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====== c:geo Settings ====== | ====== c:geo Settings ====== | ||
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The following pages describe the functions of the setting menu in c:geo.\\ \\ \\ | The following pages describe the functions of the setting menu in c:geo.\\ \\ \\ | ||
- | You can access the settings by clicking | + | You can access the settings by tapping |
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In this menu you will find the following categories of settings which will be described below in detail: | In this menu you will find the following categories of settings which will be described below in detail: | ||
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===== Services ===== | ===== Services ===== | ||
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==== Geocaching ==== | ==== Geocaching ==== | ||
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In the first section of the service settings you can configure the connection to the different supported geocaching platforms. | In the first section of the service settings you can configure the connection to the different supported geocaching platforms. | ||
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- | Furthermore you can use the service menu to configure the connection to the following additional services, which are available in c:geo afterwards:: | + | Furthermore you can use the service menu to configure the connection to the following additional services, which are available in c:geo afterwards: |
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^ Service ^ Description ^ | ^ Service ^ Description ^ | ||
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==== Social media ==== | ==== Social media ==== | ||
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- | You can authorize c:geo to post on [[https:// | + | You can authorize c:geo to post on [[https:// |
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- | To authorize to Twitter activate the service and click on '' | + | To authorize to Twitter activate the service and tap on '' |
Below the authorization buttons you can modify the templates which are used to post a message on Twitter. This template uses the same [[settings# | Below the authorization buttons you can modify the templates which are used to post a message on Twitter. This template uses the same [[settings# | ||
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- | On the following page, click on '' | + | On the following page, tap on '' |
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+ | c:geo does only support Twitter as a social network. As the development team has limited resources and is focusing on new geocaching features we currently do not have plans to implement a Facebook connection. | ||
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+ | However if you are Twitter user already and/or you are looking for a way to post your findings to Facebook, please note that there is a possibility to link Twitter to Facebook. Doing so all your tweets will also be posted on Facebook (including the c:geo tweets). | ||
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+ | You can find more info on the [[https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== Other settings ==== | ==== Other settings ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Android browser|For | + | |Android browser|For |
===== Appearance ===== | ===== Appearance ===== | ||
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In this menu you can configure some basic user interface settings of c:geo. | In this menu you can configure some basic user interface settings of c:geo. | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Light Skin|When activated | + | |Theme|You can choose to use c:geo with a light or dark theme or let the theme follow your system setting.//(Default: Dark)//| |
+ | |Wallpaper|You can choose to use your device wallpaper also as background on the c:geo home screen | ||
|Show Address|When activated c:geo will use a reverse geocoding service to show the current location name instead of the location coordinates at the bottom of the main screen. //(Default: Activated)// | |Show Address|When activated c:geo will use a reverse geocoding service to show the current location name instead of the location coordinates at the bottom of the main screen. //(Default: Activated)// | ||
|Plain Logs|Activating this setting will show all log entries without the custom colors for enhanced readability. //(Default: Deactivated)// | |Plain Logs|Activating this setting will show all log entries without the custom colors for enhanced readability. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
- | |Use English|This will force c:geo to use the english user interface instead using your individual phone language. This might be helpful in case you have problems with wrong translations in your language. A restart of c:geo is required after you modified this setting. // | + | |Select language|This setting allows you to manually set the used language for c:geo. This might be helpful in case you have problems with wrong translations in your language. A restart of c:geo is required after you modified this setting. // |
|Use Imperial Units|Activating this option will make c:geo use imperial units (miles/ | |Use Imperial Units|Activating this option will make c:geo use imperial units (miles/ | ||
