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goto to exact GPS coordinate
That's fantastic tomas!! And will save me a lot of time. Yes, I had no idea there was a 4th tab. The user interface gives no clue that it is possible to swipe across. I always have the phone in portrait orientation for cycle touring. I sometime…

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
Map scale (Android)
Thanks tomas. I'm using a 420dpi phone. The attached screen capture is with the text slider to the far right and AutoPilot Day (large fonts). I can now see that when zoomed further in the text size is adjustable and quite good, but at the zoom …

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
Map scale (Android)
Can someone please explain how the 3 numbers in Settings > Map scale are supposed to work? I have varied each of Text sizeRoad sizeIcon sizebut I can't see any change to the visible map.I want to make the text (road names, city names, POI na…

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
two suggestions for the navigation panels
Thanks tomas for the tip on GSam battery monitor, looks useful because as Oldie says the battery percentage/ icon is very small, especially if viewed in sunshine as with cycle touring. Following a recent tip from another MFN user I am now also using…

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
save screen space - allow swipe to access main menu instead of taking up lots of space
+1 Nice on Roldoft. Works on Xperia Z1 with Android 4.4.4.

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
save screen space - allow swipe to access main menu instead of taking up lots of space
Roldoft - your observation of "Samsung tablet the menu button appears superimposed on the map at the top right hand corner" would save space on my Xperia Z1 KitKat 4.4.4 phone.

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
save screen space - allow swipe to access main menu instead of taking up lots of space
Oldie - yes, as per your experience. Tomas - yes, I can see that a conventional Android swipe is problematic - for most apps a swipe displays the main menu, but in an app like MFN where swiping is already used for panning, there would be confusion …

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
save screen space - allow swipe to access main menu instead of taking up lots of space
Thanks hvdwolf. But I am not talking about the hard or soft buttons (Back/ Home/ Apps) at the very bottom of the screen, but the line above that which shows in my screenshot the main menu (hamburger) icon. I have many other apps where a left-to-rig…

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
Maps for Australia
TomTom does supply Australia maps to Sygic, although I prefer MFN outside Australia

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
Road visibility at lower zoomlevels
Tomas says "we all agree, but higher zoom levels means slower redrawing" When I am preparing a route, as others have already said, and I've said too, I am very happy to have lower performance/ slower redrawing, if that is the price t…

Comment by andrew_james_heard January 2015 permalink
TomTom Licence
sorry for the confusion, too may GPS apps, engage my brain next time before writing

Comment by andrew_james_heard December 2014 permalink
Road visibility at lower zoomlevels
Some dedicated Garmin GPS units have a very useful feature/ setting whereby you can increase/ decrease the level of display detail at any zoom level. This is very handy when zoomed out for cycle route planning - turn up the detail so that more minor…

Comment by andrew_james_heard December 2014 permalink
TomTom Licence
Hi Tomas >if so, go to Settings and click Send logs Where is Send Logs in Settings?? I emailed a support request with my order ID to Sygic four days ago because the automated transfer procedure failed to work in allowing my new phone to work bu…

Comment by andrew_james_heard December 2014 permalink
Naming of waypoints and missed waypoints
Check out the new HERE (Nokia) app. The implementation of your wish list #4 for step by step simulation is the most clever/ intuitive way I have seen for any GPS app. It is far better than what is currently available with Navigator. It allows for ve…

Comment by andrew_james_heard December 2014 permalink
Voice Navigation is Backwards!
Calm down Chubb. In English I would agree the current order is more usual.

Comment by andrew_james_heard November 2014 permalink
Wishes of a satisfied user
+1 some excellent suggestions

Comment by andrew_james_heard November 2014 permalink
GPX import/export
Tomas asked "I think that Dave wants to navigate along GPX file. My question is what happens if this is not possible (streets missing or closed...)" - I say again, if there is no navigable route between two points just draw a straight line…

Comment by andrew_james_heard November 2014 permalink
GPX import/export
Simpy draw a straight line between the two GPX way points if there is no route to follow.

Comment by andrew_james_heard November 2014 permalink
Can't calculate route in Switzerland/France
Would love to see this feature too.

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
remove >metadata< section from saved GPX file
thanks both of you - out of my depth but just hoping for an improved situation

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
handle display of loaded GPX track like a route
the map editor has so many POI items but not one for toilet; I couldn't figure out which item was equivalent to a GPX track

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
disable "why not download TomTom maps" screen once these maps have been bought
>if you downloaded TT maps, then this message should not show I wouldn't have created the topic if that were the case also TomTom maps aren't available for Australia, so have to use OSM here, and TomTom for Europe, and switch the data …

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
add POI category for Toilets
Thanks frisian. I checked the poiplaza data for the place where I live in Australia - it was last updated 2008, and had very few toilets. Whereas I have just bought TomTom maps for MFN which I know from using in competing app Sygic are very accurat…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
handle display of loaded GPX track like a route
Thanks. When I change the track color from Settings > Map Colors > NMEA/ GPX reply highlight, then return to the map nothing happens. After some experimentation I realized I had to exit the app & restart. This is a bug. In album.style I f…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
>Obviously the RouteImporter application converts track files to routable points it wasn't obvious to me, and the description in the play store doesn't distinguish between track and route points >but I can't make a route out of…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
Hi hvdwolf. Thanks for checking it. Yes, sadly, it was created with MFN ;-( I removed the from the file and it now works for me as well. So it didn't need to contain route points, track points work just as well?

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
Hi again hvdwolf. After a bit more investigation I now roughly understand the importation process. It wasn't clear from reading the discussion. For anyone else interested this is my current understanding: 1. from 3rd party Android app RouteImpo…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
Here is the whole GPX file that I saved from MFN: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv5ctyycifllh3x/test.gpx?dl=0. I note the elements are track points not route points, even though it is a route I created within MFN. I seem to be missing the point of how y…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
import routes and favorite routes
Hi hvdwolf or gpo123 - can either of you provide an example of importing a route from a GPX file using RouteImporter? I have run this app but it gives an error message when I tap the Read Routes button, and text "Error: Error on line 3 of docu…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink
Adding an arbitrary waypoint for route?
Thanks hvdwolf - you mention it may take 2 or 3 attempts - yes that is my experience too. Sometimes I tap many more times and nothing happens at all which is quite confusing. Is this a bug/ another app in the background using too much CPU time/ me n…

Comment by andrew_james_heard October 2014 permalink

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