OruxMaps NG

[Off-Track1234]

I have just spent more time staring at the phone screen, trying to glean any more clues.

• The "disappearing next/previous waypoint" symptom is very erratic, but sometimes frequent. It comes and goes without human intervention.
• It happens in Fast, Default and Power-save GPS modes.
• It often (but not always) coincides with a pop-up "GPS tracking on" though there has been no human intervention with the GPS function.
• It does not coincide with changes to satellite signals reported in the OM "GPS accuracy" tool available as dashboard widget.
• Sometimes, but not always, it can be triggered by using the GPSTest tool or Dis/Enable GPS map scrolling.
• I have never seen it with "Waypoint navigation" on and GPS off (the mind boggles at what such a combination should mean to a navigator).

So, if this is a clue and allowing for it being erratic, it seems to have something to do with GPS being on. Maybe not much help, but the best I can see.

I have GPS only ("Improve Location Accuracy" off) in Android settings, even though OM NG demands the "precise location" permission, even when "Location Accuracy" is off. There is no other signal where I hike, so I use flight mode then to maximize battery life.

[Tronpo]

I have just spent more time staring at the phone screen, trying to glean any more clues.

• The "disappearing next/previous waypoint" symptom is very erratic, but sometimes frequent. It comes and goes without human intervention.
• It happens in Fast, Default and Power-save GPS modes.
• It often (but not always) coincides with a pop-up "GPS tracking on" though there has been no human intervention with the GPS function.
• It does not coincide with changes to satellite signals reported in the OM "GPS accuracy" tool available as dashboard widget.
• Sometimes, but not always, it can be triggered by using the GPSTest tool or Dis/Enable GPS map scrolling.
• I have never seen it with "Waypoint navigation" on and GPS off (the mind boggles at what such a combination should mean to a navigator).

So, if this is a clue and allowing for it being erratic, it seems to have something to do with GPS being on. Maybe not much help, but the best I can see.

I have GPS only ("Improve Location Accuracy" off) in Android settings, even though OM NG demands the "precise location" permission, even when "Location Accuracy" is off. There is no other signal where I hike, so I use flight mode then to maximize battery life.

Hello, and the GPS sensor settings? How do you have it configured? And battery restrictions always disabled for OruxMaps

[Off-Track1234]

Battery restrictions for OM off in Android. Tried various OM GPS settings as stated above.

[Off-Track1234]

The "disappearing next/previous waypoint" symptom is not prevented by the "Force full GNSS measurements" option to prevent power cycling (hidden in Android developer options https://barbeau.medium.com/gnss-interrupted-the-hidden-android-setting-you-need-to-know-d812d28a3821).
It repeatedly arises not when GPS is turned on, but when a GPS fix is first obtained (there can be enough delay in GPS power save mode, especially inside with restricted GPS signal penetration).

[Off-Track1234]

OK, results of more testing.

The "vanishing waypoints" bug usually resolves out on the trail (away from any listed waypoint in the route).

The next/previous bug (actually by design according to Orux) is still crap (sorry, technical term) for off-track hikers.

As near as I can tell:

• If you are near a waypoint, next/previous in OM NG usually lists only a few (4-5?) waypoints that OM NG thinks you will visit next, based on (probably alphabetical) order in the imported GPX file. But sometimes it lets you cycle through all the waypoints (in that same order) in that imported route file.
• But if you are far enough from all waypoints, next/previous in OM NG lists all waypoints in the (probably alphabetical) order in the imported GPX file. How far is uncertain. It was much more than the distance I set in Top Menu > Global Settings > Waypoints > Waypoint distance. I gave up and resorted to 80 m (recommended) which seemed to work.

So in OM NG we have lost the ability to use OM as a convenient navigation helper app for straight-line navigation (of a planned route, off the beaten track). This exists (fairly well) in OM 7.4.28.

Sure, we could spend all the time needed to reorder the <wpt> section in every imported route GPX to match the order in the <rtept> section. Or we could reorder the waypoints from every imported route GPX in some other cumbersome way in OM (avoiding all the ways that re-order to the default when we leave the window). But we buy software to take care of such stuff. Computers are good at sorting.

Orux, please give us back the ability to use OM as a convenient navigation helper for straight-line navigation (of a planned route, off the beaten track). Even better if you take this opportunity to implement it for <rtept>s, not <wpt>s, as discussed above.

[Kilkir]

Gracias por esta manífica app. Llevo usando Oruxmaps, desde hace 8 años.
He comprado la baliza Disco Maxi 4 en 1 (sucesora de Tempo Disc) https://bluemaestro.com/products/new-disc-maxi-4-in-1-with-alerts-temperature-humidity-barometric-pressure-and-dew-point-sensor-and-logger
Tanto en Oruxmpas GP, como expecialmente en NG, no leo la baliza y se cierra la app en el momento que la activo.
¿Está soportado este modelo en NG?
Muchas gracias por todo.

Thank you for this manific app. I have been using Oruxmaps for 8 years. I have bought the Disco Maxi 4 in 1 beacon (successor to Tempo Disc) https://bluemaestro.com/products/new-disc-maxi-4-in-1-with-alerts-temperature-humidity-barometric-pressure-and-dew-point-sensor-and-logger Both in Oruxmpas GP, and especially in NG, I do not read the beacon and the app closes the moment I activate it. Is this model supported in NG? Thank you very much for everything.

[Sandy]

Is there any way to view the photos of photo waypoints directly in OruxMaps NG?
The only way I know takes 4 clicks and the photo needs to be viewed in an external photo-app. Could you implement anything more convenient? Maybe double-clicking the photo-thumbnail on a route could directly open the photo in full screen / zoomable (directly visible in OruxMaps NG)?