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===== Cache Details ===== | ===== Cache Details ===== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
| Show Friends'/ | | Show Friends'/ | ||
- | |Last Details Page|When deactivated the cache details will always open with the page '' | + | |Last Details Page|When deactivated the cache details will always open with the page '' |
- | |Show Direction|This function will show small directional arrows in all cache lists, providing coarse information about the direction of a cache relative to your device.\\ While this may help to figure out if a cache is e.g. in front or behind you, it is not designed to replace the other navigation methods in c:geo. //(Default: Activated)// | + | |Show Direction|This function will show small directional arrows in all cache lists, providing coarse information about the direction of a cache relative to your device.\\ While this may help to figure out if a cache is e.g. in front or behind you, it is not designed to replace the other navigation methods in c:geo. //(Default: Activated)// |
- | |Exclude Own and Found|Activating | + | |Disable waypoint extraction|Enabling |
- | |Exclude Disabled|This will hide temporaryly disabled caches | + | |Overwrite personal cache note|Activating this setting |
+ | |Use Chrome Webview|External website | ||
===== Map ===== | ===== Map ===== | ||
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==== Map Data ==== | ==== Map Data ==== | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Select Map Source|This allows you to define the map, which shall be used in all map functions of c:geo. The menu will contain all available online maps as well as the offline map files found in your offline map directory. \\ You can change this setting also directly from the live map by clicking | + | |Select Map Source|This allows you to define the map, which shall be used in all map functions of c:geo. The menu will contain all available online maps as well as the offline map files found in your offline map directory. \\ You can change this setting also directly from the live map by tapping |
- | |Info on Offline Maps|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map formats and a link to our [[http://faq.cgeo.org|FAQ]].| | + | |Info on Offline Maps|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported |
- | |Directory with offline maps|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your Mapsforge offline map files.\\ \\ :!: The automatic scan might not be able to search in all directories/ | + | |Download offline map|This will open the c:geo map downloader, where you can download new offline maps from various sources or update already installed maps. Details are described in [[..: |
- | |Info on Map Themes|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map themes and a link to our [[http:// | + | |Directory with offline maps|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your Mapsforge |
+ | |Info on Map Themes|This info item will provide you more detailed information about supported offline map themes and some more hints for best practice.| | ||
|Map Themes Directory|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your offline map themes.| | |Map Themes Directory|Here you can configure the directory, which contains your offline map themes.| | ||
- | |Scale Map Text|This option allows scaling | + | |Synchronize themes|In case you experience a slow performance when opening |
+ | |Map rotation (Google Maps)|You can switch rotation of the map according to device heading off/on or enable manual rotation.\\ \\ :!: This function is currently only available for Google Maps.| | ||
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- | Learn more about the c:geo offline maps by reading the chapter about [[..offlinemaps|Offline | + | Learn more about the c:geo offline maps by reading the chapter about [[..offline|Offline |
</ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Waypoints ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | | Show Waypoints |Here you can set the limit for showing waypoints of (saved) caches on the map.\\ If less than the selected amount of caches are displayed on the visible map area, their waypoints are shown additionally. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value. //(Default: 10)//| | ||
+ | | Hide Waypoints |These sub items allow to hide certain waypoint types on the map:\\ 1. Hide original waypoints: If a cache has modified listing coordinates assigned and thus a waypoint automatically created, which contains the original listing coordinates, | ||
+ | | Zoom includes waypoints |If this setting is enabled the zoom level will include all waypoints of a cache, if you open a map for a single cache. //(Default: Off)//| | ||
==== Map Content ==== | ==== Map Content ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | | Show Waypoints |Here you can set the limit for showing waypoints of (saved) caches on the map.\\ If less than the selected amount of caches are displayed on the visible map area, their waypoints are shown additionally. //(Default: 20)//| | + | |Show history track|With this option you can activate a track showing your position history (your movement) on the map. //(Default: Deactivated)// |
