Custom settings

Settings that are not essential for running the app and overall user experience. Some of these settings were removed from the general settings because of weak usage, some were found redundant, and some have a purpose only for advanced Locus Map users.

• long press Locus main menu button
• tap Expert settings
• Expert settings appear at the bottom of the Locus Map general settings

It displays/hides a confirmation dialog when you exit the app by double-tapping the back button.

This hides system panels. Originally, in the general settings, it was removed as not all devices support this option correctly.

Sets the number of last used online maps (max 20) displayed in the quick map switch menu in the map content panel.

Sets the number of the closest offline maps (max 20) displayed in the quick map switch menu in the map content panel.

This activates the Locus Map app's screen lock automatically when you switch the screen off.

This displays the function and information panels on the screen after the app's start, despite their “hidden” status.

Displays information boxes in various parts of the app, highlighting key features and usage instructions.

Defines the period of time in seconds before your location is automatically centered on the map screen in case the Hold map center is active.

Turns the GPS on automatically (if it is disabled) when you tap the centering button. If turned off, the app centers on your latest fixed location.

Turns on the default button controlling both map centering and rotation. If turned off, two buttons appear on the screen - one for centering and one for rotating the map:

Animated movement of the cursor during track recording, resulting in a “smooth” shift of the map. Increases the battery consumption a bit due to the high refresh frequency of the screen.

Defines the map shift step in pixels. Used in case the map is controlled by hardware DPAD buttons.

Allows the use of lower and higher map zooms to cover empty spaces in an actual map zoom. Useful for various custom raster maps.

With this option, the app takes the map coverage definition into account and stops loading map tiles outside of it. Useful for maps with a non-square shape.

When the Google style for map controlling is on, double-tapping a place on the map zooms in one level and shifts the map slightly towards the tapped place. This option omits the map shift.

Here, you can define the minimum allowed scale for zooming the map out. The available range is 10-100% but the values below 50% may cause the app to stop responding.

This option allows zooming the map in even when no more zoom levels are available - it resizes the lowest map zoom.

The app remembers the zoom level that you locked last time. When you use the zoom lock next time, the map switches to the locked zoom level you locked before.

Here, you can define the font size for the map scale label

When activated, the top information panel item “time&battery status” also shows time and date.

Defines the color for the GPS accuracy circle around the location indicator

Settings of auxiliary graphics used on the map screen:

Defines the style of dynamic elevation digits displayed at the cursor position.

Defines parameters displayed above and below the Cursor to position line - distance, bearing, time of arrival, elevation, time to taget and ETA&time to target.

Definition of the style of Cursor to position line.

Definition of the style of the Course line

Definition of the style of the Heading line

Definition of the style of the Time circles

Definition of the style of the Distance circles

Select parameters displayed above and/or below various lines in app - route planner, two-finger measurement, etc. - distance, bearing, time of arrival, elevation, time to target, and ETA&time to target.

Activates the option to select a tile hunter's grid (StatsHunters) in the map content panel grid selection (referring to zoom 14).

Enables rotating and displaying the heading line even when the GPS is off.

Defines the zooms in which the track/route/point popup labels are displayed. “0” is the default and shows the labels always. “1-22 'include'” defines the zoom range.

You can set the text color, background, highlighted background, border and highlighted border of a label.

An example of transparent label background:

map_items_labels_color_text=#0A0A0A
map_items_labels_color_bg_normal=#4CF0F0F0
map_items_labels_color_border_normal=#19F0F0F0
map_items_labels_color_bg_highlight=#4CF0F0F0
map_items_labels_color_border_highlight=#19F0F0F0

See the difference (default and customized):

Defines the format of the time used in a new point's name. Default is yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.

You can set the default icon for a new point, waypoint (entered during track recording) and via-point (entered during route planning)

By default, the points are centered when tapped, and their detail panel appears. Here you can switch the centering off.

Here, you can define the map zoom level from which the point icons are simplified to a dot. The default is 10; 0 means that simplification is turned off.

Custom settings of track/route chart line colors - altitude, cadence, gradient, heart-rate, speed, sensor speed and temperature. The color is defined both for a track/route detail and for dashboards.

This allows modifying the altitude threshold of all tracks in case the phone's GPS shows deviations or the calculated elevation gain seems exaggerated. When the option is turned on, a new control appears in a track detail edit screen.

When turned off, the import is a bit faster, especially when you import multiple tracks.

Defines a map zoom level from which the number of visualized track points is reduced. 22 is the default.

When turned on, a track or route tapped on the map is highlighted with a changed color.

Defines the width of photos attached to points, exported to KML. 60 px is the default.

When navigation or guidance is started, the app turns GPS on, although it is turned off.

This parameter allows you to define the shape and size of the guiding line very precisely. Best to explain it on the default parameter.

Basic values are: -8.0|-2.0|7.0|0.0|-8.0|2.0

Imagine a paper with a grid. Each of the two numbers means the X and Y coordinates. So draw them. The result will be as in the picture below. In the same way, you may draw whatever symbol you want.

Examples:
guiding_path_symbol=-20|0|-20|-10|0|-10|0|-20|20|0|0|20|0|10|-20|10

guiding_path_symbol=-11|0|-14|-5|5|0|-14|5

to be added…

When turned on, interpolation steps for manual segments are saved within the planned route.

Definition of distance between interpolated points on route for manual route drawing - affects slope/elevation coloring of the route line. Minimum 1m, recommended 100m.

Support for logging trackables offline. To log the trackable online, use the log manager in the geocaching tools.

When enabled, hardware buttons can control the app even when the screen is locked.

When enabled, it is possible to zoom the map by scrolling controller (e.g. mouse when run on a PC)

When enabled, all the phone sensors data are recorded in a file in Locus/data/sensors directory.

When enabled, TTS audio is played over a Bluetooth SCO module.

Enables animations and other tweaks for more comfortable experience. We recommend to use this only on fast devices.

When switched off, only an email login to Locus Store or Live Tracking is possible. Recommended when MicroG service is used.

• Since version 2.3.2 Locus Map offers advanced configuration options through config.cfg file stored in Locus Map root directory in your phone memory

• This file is automatically created on the Locus Map first start (if it does not exist from its previous installation). Data is loaded at start and stored back to the file in the end, so even if this file allows changing some settings that are also changeable in the application, the settings will not be lost.