North up?

Todd Danielczyk

@woollypigs Love the idea of being able to lock North up or have an on/off toggle to lock/unlock. This could be super useful in my opinion.

GiPFELKiND

@woollypigs You see everytime where your North ist --> Look the red sign. Shows in map everytime NORTH

Todd Danielczyk

@GiPFELKiND I think what @woollypigs is suggesting is to pin north up.

This prevents the map to reorient or move while addressing bearing. Very similar to when you are looking at bearing/declination off of a paper map with compass. A useful feature when orienteering for people that carried maps and compass.

I do this in my vehicle; splitting the screen to “lock north up” and the other map to change rotation, also in Google maps/Waze at times.

Fenr1r

For nostalgia fans, a feature of the Ambit 3 Peak.

woollypigs

@Todd-Danielczyk Yeah coming from old school paper navigation, having the map spin around is very confusing. All other digital maps I use the first setting I enable is lock north up.

woollypigs

@GiPFELKiND yes I do like that thing but as it spins around and is re-orientate and then you have to move your arm around to get the red arrow to point in some sensible direction, it takes time and annoys me. Where a quick glance down on the phone or paper map with north set to up, you know where you are and is pointing right away.

woollypigs

@Fenr1r But but but I got new shinny

woollypigs

@Todd-Danielczyk yes it is, lock it and you always know what is up when you see the map and don’t have to wait for it to re-orientate itself. And every time I go out I have studied the maps/route on digital/paper maps where north is up.

So trying to familiarise myself with a map that don’t follow that, takes time and down right annoys me.

One of my main gripes I have with google map and others, where you try to zoom in or out on your phone and if you don’t do the pinch 100% bang on and suddenly the map is suddenly spun around 145deg clockwise or you have enabled 3D.

Just please keep north up and locked, this will make this old map reader happy

wurzlsepp

@woollypigs a bit off-topic, but in Google Maps and many others (Android, maybe IOS too), you can also zoom with a single finger: double-tap the map, but hold the second tap. And then, swipe your finger (still holding the second tap) up or down to zoom in or out. That avoids rotating the map

dunots

I’m completely in agreement wanting a force-map-north-up option. I tried submitting a feature request but for unknown reasons it didn’t ‘stick’ in that category.
Seems like it shouldn’t be hard to implement.
-d

isazi

@dunots the reason was you posted in the wrong section. Your post is still in the forum.