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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 start guidance? Select target and start guiding to it.
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.
Locus can notify you of the target several ways:
First two options have further settings:
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).
Technically, guidance along a route is actually guidance to a chain of trackpoints. 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. Nevertheless, Locus Map can help you with orientation by screen and sound alerts at important track turns.
Alternatively the guidance can be started by selecting the track directly on map if it is visible, tapping the arrow button and selecting Navigation/guidance > Guidance.