- | |Show direction|Activating this option will show a directional line (or a routed line if routing options are installed) on the map between your current position and the navigation target.\\ You can activate the direction line by opening the map for a single cache or selecting a cache on the map and activating the feature in the cache popup window now shown on the map (the latter is only applicable for offline maps). //(Default: Activated)// | + | |History track max. length| Allows to raise the amount of track points available for the history track. Once the limit is reached the oldest recorded points will be removed if new points are recorded. Raising the limit however allocates more memory. //(Default: 700 points)// |
- | |Show trail|With this option you can activate a trail showing your position history (your movement) on the map. //(Default: Deactivated)// | + | |Big icons for logged caches|If enabled the map will show big emoticons for logged caches instead of the cache type icon. A restart is required after changing this setting. //(Default: Deactivated)// |
+ | |D/T rating on icons|Once activated all cache type icons will have a small overlay indicating the caches D/T-rating. You will find an explanation of those markers on the [[..: | ||
+ | ==== Map behavior ==== | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
- | ==== Mapsforge API ==== | + | {{ : |
- | {{ :en:settings_maps_mapsforgeapi.png? | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
+ | |Long tap on map|If enabled you can long tap on the map for two purposes:\\ 1. Long tap on a cache or waypoint will add this cache/ | ||
+ | ==== Proximity Notification ==== | ||
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+ | {{ :en:settings_maps_proximity.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Old Mapsforge V3|Since June 2018 c:geo supports | + | |Far distance|Defines the far distance for the proximity notification. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value.| |
+ | |Near distance|Defines the near distance for the proximity notification. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value.| | ||
+ | |General proximity notification on map|When enabled a single notification beep is issued if any cache or waypoint on the map comes closer than far or near distance. When reaching the far distance a single beep is issued, when reaching near distance a triple beep is issued. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
+ | |Specific waypoint proximity notification|When enabled a repeated notification beep is issued if the currently selected cache or waypoint comes closer than far or near distance. This works if cache or waypoint details | ||
+ | |Type of notification|With this menu item you can choose whether you would like to receive an audio notification, | ||
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+ | Depending on Android version and power saving settings on your device it might happen, that the proximity notification stops working if you switch off the display of your device. Please consult your device settings to solve this. We are also investigating how the behavior can be improved in general to allow background notification. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Map lines customization ==== | ||
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+ | These menu items allow to customize the appearance of the different types of lines and circles shown on the map. You can change their color and opaqueness as well as the line width and the circle fill colors according to you personal preference. | ||
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+ | Within each color selection you can reset color and opaqueness to their default values in case you misconfigured something. The default width is 10 pixels. | ||
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+ | The following table briefly describes the different lines and circles and their usage: | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |History track|If the history track is activated in [[.settings# | ||
+ | |Direction line|The direction line is a straight or specific routed navigation path (if the [[.utilityprograms|BRouter]] app is installed) from your current position towards a selected cache or waypoint (navigation target).| | ||
+ | |Individual route|An individual route is a collection of caches or waypoints you selected sequentially by long tapping them on the map. This function can be used to plan your caching trips by drawing a route from one cache/ | ||
+ | |GPX track/ | ||
+ | |Circle|If activated in the [[.livemap# | ||
+ | |Accuracy circles|This is a small circle drawn around your current position. It represents the uncertainty of your GPS position.| | ||
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+ | ==== Other map settings ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Multi-threaded (OSM)|When activated the OSM map renderer uses multiple threads on your device processor to render the map. This will speed up map drawing but might in rare cases lead to drawing problems. It should be deactivated if you encounter problems in map display. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
===== Logging ===== | ===== Logging ===== | ||
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==== Signature ==== | ==== Signature ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Signature|Clicking | + | |Signature|Tapping |
