Position marker (arrow) on the bottom.
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Please change position of arrow on map (First photo what it’s look like, second how it should be in my opinion) :-) thanks!
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+1 indeed!
It took me a while to figure out what's "wrong" with the in-ride map view on the Karoo 2. I kept having to zoom in/out, while on my trusty old Wahoo Bolt with tiny monochrome screen I hardly needed to zoom at all.
Even when using a map with a single row of data fields on top (which causes a huge waste of display space, but that's another topic) I keep struggling with the zoom level.This is really caused by the inefficient centering method of the map. While navigating there is no need to have the map centered. Using 50% of the screen to display the route you have already travelled does not make sense. It should be ~80/20 so the majority of the map will display the oncoming route.
Somewhat offtopic, but changing the map to (a bit more) 3D also makes a difference as this allows you to see more of the oncoming route. I'm wondering if a lot of people are aware of this function, because who reads the manual / help 😁
https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/articles/360051609833-Map-in-3D-View -
Screen centering helps me to orient, which I find useful. I do my own route finding.
Also button overlap and bottom sourced "popup" things like Lap and Radar confound the use of the touch screen areas, making use when in motion difficult. If I have to stop to use the Map, I would rather use my phone, as it is all around better.
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Hi Hammerhead, I want to support this older request and ask for the status. Up to date the position of the arrow is still pretty close to the middle. This means the lower part of the screen is lost useless for navigation.
Especially when you add some datafields to the map-screen, you don't see a lot of route-line anymore.If there is any reason why HH wants this position, it would be nice if you could at least build in an option in the settings to move it down.
Thanks and greets, Andreas -
There are different uses for the map.
Orientation
Route following
Centered , for me is good for #1. I do my own routing mostly, but I can see how for #2 and in smaller screen views folks would like it at the bottom. That's why for routing I do a separate full screen view. I'm not sure how bottom location arrow would move with screen rotation .
If I have to get oriented, I use a big screen, or stop, or use a Cell phone. I don't see doing it while riding as a safe thing.
I still think a Zoom and a long video tutorial on the map, GPS and routing would be a good thing.
The info on use is fragmented, scattered and hard to know if the pieces are uptodate
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Hi Richard, Benno, thanks for your reply. When switching the data fields to the bottom, the map moves up but the arrow position in the map stays the same, so no improvement for my needs.
As Benno mentions, we all have different use cases. Benno seems to do a lot of MTB-Trailriding, for this usecase I agree (I also ride MTB from time to time).
For other use cases, like navigation on road tours I'm more interested in what comes ahead than what was behind me.To meet all our riders needs in different situations my suggestion therefore is to have the very simple option to change the position in the settings or per profile (and not generally chance it).
Would you agree on that?
Cheers Andreas
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