TrekBuddy

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Hi kruch !
What do you think about such a zoom option ?

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Hello Kruch !

Could you please comment this topic ?
Even there is no chance to realize such a zoom it would be a important information for many users with smartphones.

kruch · Site Admin Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 5088

Simple 2x zoom-in maybe sometime in Q4 2011. I am aware about this issue on hi-DPI devices.

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Great !! This gives much help to many users.
Thank you !

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Hello Kruch.

I use TB for many years (thanks!) on few devices, but recently I also got hi-res Android device. For general (even city) navigation OSM layer 14 were enough for me on 240x320, but on 480 x 854 this is unreadable. My brother in that case just download zoom 16 and 18, but I think this is overkill :wink:, simple x2 zoom (maybe connected to fast layer switching) whould be enough for such devices, saving banwidth, flash storage and processing power of OSM servers.
Thanks in advance for not forgeting about this little feature :D

matjazz · Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 28

This would definitely be a nice feature. Simple pixel doubling and quadrupling would help a lot at following a trail and with overlapping POI labels.

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Hi Kruch!

Did I miss something or is this feature not available yet? I think you mentioned planning simple zooming for Q3 or Q4. The feature would be really great.

-- even a simple magnifying glass -- maybe a special larger version of the crosshair-center of the screen could address the need as well.

nevertheless - congratulations 1.0.18 is great....

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

bump !

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3952

Any news?

trifo · Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 12

Hi,

I just made the basic "write-than-read" mistake and wrote a post to a wrong place. I just put my hands on a high-res Android device and found myself surprised on the unreadableness of my well used maps from my old S60 device.

Well, I vote for pixel quadruple option, in any way of implementation. I would really love it!

--Trifo

dtk · Joined: 23 Nov 2011 Posts: 2

Hello Billy06, in one of your posts you said you would have to make new maps, usable on your higher resolution screens. Can you teach how to do it? Or do you have tools to create such maps. I use my Blackberry Storm touch phone as a car navigation on my windshield and I need larger images to be able to view them while sitting on the seat.

Cactus · Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 209 Location: Surrey UK

The problem with simply creating appropriate maps is the increase in their size. My current set of UK maps is 12.4 GB, on a 16 GB memory card. Multiplying the pixels by 4 would result in an unacceptable storage requirement, even after allowing for tarring.

If rescaling could be done in software, it would make life so much easier.

kruch · Site Admin Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 5088

I hope I will be able to implement zoom-in (2x) in the next version.

kruch · Site Admin Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 5088

The last thing to solve is how to trigger zoom in? Short press on (+) zoom spot changes layer, long press open layers list... Question

billy06 · Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Posts: 408 Location: Lowestoft U.K

long hold crosshair? or a "X2" icon