Mobile App, Navigation Maps

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• Mark Worthington   Saturday 16 Apr 2022 23:53:30

  When navigating a route on the Mobile App, the option to change the map is not available. You have to set the map type before starting to navigate, which requires stopping/re-startingt navigation.

  Any chance of adding this functionaility, please?

  Mark

• plotaroute admin   Monday 18 Apr 2022 08:05:08

  Thanks for that suggestion Mark. I guess the trade-off here is whether most people would prefer to have a less cluttered map (as it would mean adding another button) versus saving 2 button presses to change map types.  I think we assumed that people would not change map types very often, but we'd be interested in what others think.

   

   

• Mark Worthington   Monday 18 Apr 2022 09:49:05

  OK, understood!

  I can't find just 2 button presses, it takes me 8 with a swipe, so I must be missing something!

  
  I must admit, though, it wasn't obvious how to change maps once I'd started navigating .... The OS map only zooms-in a particular distance, and doesn't show some detail like the OSM maps do. I often find myself moving between the 2 types, more often when walking than cycling.

  Mark

• plotaroute admin   Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 08:52:45

  It should only take 4 button presses to change maps types when in navigation mode not 8: press  X to exit navigation, press the map type button, select the map type you want, press the tracker icon to restart navigation. Adding an extra button on the map would save 2 but would permenently cover up some of the map. 

• Mark Worthington   Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 10:44:52

  Ah, I was missing the "press the tracker icon to restart navigation". It may be worth adding this "changing maps when naviating" to the page How To Navigate A Route Using The Plotaroute App - plotaroute.com

  I guess I can still argue my case :) I agree, another button would cover some of the map, but maybe there could be 4 at the bottom where there are now 3? 

  

  That's "dead" area, anyway. I wonder how much the +/- buttons are used, I would have thought people are pinch-zooming etc. Those buttons are also bigger and have no transparency, when compared to the buttons on the normal map page.

  Slightly off-topic, I know, but it's good to think about these things!
  
  By the way, the - button partly covers the map scale ......
  
  Mark

   

• plotaroute admin   Thursday 21 Apr 2022 08:08:30

  Thanks Mark, we'll add something to the How-To Guide about that.  We're hoping inplement a native app for navigation at some point, so we're probably not going to do any further changes to the design of the web app navigation tool. at the moment. 

• Mark Worthington   Thursday 21 Apr 2022 09:30:44

  Wow, sounds like a good plan, be great to see!!

• Mark Worthington   Thursday 21 Apr 2022 09:31:06

  In case you need beta testers ..... 

• plotaroute admin   Friday 22 Apr 2022 08:14:00

  Thanks Mark.

• Mark Worthington   Friday 22 Apr 2022 09:55:05

  I will be using PR to navigate me by bike from London Esuton to Victoia stations, today. Short, but a good test!