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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.
