Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016 at 18:25
Hi Al, finally got to fire up the ipad.
On the first list you get when you hit 'Settings' I would turn off 'Auto-open maps' as it will try to open other maps you may not want depending on where you are. Even with this turned off It will then only open the maps that you have selected the last time you closed the app.
Go to the bottom of that first settings page and select 'Full settings' then select 'Map Page'. This is where you configure the look and functionality of most things on the screen when the map is displayed.
Tool Bar - is at the top of the map screen and has buttons you can put there to change between maps, place pins, select 3d mode, change from north up, etc.
The Data bar is at the bottom of the map page and displays info such as speed, altitude, distance travelled etc. Select whatever you want to be displayed for both of these.
Then select 'Zoom and Re-centre' - this is where you go to turn that zoom feature off. Go into it and select 'Autozoom' and select no. Then select Re-Centre and turn off 'Re-centre autom'. When this is turned on the map will automatically re-centre to your current location after a set time (between 5 - 20 sec). This can be handy when driving but I find a pain if I want to just look at maps in general. Set this to what ever suits your needs.
That's just a small section of the options to configure the app. Its the one thing I certainly like about this over other apps is that it gives you the option to have it the way that suits you.
happy to answer other questions. Just ask away.
Brett
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