Please consider that display the Way Point name directly with the Red Flag on the Locus Map and more
Please consider that display the Way Point name(Call Sign) directly with the Red Flag on the Locus Map, Provide a name list for all received Way Point data, It's very Useful and Important, thanks
I'm a HAM lover and using Locus as a APRS offline map tool, it's really a perfect outdoor app I think. But I would suggest to improve the Way Point Display Function on Locus: firstly I want to easily and directly know who (all Way Point names) in specific locations on the Locus Map, no need to tap each Red Flag to see the name of the Way Point. on the other hand, as some Way Points may not be able to displayed on the screen due to the long distance issue, could you help to develop a name list in the app so it can display all received Way Point Data? the end user just need to click the name from the Way point list to find the specific location on the map, thank you for your consideration, much appreciated.
In addition: attached please find the screen-shot on Garmin GPS, for your reference.
I like this idea 
Hi The Hedgehoge, nice in german "der Igel" ;-))
if i understand your idea, most of your whishes are able with locus
To display waypoint name allways, go to menue/settings/Map-objects&style/Poins Popup Content/Label on map "Always"
Appearance of POI icon (red flag) depend on zoomlevel, as i know it can be set in config.cfg if needed.
In POI tab you can select one POI and with one additional click you will find it centered on map (if map of this area is available)
so take a look on attached screencast
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7lqzbollm2xoxou/video_1.mp4?dl=0
Hi The Hedgehoge, nice in german "der Igel" ;-))
if i understand your idea, most of your whishes are able with locus
To display waypoint name allways, go to menue/settings/Map-objects&style/Poins Popup Content/Label on map "Always"
Appearance of POI icon (red flag) depend on zoomlevel, as i know it can be set in config.cfg if needed.
In POI tab you can select one POI and with one additional click you will find it centered on map (if map of this area is available)
so take a look on attached screencast
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7lqzbollm2xoxou/video_1.mp4?dl=0
Hi Hedgehog,
hope Balloni's advice saturated your needs. However, I can add just this: more info about work with points (their management, visibility, adding, renaming, copying, import/export etc.) can be found in our User Guide: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:points
Hi Hedgehog,
hope Balloni's advice saturated your needs. However, I can add just this: more info about work with points (their management, visibility, adding, renaming, copying, import/export etc.) can be found in our User Guide: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:points
Hi Balloni and Michal,
Thank you for your help and support! My first question is answered and it works well so I can directly see all APRS beacon names with their red flag on the Locus map. For my second question, I have seen the attached video guide, it seems teach that how to manually add and display POI on the map, but actually what I want to have is automatically collect & display all APRS beacon names in a list on somewhere within the Locus. I'm using different HAM devices to send the APRS Beacon data (they are Way Point data and each beacon has location information). like I said that all APRS beacon data can be received by Locus via Bluetooth, but the phone screen may not be able to display all APRS beacon data because of the map zoom level and screen range, so I hope there is a APRS beacon list(it's very similar with POI list), all APRS beacon can be automatically added to the list and same APRS beacon can be dynamically updated to latest location information. User can review all received Beacon data and select one Beacon data to show it on the Locus map. I believe you know what I mean, please let me know if you have any good suggestion on this function.
Another advanced function is APRS beacon tracks, same APRS beacon can be refreshed by latest updated location data, does Locus has such function to keep all historical location data and draw them as a track on the map?
can we have this function in the current version or add it into the next version? I think it’s most interesting and all HAM users around the world will love this function. :)
Hi Balloni and Michal,
Thank you for your help and support! My first question is answered and it works well so I can directly see all APRS beacon names with their red flag on the Locus map. For my second question, I have seen the attached video guide, it seems teach that how to manually add and display POI on the map, but actually what I want to have is automatically collect & display all APRS beacon names in a list on somewhere within the Locus. I'm using different HAM devices to send the APRS Beacon data (they are Way Point data and each beacon has location information). like I said that all APRS beacon data can be received by Locus via Bluetooth, but the phone screen may not be able to display all APRS beacon data because of the map zoom level and screen range, so I hope there is a APRS beacon list(it's very similar with POI list), all APRS beacon can be automatically added to the list and same APRS beacon can be dynamically updated to latest location information. User can review all received Beacon data and select one Beacon data to show it on the Locus map. I believe you know what I mean, please let me know if you have any good suggestion on this function.
Another advanced function is APRS beacon tracks, same APRS beacon can be refreshed by latest updated location data, does Locus has such function to keep all historical location data and draw them as a track on the map?
can we have this function in the current version or add it into the next version? I think it’s most interesting and all HAM users around the world will love this function. :)
>I'm using different HAM devices to send the APRS Beacon data (they are Way Point data and each beacon has location information).
in what format do you get this APRS Beacons?
Please share a small example file with e.g. 10 beacon, pack it to .zip, so you can attache it to your post
>I'm using different HAM devices to send the APRS Beacon data (they are Way Point data and each beacon has location information).
in what format do you get this APRS Beacons?
Please share a small example file with e.g. 10 beacon, pack it to .zip, so you can attache it to your post
APRS Beacon data:
$GPWPL,4004.55,N,11617.86,E,BH1IZK*26
APRS Beacon data:
$GPWPL,4004.55,N,11617.86,E,BH1IZK*26
after i saw the data format and search in in internet i found for the moment two solutions
1. add aprs.kml to GE on PC, zoom to area you want to load APRS, wait till APRS are load, right click on APRS-targets, save as .kml and import this kml to locus
2. read
http://www.kh-gps.de/locus_pro.htm
and
http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:settings:gps&s[]=nmea#record_nmea
after i saw the data format and search in in internet i found for the moment two solutions
1. add aprs.kml to GE on PC, zoom to area you want to load APRS, wait till APRS are load, right click on APRS-targets, save as .kml and import this kml to locus
2. read
http://www.kh-gps.de/locus_pro.htm
and
http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:settings:gps&s[]=nmea#record_nmea
Hello guys,
I finally understand thanks to previous discussion.
@The-Hedgehog : unfortunately there is currently no solution for your two requests - historical line of waypoint movement and list of loaded waypoints.
Locus support loading of GPWPL messages really sporadically. Main purpose of this app is for hike & bike and this was just a tiny bonus for a few fans from Slovakia. So even if I can imagine how to do it, it will require quite a lot of time and as I wrote - such features are quite far away from main app purpose.
So have to say sorry, you'll have to search for different application that is capable to do this.
Hello guys,
I finally understand thanks to previous discussion.
@The-Hedgehog : unfortunately there is currently no solution for your two requests - historical line of waypoint movement and list of loaded waypoints.
Locus support loading of GPWPL messages really sporadically. Main purpose of this app is for hike & bike and this was just a tiny bonus for a few fans from Slovakia. So even if I can imagine how to do it, it will require quite a lot of time and as I wrote - such features are quite far away from main app purpose.
So have to say sorry, you'll have to search for different application that is capable to do this.
Alternative (offline maps).
https://aprsdroid.org/osm/
Alternative (offline maps).
https://aprsdroid.org/osm/
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