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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.\\ \\ \\ | ||
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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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^ 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.// |
- | |Transparent | + | |Wallpaper|You can choose to use your device wallpaper also as background |
|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)// | ||
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|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)// | ||
|Disable waypoint extraction|Enabling this setting will **globally** deactivate the feature of automatic waypoint generation for coordinates found in your personal caches notes. Alternatively you can disable the feature individually for a cache by deactivating the checkbox directly below the personal cache note.| | |Disable waypoint extraction|Enabling this setting will **globally** deactivate the feature of automatic waypoint generation for coordinates found in your personal caches notes. Alternatively you can disable the feature individually for a cache by deactivating the checkbox directly below the personal cache note.| | ||
+ | |Overwrite personal cache note|Activating this setting will cause all personal notes to be overwritten by the server content instead of being merged with the local content when refreshing caches.\\ \\ :!: Activating this option might lead to data loss in your notes. Be careful.| | ||
|Use Chrome Webview|External website will be shown in a chrome webview window directly in c:geo instead of opening your external device browser.\\ \\ :!: This function requires Google Chrome to be installed on your device.| | |Use Chrome Webview|External website will be shown in a chrome webview window directly in c:geo instead of opening your external device browser.\\ \\ :!: This function requires Google Chrome to be installed on your device.| | ||
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- | |Exclude Own and Found|Activating this item will hide caches you own or have already found in all online functions of c:geo. Owned and found caches will however still be shown in your saved lists of caches.| | ||
- | |Exclude Disabled|This will hide temporarily disabled caches in all online functions of c:geo. Disabled caches will however still be shown in your saved lists of caches.| | ||
- | |Exclude Archived|This will hide archived caches on the map. Archived caches will however still be shown in your saved lists of caches.| | ||
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===== Map ===== | ===== Map ===== | ||
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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. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value. // | + | | 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. // |
| 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, | | 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)//| | | 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)//| | ||
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|Show history track|With this option you can activate a track showing your position history (your movement) on the map. //(Default: Deactivated)// | |Show history track|With this option you can activate a track showing your position history (your movement) on the map. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
|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)//| | |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)//| | ||
- | |Calculate route|With this setting you can select the maximum distance up to which a route is calculated and shown on the map between your position and the selected cache. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value. //(Default: 10km)// \\ \\ :!: This function requires the [[.: | ||
- | |Show straight distance|If the setting is active, the straight distance to the target will be shown additionally to the routed distance while routing is active. //(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)// | |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/ | ||
==== Map behavior ==== | ==== Map behavior ==== | ||
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|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)// | |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" | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ 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# | + | |Delete orphaned files|c:geo stores cache images, log images and other filed related to a cache in a separate directory (refer to [[settings# |
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+ | |Calculate route|With this setting you can select the maximum distance up to which a route is calculated and shown on the map between your position and the selected cache. You can either use the slider to set the value or tap on the number to set a new value. //(Default: 10km)//| | ||
+ | |Show straight distance|If the setting is active, the straight distance to the target will be shown additionally to the routed distance while routing is active. //(Default: Deactivated)// | ||
+ | |Use internal routing|Activating this menu option will use the c:geo internal brouter enginge, instead of making use of the external helper app " | ||
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+ | |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)//| | ||
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==== Base folder, Geolocation & Orientation ==== | ==== Base folder, Geolocation & Orientation ==== | ||
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^ Menu item ^ Description ^ | ^ 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|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 ''/ | + | |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 ''/ |