GEMF format maps don't work in the new version (3.38).

Hi Menion

I've just installed the map and it seems to work when zoomed out, but goes back to showing "Map of this area is not available" when I zoom in.

Al

I've been playing a bit more. It looks like the functionality that handled missing zoom levels has gone. My offline map has zoom levels 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 & 15. At zoom level 11, it shows "not available", whereas it used to use either 10 or 12 (I can't remember which) scaled. At zoom 14 it shows not available as well.

Weirdly, zoom 15 doesn't work either though.

Hello,

hmm, maybe one small try ... shut down Locus and just delete Locus/cache/maps/init (maybe you will see "init2") directory. Then try it again if this makes any difference. Seems, I'll have to check it more carefully.

Menion

Hi Menion

That didn't seem to make any difference. init2 was there, but first time I just deleted init, not init2. That didn't wrk so I deleted the entire cache directory, but that didn't work either

Sorry if you got an email saying "that did". I hit submit by accident - I've edited it now to say "that didn't work either"

Hello,

I'm testing maybe 10 GMF maps I have and all works correctly. Map from you, 12 MB big, most probably works correctly as well, there is just a problem, that this map has small coverage in every zoom level that in not in the same area. Which map are you trying? If the small one you send me, then I'm sure it works correctly.

Menion

Hello,

I'm mostly testing with the large one that I usually use. The small one (12 MB) probably isn't a very good representation, so I'll try to make a better small area equivalent of the large one. However, there are still problems with the small one.

Load the 12 MB map in the test version and zoom out so you can see the UK. Use the Search...Move To function to move the map to N 51°57.074' , W 003°33.600'.

Now, zoom in with the plus button. As you zoom in, it'll go through two zoom levels where the whole screen is filled with "map of this area is not available". The old Locus wouldn't have done this I think.

I say "I think" because I can't test the 12 MB map on the old version as both Locus Free and Locus Pro have been upgraded on my phone. However, my normal map has no tiles at all at zoom 14 or 16 and in old Locus you could zoom as much as you like and never see that message appear.

I'll try to make a map that's closer to the standard one I use (with 12, 13 & 15 zoom levels) and share it later today.

Alan

Hi Menion,

I've made a new map. This one's quite a bit bigger, but it shows the problem quite well I think.

The link is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VIouf18chNc1dt8iypraTifGu5ozPlwR/view?usp=sharing

Try zooming in all the way at these three locations: you'll see the error at different zoom levels, but I would expect to not see the error at all...

N51°40.794', W2°21.034'

N51°44.691', W2°13.298'

N51°38.347', W2°9.715'

Thanks again for trying to fix this issue,

Alan

Hello Alan,

thanks for the map for the test.

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So, the first location from your list. I see first "error" on zoom level 14. Check my screenshot below.

Number in tiles are my help to identify the problem. I've analyzed your GMF file and for zoom level 22 visible on screenshot, this is valid range:

 xmax = 8091
 xmin = 8089
 ymax = 5431
 ymin = 5430

If I scroll a little to top-right, I get small area from this zoom level

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Not sure if I need to check the other two coordinates, but I think that result will be pretty the same.

If previously you saw anything, it was most probably rescaled tile from previously visible tiles! This does not yet work exactly as before but should be a little better in the next version. Anyway, it is a little confusing feature. Generally, best is to have the same coverage for all available zoom levels in the single map file.

Menion

Hi Mark,

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Good day Bill,

thank you very much for the patience and help with this issue. Your huge map really helped. I was also downloading it maybe 2 hours to my device :).

Anyway, issue found and fixed. Tomorrow I'll be publishing new Beta version if you wanna try it. And in next 14 days we will publish the final version.

I've just tested the beta version that appeared on the Play Store today and it's working with my big map now. Many thanks Menion for sorting out this issue.

The latest beta also works for me - many thanks.

Thanks Bill :)

The beta version hasn't fixed the GEMF maps issue for me.

Give it a while ... with 12GB big map from you, on my device it took also maybe 30 seconds till Locus Map loaded your map. I made an improvement that this will be needed only for the first time, then it should be "fast" as usually.