Auto zoom based on distance to waypoint

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Excuse Fykantrollet I copy your excellent idea from the old forum to get satisfaction so we can vote for it! (anyway Fykantrollet sounds like a Swedish friend !?) ;-)

Hi!

Changing zoom by speed is a nice feature. But for me when kayaking it is not exactly applicable.

What I would really like is for the zoom level to be set so that it is based on distance to next waypoint or a set number of waypoint ahead. What I mean is that if I select auto zoom to two waypoints ahead, the auto zoom will try to keep these two waypoints visible at all times.

It would also be good to be able to set the maximum zoom level when using this function.
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Posted 3 years ago

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3 years ago
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Could be also useful for geocaching when aproaching to the final waypoint.
2012-07-02T11:02:54+00:00
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Exactly this is the best option for that:)
3 years ago
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Fykantrollet

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Zailor, no problem :) Not been so active on the forum lately...
And make that a Norwegian friend ;)
3 years ago
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If it is possible to implement this idea, please, I've thought about it several times already.
3 years ago
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Thinking about it, some sort of delay should be considered to avoid switching too much between zooms. I can see that when changing direction might get more waypoints in view for a short while causing zoom changes. So maybe a 30 second delay before switching to the correct zoom level.
3 years ago
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Or maybe add some special button which will be zooming out for a while to see the whole situation, and then the zoom will get back to the original zoom level, after the user will release the special button ( or after a few seconds )
3 years ago
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Good suggestion, but my problem is that I can not use the screen when the waterproof bag gets wet. So some automatic function would help me.
2 years ago
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Hi!

If this idea is not to be implemented, would it be possible to have the speeds for auto zoom (already implemented) user configurable? With profiles if possible? I think most users of the app use it fo walking/geocaching, cycling or kayaking or some other sport. Which means speeds of 120+ km/h are rarely achieved ;)
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