|Insert automatically|Activating this item will automatically insert the custom signature into your log text when you start logging a cache with c:geo.\\ If this option is deactivated you can still insert your signature manually on demand by selecting '' | |Insert automatically|Activating this item will automatically insert the custom signature into your log text when you start logging a cache with c:geo.\\ If this option is deactivated you can still insert your signature manually on demand by selecting '' | ||
+ | |Log template|In this section you can add/ | ||
=== Placeholder Templates === | === Placeholder Templates === | ||
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While creating your custom signature you can use several placeholder templates, which will be expanded later when the signature template is used: | While creating your custom signature you can use several placeholder templates, which will be expanded later when the signature template is used: | ||
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|[DATETIME]|Combination of [DATE] and [TIME] as described above.|June 4, 2018 14:50| | |[DATETIME]|Combination of [DATE] and [TIME] as described above.|June 4, 2018 14:50| | ||
|[USER]|Your geocaching username for the respective geocaching platform where the cache you are logging belongs to.|My username| | |[USER]|Your geocaching username for the respective geocaching platform where the cache you are logging belongs to.|My username| | ||
- | |[NUMBER]|Your current find count for the respective geocaching platform, where the cache you are logging belongs to, incremented by 1, thus providing the find count for the cache you are logging.\\ \\ :!: Be aware, that this placeholder | + | |[NUMBER]|Your current find count for the respective geocaching platform, where the cache you are logging belongs to, incremented by 1, thus providing the find count for the cache you are logging. |
+ | |[ONLINENUM]|Same as [NUMBER] but will not consider offline logged caches.|4853| | ||
|[OWNER]|The geocaching username of the owner of the cache you are about to log|SuperOwner| | |[OWNER]|The geocaching username of the owner of the cache you are about to log|SuperOwner| | ||
|[NAME]|Title of the cache you are about to log|My first hide| | |[NAME]|Title of the cache you are about to log|My first hide| | ||
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|[URL]|The URL of the cache page of the cache you are logging|http:// | |[URL]|The URL of the cache page of the cache you are logging|http:// | ||
|[LOG]|This placeholder inserts the whole log text, which obviously makes no sense when using it in the logging template. It makes however sense to be used in the [[settings# | |[LOG]|This placeholder inserts the whole log text, which obviously makes no sense when using it in the logging template. It makes however sense to be used in the [[settings# | ||
+ | |[TYPE]|The cache type you are currently logging.|Traditional Cache| | ||
==== Other logging options ==== | ==== Other logging options ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
|Visit TBs|Enabling this option will automatically set all Trackables in your inventory as '' | |Visit TBs|Enabling this option will automatically set all Trackables in your inventory as '' | ||
- | |Offline Logging|Using this function will activate a '' | + | |Offline Logging|Using this function will activate a '' |
+ | |Show offline logs|An offline log counter (e.g. " | ||
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- | Learn more about the c:geo offline functions by reading the chapter about [[fieldnotes:Field Notes]]! | + | Learn more about the c:geo offline functions by reading the chapter about [[..:offline|Field Notes]]! |
</ | </ | ||
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===== Offline Data ===== | ===== Offline Data ===== | ||
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+ | You can find more details regarding the offline usage of c:geo on the page [[..: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Generic ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Static Maps|This function will download Google maps images of the area around each saved cache both as street map and satellite view (total of 5 images). It is a helpful feature if you plan to go caching without internet access (and maybe even without an offline map.\\ The basic street map will be shown at the bottom of the cache details page, the remaining maps are accessible by selecting '' | ||
- | |Static Maps (WP)|This will load the static maps (as described above) additionally also for all waypoints of all saved caches. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
|Save images|If this option is activated c:geo will save all images contained in the caches logbooks onto your device for offline availability. You need to refresh already stored caches after activating this function to make their images available offline.\\ If this option is deselected log images will be loaded on demand only (when opening them or accessing the caches image tab) but still be saved permanent afterwards until you delete the cache from your device. //(Default: Deactivated)// | |Save images|If this option is activated c:geo will save all images contained in the caches logbooks onto your device for offline availability. You need to refresh already stored caches after activating this function to make their images available offline.\\ If this option is deselected log images will be loaded on demand only (when opening them or accessing the caches image tab) but still be saved permanent afterwards until you delete the cache from your device. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
