Feature Request

In your pics, if you have no speed, there is no heading :)
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

How many compass points would you like , 8, 16, 32 or 128 have been used?

Excellent suggestion @stulandr
I too would like to have this as an option as it would be most useful when positioning our vehicle (Troopy with a pop top roof) at a campsite rather than having to mentally convert the degrees into intercardinal directions.
If the local weather forecast predicts high overnight winds I like to point the vehicle in that direction so that the solid roof bears the brunt of the wind rather than the canvas sides.

Thank you for your suggestion @wicket but you are incorrect in your assumption that I’m using a phone as my mapping device?

I’m actually using a non-GPS iPad connected to an external Bluetooth GPS therefore, in my situation it would be far simpler & safer to be able to simply glance at the map screen to determine the direction that my vehicle is currently pointing whilst positioning my vehicle at a campsite.

In the past I’ve found that the compass on my phone doesn’t work reliably whilst sitting inside my vehicle & therefore to get an accurate reading I have to jump out & position myself several meters away.

Also, as my phone is not mounted in a cradle, I would prefer to have both hands on the steering wheel whilst manoeuvring rather than trying to hold a phone as well.

So, in my situation it is an option that I would like have.

Obviously your needs are different as you appear to be happy using the compass on your phone.

At the bottom left of this page is the help desk tab, inside that tab is suggest a new feature / improvement. Whack it in there, David will look at it and make a decision.


Regards

TrevorDavid

Keep in mind that if you are stationary, the GPS determined heading is somewhat random.
You will only get a true heading if you are moving.

Hi,

Have seen this request and have implemented this in the next release most likely 8.3.0 which will be in the next few days/week. There is a new setting to set this to display Degrees or Compass in the Map Screen Settings section.

David

This feature was just added to the new update v8.3.1 that has hit the stores today.

The solution we have given is that the default heading format remains "Degrees", with an option in Settings - Map Screen for those that want to change "Heading Format" to Compass.

The compass setting will show 16 compass points - ie. N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

This app update also has a couple of other things - one of which is the ability to select a Folder when adding new places, treks and tracklogs at the time of creating, rather than creating , then going back to add to a Folder.

There's a few notes in the release update and we are working on updating the relevant Help Guides later today/tomorrow - these will auto update to your app when available.

"Members" will get a newsletter soon as we have a special announcement with a new feature for Members. We haven't started preparing the newsletter yet so stand-by for distribution either tonight/tomorrow.

Thanks, Michelle