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Tried it again, and yes I did see that button.
Unfortunately, that button is too small too obscure. I had more difficulty pressing that button than to just press 2x the GPS button to re-center.
There should be a permanent single button for re-centering the screen. Add also audible outputs to inform the user of events. ie I wont be looking at the screen most of the time when driving or walking and some audible signals like a “BEEP” or “PING” would be great.
Today, I started my first PocketEarth “Save Route” session and find some difficulty in using it.
While recording, I was driving. As I wanted to see the roads ahead, I tried to pan the screen. Satisfied, I tried to center the map to current location. At first I tried to simply double tap/click on the GPS button (top left icon).. but this action disables GPS tracking loosing some of the tracks.
Of course I can always manually pan the screen until it is centered. But doing so while driving in a busy urban environment with pedestrians randomly crossing the streets is dangerous.
There should be a separate button to tap/click to “Geolocate” the map aka to center map to current location. Such button should be big as well for easy visibility. Or perhaps multi-gesture, like double tap on the center of the screen to center the map to current location. etc.
Personally, I find PocketEarth’s *method* for downloading maps very difficult to use and at times confusing. Let me explain:
Let us assume I am looking at the whole continent of Europe; I see a lot of countries. When I tap on France, I am given the chance to download all maps of France. While downloading, I pinch zoom into Paris, tapped on it and am given the chance to download all maps of Paris. Here is the question. Are these two maps distinct/different? Is the map of Paris already included in map of France? ie, can I delete the map of Paris?
I prefer a more intuitive method of download maps by defining the area we want to download. I suggest to divide the screen into grids and we swipe each grid to mark for download. Once we are satisfied with the area, we can click a “Go Download” button to start the download. We should also be given the option to name these areas.
One thing I would like to HIGHLY commend/praise PocketEarth’s map is it’s use of Vectored Map vs image maps. Vectored Map is best! An alternative “image map” app (MotionX) would take hours to download Paris but only seconds with PocketEarth.
