Auto zoom
How nice it would be if a map on the screen enlarged itself when I slow down before an intersection and moved away when my speed increases and I need to see more in front. That is, autozoom should adapt to the speed of the bike. Currently, I have to manually change the zoom to have a good overview of the road, especially where there is a thicket of roads. As I noticed, K3 refreshes a fragment of the map every second, it could immediately calculate how much of the map needs to be displayed for the zoom to be useful. Currently, it is probably a constant value. I suggest a time before the bike parameter to set the zoom. Let it be, for example, 15 seconds before the bike. When I ride at a speed of 20 km/h, I need to display 20000/3600*15=83 meters. The distance from the bike's position displayed on the K3 screen to the top edge of the map is, for example, 3 cm (I did not measure), so we have a map scale to display 1 cm=~28 m on the K3 screen. For a speed of 30 km/h it would be 30000/3600*15=~125m -> 1cm=~42m. And for a speed of 10 km/h 1cm=~14m. The limit would be the maximum and minimum magnification.
For me it's trivial, especially since we have full knowledge of the riding parameters and refresh the screen every second. You can think about a progressive change, i.e. a dynamic value, not a constant time before the bike, smaller at lower speed, larger at higher. All you need is an additional dynamic parameter to multiply the 'time before' before calculating the scale.
Of course, the autozoom option is turned on/off with a switch from the settings level on the top bar so you can quickly switch to manual.
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Dear Gregory,
Thank you for sharing your insightful feedback. As per our current functionality, the zoom-in and zoom-out features operate based on distance. Our product team greatly values your suggestion and finds it to be of significant importance. While I am unable to provide a specific timeline for implementation, please be assured that we are actively exploring enhancements related to the Zoom functionality on the Karoo map. Our team is working on improving the zoom capabilities with the change in time, and your detailed explanation of the map-changing functionality based on speed is extremely helpful. We look forward to your continued contributions.
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