Ability to change coordinate units in the main "Add Waypoint" input
As a search & rescue organization, we often receive coordinates in a variety of different formats. Unfortunately, if our app is configured to use units different from what we receive, the process to switch to different units is pretty cumbersome:
- Hear coordinates (via radio or in person)
- Write coordinates manually on paper (in case of different units)
- Settings > Units > Coordinate Type > Select units > Map
- (+) > Add Waypoint > Input Coordinates > Save
- Settings > Select units > Map (to reset back to our group's standard format)
That is a whopping 11+ taps to input one set of coordinates – not to mention the amount of time it takes to make sure that you are making the correct choice through all of those menus in settings, or the amount of taps it would take if you were inefficient with the menus and used the back icon instead of the tab bar (18 max) When time is of the essence and your surroundings are chaotic, navigating this flow can be a real pain!
It would be awesome if you could add a "coordinate units" field to the coordinate input, changing the flow to:
- Hear coordinates (via radio or in person)
- Write coordinates manually on paper (in case of different units)
- (+) > Add Waypoint > Change unit type > Input Coordinates
This would hugely reduce the amount of time it takes to input coordinates when the units given are different from your default units.
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