It offers maps in two sections:

• last used online maps - displays a few online maps that were used during the last app sessions. You can select a map by tapping. Show more opens the map manager > online tab for the full selection of available online maps.
• smart choice - offline - a list of available offline maps nearest to the app cursor location. You can select a map by tapping. Show more opens the map manager > offline tab for the full selection of downloaded offline maps.

Vector maps like LoMaps or OAM maps can be usually switched into various themes. If the active map contains themes, this button opens the theme selection options:

With this you can select internal or external themes for the map:

This switch opens the LoMap legend.

Each theme contains a selection of layers that can be displayed or hidden. This button opens the selection.

Locus provides several types of map (or terrain) shading for a better understanding of the terrain relief.

• tapping the feature title opens the map shading setup
• de/activates shading

Here you can set up another map to lay over the current one.

• tapping the feature title opens the map overlay setup
• de/activates the overlay
• when the overlay is active the overlaid map name is displayed on the button

Here you can see the number of active (visible) and inactive (hidden) tracks and routes. By tapping the broom button you deactivate (hide) all tracks and routes from the map:

By tapping this option you open a panel with points located nearest to the map screen cursor:

They are sorted by the distance from the cursor location. You can filter the nearest points by several categories:

• User points - your downloaded, imported or created points, see the points manager
• LoPoints
• Geocaches - downloaded geocaches
• Online live tracking users - active only when you have live tracking on. Displays users according to your mode of connection - public or in your private group
• Track waypoints - waypoints on nearest tracks
• NMEA reader - objects located by an NMEA reader
• Only visible on map - when checked, the filter displays only points visualized on the map

Activating or deactivating LoPoints (OSM-based points of interest) available online.

Activating or deactivating LoPoints (OSM-based points of interest) available offline as a part of downloaded LoMaps.

• tapping the title opens LoPoints manager
• de/activates LoPoints on the map

Locus Map can display your geotagged photos above the map:

• tapping the title
  opens the selection of available photo folders. Your camera photos are usually in the DCIM folder:
  
• (1) Android 5-10 only - opens the file browser where you can select a custom photo folder
• (2) checked folder is active
• (3) removes the folder from the list
• de/activates geotagged photos on the map:
  

With OSM notes you can notify OSM community of map errors.

• tapping the title opens OSM notes setup
• de/activates OSM notes on the map

Locus Map can display autonomous geodata files above the map - map items. Here you can manage which files are active, i.e. visible on the map, and you can set their opacity:

Tapping the option opens a selection of available grids:

Tap to display the grid of coordinates. This is default latitude/longitude:
UTM:
Centered 1 km grid: