What's the meaning of red overlay icon on map centering button?
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Since update to Locus v4.28.1 the map centering button has a red overlay icon with gears symbol. 
What is the meaning of the overlay?
I did not find it in https://docs.locusmap.app/doku.php?id=manual:basics:locuscontrol or other documentation. By try & error, i.e. trying differen ways to tap it (short, long, double), I was unable to recognize any behavior change compared to before the update, before the overlay.
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I bet many people will be asking the same unnecessary question. It has already been mentioned in https://forum.locusmap.eu discussions. A msgbox on tap of the icon would surely be better than nothing and save wasting people's time with needless confusion? I have this on a indoor-only tablet which has no GPS/ location enabled.
I bet many people will be asking the same unnecessary question. It has already been mentioned in https://forum.locusmap.eu discussions. A msgbox on tap of the icon would surely be better than nothing and save wasting people's time with needless confusion? I have this on a indoor-only tablet which has no GPS/ location enabled.
Hi,
the badge displays when Locus Map has no access to accurate location caused by GPS turned off in the system settings. After app start this alert emerges:
It also emerges after tapping the centering button. After tapping the button on the blue alert, the system permission displays:
Did you experience the centering button badge in other situations?
Hi,
the badge displays when Locus Map has no access to accurate location caused by GPS turned off in the system settings. After app start this alert emerges:
It also emerges after tapping the centering button. After tapping the button on the blue alert, the system permission displays:
Did you experience the centering button badge in other situations?
Hi Michal,
thank you for the explanation 🙂 Could you please add it in the documentation, so it becomes easier to find?
Both messages do not appear on my device, probably due to some setting I do not find at the moment. Even if they appeared, they would not help me personally to understand the meaning of the overlay icon without looking into the helpdesk – but they would do so if they contained the very same icon (red circle, white gear, and in the background question mark in aiming circle).
Similar: For me personally, it would help to understand in both directions, if Satellites dialog would also show that icon nearby the text "no visible satellites".
Concerning your last question: As I did not yet know the intended meaning, I did not check the overlay also appears in other situations. I'll observe a while and post my finding.
Best regards, Georg
Hi Michal,
thank you for the explanation 🙂 Could you please add it in the documentation, so it becomes easier to find?
Both messages do not appear on my device, probably due to some setting I do not find at the moment. Even if they appeared, they would not help me personally to understand the meaning of the overlay icon without looking into the helpdesk – but they would do so if they contained the very same icon (red circle, white gear, and in the background question mark in aiming circle).
Similar: For me personally, it would help to understand in both directions, if Satellites dialog would also show that icon nearby the text "no visible satellites".
Concerning your last question: As I did not yet know the intended meaning, I did not check the overlay also appears in other situations. I'll observe a while and post my finding.
Best regards, Georg
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