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Swisstopo maps don't work

Michael Ernst shared this problem 7 years ago
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Hi, Bought and downloaded some Swisstopo maps from locus store. They don't open in the app, just don't work. Help please

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Hello Michael,


there was an issue in previous version but it should be fixed in the latest 3.18.5 version. Could you please describe what exactly happen when you select map in list of offline maps?


Thank you

Best regards

Petr

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Hello Petr,


I'm using 3.18.5, installed from play store just today. When i open the Swisstopo map, it says "loading" for a short moment, then the map window ist just grey with the cursors most of the time. However, sometimes it's black showing only the hiking trails that come with the map. So sometimes it seems to load partially at least.


Sigh. I've been using locus maps happily for the last weeks and it worked perfectly. Then today i accidentally deleted four Swisstopo maps. Bought and d/l one of them again and now it doesn't work anymore. Sigh

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Petr,


Since the problems started with updating to 3.18.5: How can i get an older version?

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Good day Michael,

sorry for a delay. Petr left for a small vacation, so I'll try to help instead of him.


I'm looking into your account and seems you have purchased Malcantone and Valle Leventina maps, is it correct? Seems that Petr already refunded your purchase, so you should got back your 1920 LoCoins.


If you have installed latest 3.18.5 version of Locus, please delete these two invalid maps and try to download them again. There were a issue in communication between Locus and swisstopo server, that should be fixed in latest Locus Map version.


I'm really sorry to hear about such troubles. Mainly about lost of maps by accident. Don't you have any previous backup? If there were no big changes on your SD card, there also exists some tools, that may restore data from SD card even if you deleted them. Because maps are quite costly (and we are not able to offer repeatable downloads because of terms of use swisstopo map provider), it should worth a try.


Please let me know if suggestion works for You and if there is something I may help with.

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Hi Menion.


Thanks for jumping in. Saw the refund, thanks for that. I never had a problem with prior versions of locus. The trouble started *after updating to 3.18.5* . Will try to download again however. I should still have the deleted maps on an older phone i'm not using anymore, so no worry about that. Will keep you updated.

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Menion, Unfortunately i couldn't recover the maps since the old phone is gone. Started downloading the maps again, beginning with Valle Antigorio. Now the hiking trails don't show anymore in the map like they always did. What is that now???

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Hello Michael,


I'm back from holiday - I'm again responsible for your topic. Can I ask you if map was downloaded properly? Would you please send me some screenshot of Valle Antigorio where hiking trails are missing? Or screenshots of other broken parts of downloaded map.

Thank you

Best regards

Petr

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Petr, Yes the map downloaded and installed properly yesterday in the evening.

In the first screenshot you see Valle Antigorio map left and Val Verzasca map right with the trails showing on Val Verzasca but not on Valle Antigorio (suddenly stop). Second one is Valle Antigorio without trails. Third one is Malcantone not working properly.

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Hello Michael,


I'm very sorry for troubles and thank you for detailed information. The Swisstopo maps are created from two parts - the background map and overlay with hiking trails. Unfortunately map downloaded with the latest version 3.18.5 really does not contains the hiking trails. I've again refunded the 420 LoCoins for broken Valle Antigorio map.

I also gave you a gift 500 LoCoins as apology for never-ending troubles with Swisstopo maps.

The issue will be finally solved in next Locus Map version that will be released during this week (probably on Wednesday). It'll be needed to purchase map again in next version.


Thank you for understanding

Best regards

Petr

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Hi Petr, Thanks for the refund and the gift. I'll wait for the next version and start reinstalling the maps then. Can you comment on what goes wrong with the Malcantone map? Since it's pretty pointless to download the maps again and again and they're still not working, we should know what the source of the problem is.

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Hello Michael,


the Malcantone map is facing basically the same issue. As I wrote map is created from two layers (background map and layer with hiking trails). For Malcantone was downloaded only the hiking layer but not the background map. I can understand that it's quite annoying I'm very sorry for this situation. We work on this and we want to release fix version tomorrow.

Thank you for understanding

Best regards

Petr

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What happens is that the Malcantone map works in zoom 15, but not in all other zooms. Also, it's not always the same tiles missing. They vary, which means that they shoud be on the phone, but just don't load when they're missing.

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Hello Michael


thank you for commets. The indication you describe shoudl be fixes We released new version Locus Map 3.18.6 yesterday. Please update the app and then purchase / download problematic maps again. Please let me know in case of any troubles.

Thank you and again very sorry for these issues

Best regards

Petr

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Petr, After updating to 3.18.6 yesterday i started downloading the maps one by one. All works perfectly now again, the way it should. Thanks a ton for your support. Great job!!!

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Good to hear. I'm glad that it is solved.


Thank you.

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