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Shift map cursor configurable

Blihi shared this idea ago

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The "shift map cursor" option shifts the map down by 25%. Could this be made configurable (maybe in expert settings)?

Especially in landscape mode, the 25% is still quite high on the screen. Shifting down to 10% or 15% would leave more real-estate on the screen for seeing the route in the direction of travel.

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tkansgar ●

Great idea, that's exactly, what I proposed in https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=9263.0 too!

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Andrew Heard ●

@tkansgar - maybe add your map example here from https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=9263.msg78402#msg78402?

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tkansgar ●

Hi Andrew,

I would rather like to see your modification of my screenshot here. :-) As it better demonstrates our problem.

BR,

tkansgar

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Andrew Heard ●

Actually, after testing, my phone (portrait orientated) screen is probably similar to your screen capture, I haven't had an issue in the past, so I probably overreacted when I viewed your screencap ;-) I still voted for a configurable percent.

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Blihi ●

Attached a screenshot of how is looks now and how it would look.

For me, this is especially relevant in landscape mode.

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freischneider ●

I think so that most people use the screen upright. Which is also standard for a phone. So far there has been no need for it.
I would never think of using it horizontally. Because I want to see a lot of the route in front of me.
But since there is the possibility, your request is justified.

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Blihi ●

Interestingly, almost all dedicated navigation systems for motorbike or car use are landscape and not portrait. Also all android-auto screens are landscape.

I agree that when hiking or on a bicycle, I use the phone in portrait mode and even in the car it is in portait (but not the aa-screen). However, on the bike, the mount is landscape and since this is an integrated system (BMW ConnectedRide Cradle) there's also no way to change this without losing a lot of functionality.

I have to say that the screen area actually used for navigation is almost square anyway, since on the right I use the custom overlay with data about the route and to the left the app produces the navigation hints, so in the end, the visible area is almost square.

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Michael Bechtold ●

Good to have a true biker in Menion's team ;-)

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tkansgar ●

I think, it doesn't matter, whether anyone uses portrait or landscape mode. The possibility to set the offset from the screen center could be useful at all. Then I would set it, so that the calculated map center is not so close to the bottom edge but still below the screen center.

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