Guidance
Guidance To a Point
Off-road, beeline guiding to a selected place, independent on road network. Used especially for orientation in free terrain.
Typically useful for finding geocaches or directing towards user point of interest and LoMap POI (remote viewpoint, waterfall etc.):
How to guide? Select target and start guiding to it from its action menu.
Select target and start
A particular point on map
Indefinite place on map
In Points manager
Controlling
Point guidance panel
It displays information about the point, its distance and direction. In case of guidance to a geocache there are also other facts like the cache type, difficulty and terrain. Tapping the panel displays the point detail screen.
Details - opens screen with the point details
Hint - in case of guidance to a geocache
Load all waypoints - in case of guidance to a geocache with more waypoints
Navigate to - switches to turn-by-turn navigation and calculates a route to the target
Guide Off - stops guidance
Compass - switches into
compass view
Hide - makes the point invisible on map
Target notifications
Locus can notify you of coming target several ways:
once in defined distance from the point of guidance
repeatedly after you reach defined distance
changes frequency of alerts in dependance on your distance from the target (the faster the closer you are)
Settings
go to Menu > Settings > Guidance > Notification
Switch Notification ON
Select notification mode - single alert, repeated or increased frequency alert
Set the distance you want to be alerted at (or distance interval between repeated notifications).
First two options have further settings:
Automatic zooming
Locus can zoom the map automatically according to the distance from the point you are guided to - the closer the target is the bigger zoom is displayed so both your position and the target are visible on the map screen:
The option can be switched on in Settings > Controlling > Map screen > Zoom according to speed.
At first the function zooms according to your current speed, beginning at 2000 m from the target it switches to the distance-based zooming mode. Applicable only for guidance to a point (not along a route).
Automatic screen on
To save your battery energy you can set automatic screen turning-on. The screen lights up simulataneously with the sound notification.
You can set it up in Settings > Controlling > Display > Screen on/off control:
Guidance Along a Route
In other words guidance to a chain of routepoints:
You are guided to the first point of the route, then to the second etc. It is useful e.g. for sailing, sea-kayaking, flying or crosscountry hiking when there are no roads for turn-by-turn navigation.
Select route and start
On map
tap the route on map
tap
and select
Navigation/Guidance from the popup menu
tap
Guidance (check “Guide reversely” if you need guiding in reversed direction):
From tracks/routes manager
Controlling
Route guidance panel
Appears when guidance is started. Consists of three sections:
Action menu
two information fields
information - displays screen with detailed info on the track
nearest point - starts guidance to the nearest point of the route (it does not have to be the starting point)
next point - starts guidance to the next nearest routepoint
guide off - aborts guidance
Both can be configured. Tapping them unfolds a menu of features to display:
Distance to target (default)
Time to target - estimated time calculated upon your average speed
Time of arrival - estimated arrival time calculated upon your average speed
Name of next waypoint - in case the waypoints are named
Distance to next waypoint
Time to next waypoint - estimated time calculated according to average speed
Time - device clock
Altitude - current altitude of the user, calculated from GPS or the device barometer
Speed
Set notifications of turns
Locus Map can notify you of direction changes on guided route. The notifications are rendered automatically based on the route shape and do not reflect intersections.
go to
Menu > Settings > Guidance > Notification of next turn:
select
type of alert - beep(s), custom sounds or Text-To-speech. TTS is very simple, if you need more detailed voice commands, use
Navigation.
Set "out of route" notification
Locus Map can notify you when you leave guided route. Just set up the alert distance and type of alert:
go to Menu > Settings > Guidance > “Out of route” notification
set alert distance and (optionally) repetition period
select type of alert. TTS announces distance and direction of the nearest point of the route.
Automatic screen on
To save your battery energy you can set automatic screen switching-on. The screen lights up simultaneously with the sound notification of the route turns.
You can set it up in Settings > Controlling > Display > Screen on/off control:
Other settings