Track recording in Locus Map can be controlled from the Locus screen panel and a widget.

It slides from the left side of the screen and can be slid back by a finger or by the “back” HW button. Its content is different in the two phases of its use:

Here you can select your recording profile, select an audio coach, live tracking or connected hardware sensors. starts track recording.

Ongoing track recording is indicated by:

• a red indicator on the left edge of the screen
• the track recording button is green
• an icon in the system topbar
• the cursor indicates the direction of the movement and draws a line:
  

A major part of the panel is filled by the track parameters that are actively monitored and displayed during the recording.

You can set which values you want to monitor:

• 1. go to settings > track recording > number of track monitoring items. The number of track monitoring items on the panel can be set from 4 to 16.
• 2. go back to the recording panel and long-tap the field you want to change
• 3. select from a vast range of available parameters
  
  
• it is possible to define also two charts
  

Controls of the track recording are under the monitoring items:

stops recording and proceeds to saving the track

pauses recording. Paused recording is indicated by an orange indicator, and the track recording button is also orange:

Repeated tapping unpauses the recording.

adds a waypoint to the track - you can select among a simple point, photo point, audio point, and video point.

Options can be found in the top bar.

• More about track - switches to the track detail screen
• Save actual part - saves already recorded part of the track individually without stopping recording - just enter name, select folder, describe the track if you like
• Bluetooth manager - switches to the bluetooth sensor management
• ANT+ manager - switches to the ANT+ sensor management
• Settings - switches to the track recording settings
• User guide - offers help in the User guide

Track recording in Locus Map can be comfortably started from a widget. The widget is flexible and can be stretched from two to four positions on the phone screen:

The widget contains:

• track recording start button
• track recording pause button and stop button - visible when the recording is on
• recorded track distance indicator
• Locus Map app launch button
• recorded track time indicator
• insert point button
• track recording settings button

Widget in recording-ON mode: