The map screen
Everything revolves around this view. Here’s what each control does.
Gestures
| Gesture | Effect |
|---|---|
| One-finger drag | Pan the map. |
| Pinch | Zoom in / out. |
| Two-finger twist | Rotate the map. |
| Single tap on a track | Open the track overlay (elevation profile, scrubber). |
| Single tap on a waypoint | Open the waypoint overlay (name, description, edit button). |
| Single tap on the blue triangle (your position) | Open the Share location panel. |
| Long-press on empty map | Add a waypoint at that point. |
Top-right: the compass
A round chip with a red needle. Always visible. The needle always points to true north regardless of how the map is rotated, so it also works as a permanent north indicator.
- Tap — smoothly rotates the map back to north-up. While the lock is on, tap is a no-op so a stray touch on the compass can’t reset your orientation.
- Long-press — toggles rotation lock. When the chip is blue, two-finger rotation gestures are ignored and the map stays at its current orientation. Long-press again to unlock; one more tap then takes you back to north.
A lock-at-launch option lives in Settings → Appearance → Start with rotation locked for users who never want to rotate the map.
Right-side column: the action buttons
From top to bottom:
Measure distance
The ruler icon. Tap to enter measure mode. If location-following is on, pin A auto-places at your current position (or queues until your first GPS fix arrives, with an “Acquiring GPS fix…” toast — no second tap needed); otherwise tap on the map to drop pin A. Tap the map to add more pins. A line connects the pins and the bottom stats bar shows the total distance. While both measure mode and follow-me are on, pin A continues to track your live GPS position. Drag a pin onto the trash bin (top-right, just below the compass) to delete it. Tap the ruler icon again to exit.
Map layers
The layers icon. Up to six styles to pick from: OpenTopoMap (hiking focus), OSM Standard (clean general-purpose), ESRI Topo (default on fresh installs), ESRI Shaded Relief, Satellite, Outdoors (Thunderforest — requires a free API key from Settings → API Keys; the entry is hidden until a key is saved).
The chosen style is remembered across app restarts.
Follow-me (crosshair)
Three states — the button colour tells you which:
| State | Colour | Behaviour |
|---|---|---|
| Off | Grey | GPS off, no blue triangle on the map. |
| On, locked | Blue (filled) | GPS on, triangle visible, map re-centres on you every few seconds. |
| On, unlocked | Faded blue | GPS on, triangle still updating, but the map stays where you panned. |
- Tap from Off → turns GPS on + locks the camera to you.
- Tap from Locked → turns GPS off.
- Drag the map while locked → auto-switches to unlocked. Triangle keeps updating; map holds its position.
- Tap from Unlocked → re-centres + re-locks.
- Long-press on any on-state → turns GPS off instantly (skips the re-centre animation).
Where did the Import (+) button go?
As of v1.25.2 the map no longer has a dedicated import FAB — importing GPX now lives in the Tracks and Waypoints list screens. See Tracks or Waypoints.
Top-left
- ☰ menu — nav drawer (Tracks, Waypoints, Maps, Settings).
- Share icon — one-tap shortcut to export every visible track + waypoint in your current viewport as a single
.gpxfile. Opens the Share visible sheet with a per-item checklist. See Share visible. - Record chip — a red dot in a dark circle. Tap to start recording your current trip. While recording it expands into a live
00:00:00timer; tap the timer for Pause / Finish / Delete. Your path draws as a red line on the map as you move. On Finish the recording is saved as a new Track and the overlay opens so you can immediately review it. See Tracks → Recording.
Bottom stats bar
Three numbers:
- SPEED — current km/h from GPS.
- ELEV — current elevation in metres.
- DIST — context-dependent:
- In measure mode: total length of the measure line.
- During navigation to a shared location: live distance to the target (shown in blue when it’s auto-updating).
- Otherwise: blank.
Offline indicator
If your device has no network, a small red “Offline” chip appears in the top bar. Cached tiles still display; tiles you haven’t seen before won’t load until you’re back online. See Offline maps to pre-download regions.
Related: Tracks → · Waypoints → · Share your location →