|Ask for List|When activated you will be asked in which list the cache shall be saved if you store a cache in c:geo. If it is deactivated all caches will be stored to the default list. //(Default: Activated)// | |Ask for List|When activated you will be asked in which list the cache shall be saved if you store a cache in c:geo. If it is deactivated all caches will be stored to the default list. //(Default: Activated)// | ||
+ | |Additional lists|If this option is activated c:geo will show all additional lists, on which a certain cache is stored in c:geo, on your cache lists. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
+ | |List load limit|You can use this function if you handle rather huge lists of offline stored caches. It will limit the amount of caches initially loaded from the c:geo internal database in order to increase performance. More caches can then be loaded by tapping on "Load more caches" | ||
+ | ==== GPX ==== | ||
+ | {{anchor: | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
- | ===== Navigation ===== | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
+ | |GPX Folder|Select the directory where GPX file exported from c:geo will be stored. // | ||
- | {{ :en:settings_navigation.png? | + | ==== Database and Geocache data ==== |
+ | {{anchor: | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ :en:settings_system_database_cachedata.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Default navigation|You can select | + | |Database location - On user storage|The geocache database mainly contains basically the list of your saved caches. |
- | |Secondary navigation|You can select | + | |Geocache Data Directory - Select Geocache Data Directory|The additional data can be much larger than the geocache database mentioned above as it contains |
- | |Navigation | + | |
- | <WRAP center round tip 100%> | + | ==== Maintenance ==== |
- | Please refer to the [[navigation|supported navigation methods]] for detailed information about the navigation tools. | + | {{anchor: |
- | </ | + | |
+ | {{ : | ||
- | ===== System ===== | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
+ | |Delete orphaned files|c:geo stores cache images, log images and other filed related to a cache in a separate directory (refer to [[settings# | ||
- | ==== GPX ==== | ||
- | {{ :en:settings_system_gpx.png? | + | ===== Navigation ===== |
+ | {{anchor: | ||
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+ | ==== Offline Routing ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ :en:settings_navigation_routing1.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |GPX Export Directory|Select | + | |Calculate route|With this setting you can select |
- | |GPX Import Directory|Select | + | |Show straight distance|If the setting is active, the straight distance to the target |
+ | |Use internal routing|Activating this menu option will use the c:geo internal brouter enginge, instead of making use of the external helper app " | ||
- | ==== Backup ==== | + | {{ : |
- | {{ :en:settings_system_backup.png? | + | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ |
+ | |Folder with BRouter routing data|If you use the internal routing engine, this defines the folder where routing tile data will be stored. You can either manually store/move the data into this folder or use the c:geo internal (automatic) downloader to download the needed routing tiles //(Default: Subfolder routing/ | ||
+ | |Automatic download|Once activated c:geo will inform you, in case routing tile data for routing request (if you create an individual route or set a waypoint as target) is missing and offer to download it automatically into the folder defined above.// | ||
+ | |Update interval|If the automatic download is activated c:geo can also check periodically whether new routing tile data is available on the BRouter server and remind you to perform an update. You can set the update reminder interval here. You can set it to 0 to deactivate the update reminder //(Default: 30)//| | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | ==== Navigation Tools ==== | ||
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+ | {{ :en:settings_navigation.png? | ||
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Backup|Selecting this function will create a backup file ('' | + | |Default navigation|You can select your default navigation tool here, which provides you easy and fast access to your preferred navigation method. The selected tool will be started with a **short** tap on the compass rose icon at the top of the cache details as well as the map popup window. |
- | |Restore|This function will restore an existing backup file ('' | + | |Secondary navigation|You can select |
+ | |Navigation menu|This section provides the possibility to activate or deactivate some of the installed and available navigation methods detected | ||
- | ==== Database and Geocache data ==== | + | <WRAP center round tip 100%> |
+ | Please refer to the [[..navigation|supported navigation methods]] for detailed information about the navigation tools. | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | + | ===== System ===== |
- | |Database location - On user storage|The geocache database mainly contains basically the list of your saved caches. You may store this database either | + | {{anchor:system:}} |
