Use saved maps and "Guide me" at same time

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Hill.jason.michael

• June 27, 2018 19:45

I work in some remote places--no cell service. So downloading maps ahead of my trips is an absolute must. I'm also frequently navigating to waypoints (to conduct biological surveys) that I've created while back in the office. Currently, there isn't a way (at least on Android) to have a saved map show up on the screen AND use the guide me feature, which forces me to choose between seeing where I am or seeing where I'm supposed to be going (sounds like a philosophical conundrum). Being able to see saved maps on the full screen AND use the guide me feature, simultaneously, would be awesome.

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  Nathan

  • June 28, 2018 21:43

  You can use the Guide Me feature and view your offline maps at the same time by first loading your offline map into the main map and then turning the Guide Me feature on for the waypoint to are wanting to navigate to.

  If this doesn't work for you, please click on the "Submit a Request" above.

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  Hill.jason.michael

  • July 10, 2018 17:49

  Thanks Nathan--my bad. I didn't realize that--I'm not sure that's obviously intuitive from the buttons you have to select. When you show one of your offline maps, and then hit the Saved button to locate a waypoint, you're brought back to the page showing the map thumbnail with 3 options (1. show on map, 2. delete map, 3. back arrow). From here, you must hit the back arrow and then find the waypoint and use the Guide Me feature. The back arrow makes me think "undo", or unload the map, in my case, especially b/c the "Show on map" button is another alternative on this screen. 

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