- | |Geocache Data Directory - Select Geocache Data Directory|The additional data can be much larger than the geocache database mentioned above as it contains the images of the cache description and (optionally) the images retrieved from logs and (optionally) static maps. By default this data is stored on the internal user storage in ''/ | + | {{anchor:various_other_system_settings:}} |
- | ==== Various other system settings | + | ==== Base folder, Geolocation & Orientation |
+ | {{anchor: | ||
- | {{: | + | {{ : |
^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
- | |Delete orphaned files|c: | + | |Base folder for public local data|Here you can modify the base folder |
- | |Use Google Play Services|On devices equipped with Google Play Services, c:geo can automatically use a better | + | |Use Google Play Services|On devices equipped with Google Play Services, c:geo can automatically use a better |
- | |Active low-power mode|The low power mode avoids using GPS and the gyroscope sensor in situations where a highly accurate location is not strictly necessary (e.g. on cache lists) at the cost of longer fixing times once high accuracy is needed again. It can help to enhance battery life in some situations.\\ We however recommend to keep this option switched off to have the highest possible accuracy which is desireable | + | |Active low-power mode|The low power mode avoids using GPS and the gyroscope sensor in situations where a highly accurate location is not strictly necessary (e.g. on cache lists) at the cost of longer fixing times once high accuracy is needed again. It can help to enhance battery life in some situations.\\ We however recommend to keep this option switched off to have the highest possible accuracy which is desirable |
- | |Force use of orientation sensor|On some devices the regular rotation vector sensor behaves erratically, | + | |Force use of orientation sensor|On some devices the regular rotation vector sensor behaves erratically, |
- | |Enable hardware acceleration|Hardware acceleration renders graphical elements faster on the screen and thus provides a better experience while using c:geo. However on some devices the operating system contains bugs which can make some text appear blurred (notably bold characters). Disable this option only if this happens to you.| | + | |
+ | ==== Debugging ==== | ||
+ | {{ :en: | ||
+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
|Activate debug log|c:geo can generate a lot of debugging information needed for development purposes. Please use this feature only in case you are asked to send a log to the c:geo developers or you know what you are doing.\\ \\ :!: Activating this setting will affect the stability of c:geo. Please keep debug logging disabled during normal usage of c:geo!| | |Activate debug log|c:geo can generate a lot of debugging information needed for development purposes. Please use this feature only in case you are asked to send a log to the c:geo developers or you know what you are doing.\\ \\ :!: Activating this setting will affect the stability of c:geo. Please keep debug logging disabled during normal usage of c:geo!| | ||
+ | |Generate logfile|Using this option will generate a system logfile to be send to the c:geo support in case of failures or crashes. Use as advised by c:geo support team (useful in combination with activation of debug log).| | ||
|Create memory dump|This is a development function, which can help to debug special problems in the c:geo memory handling. Using this function is nothing helpful for you, but will only spam your internal storage with a rather huge dump file. So better not use it. :-)| | |Create memory dump|This is a development function, which can help to debug special problems in the c:geo memory handling. Using this function is nothing helpful for you, but will only spam your internal storage with a rather huge dump file. So better not use it. :-)| | ||
+ | |View downloads|Shows all pending background download processes.| | ||
+ | |View settings|This debug feature opens a view where all c:geo settings can be viewed and edited in a raw format.\\ \\ :!: Changing anything here might result in unwanted behavior or c:geo no longer working. So only use this after explicit request by c:geo support!| | ||
+ | ===== Backup / Restore ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Create Backup ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Maximum stored backup|Using this slider you can select how many older backups are kept. When the limit is reached, the oldest ones will be deleted automatically. //(Default: 5)//| | ||
+ | |Include account data| If activated the created backups will also contain your login credentials.\\ :!: **Please be aware, that backup files , thus also the login credentials contained, might be read by other applications on your device.**| | ||
+ | |Start backup|Selecting this function will create a backup ('' | ||
+ | ==== Restore ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | |Restore|This function will restore the newest available backup. The date/time of the newest backup available will be shown here. In a next step during the restore process you can choose, whether you want to restore the caches and/or the program settings. \\ \\ :!: Restoring a backup will **replace** | ||
+ | |Restore different backup|With this menu item you can select another available backup but the newest one to be selected for restoring. After tapping here a directory selector will be shown listing the existing backup directories named with date and time below ''/ | ||