When the user taps on any point on the map or an icon of an object
displayed on the map, a "balloon" with a description of the given location
will be displayed: the name of the street and town, building address,
description of POI or a favourite point. The description is also displayed on
the bar located at the bottom of the screen.
AutoMapa enables the user to find the searched location in several ways.
One of them involves the use of pen/fingers for scrolling the map and the
use of tools for changing the scale in which the map is displayed. This is a
good viewing method if the user knows in which area of the map the
searched point is located, and place names do not have to be entered in the
search window.
Another useful function is the option of magnifying a rectangular section of
the map, which can be assigned to hardware buttons. (Refer to: Advanced
features and system settings/ Settings menu/Settings: Buttons.
Map scrolling and zooming
Map scrolling allows the user to change the currently displayed section of
the map. Each movement of the pen/finger on the screen moves the map in
the indicated direction. The scale in which the map is displayed is not
changed.
If the user wants to see an interesting map section in
greater detail, he can grab a rectangular area to zoom
in. Beforehand, however, it is necessary to assign the
function Switch to map scrolling/zooming
function to a selected hardware button (Refer to:
Advanced features and system settings/Settings
menu/Settings:Buttons). After enabling this mode,
you can select a rectangular section of the map, which will then be magnified to fill the entire AutoMapa screen. Repeat
selection of the hardware button returns the program to the map scrolling mode.
During map scrolling it is possible to change the scale of the map to suit the user's individual requirements. Scale can also
be changed with the scale slide rule.
Scale Slide Rule
The scale Slide Rule is found on the right of the AutoMapa screen. It is used to smoothly zoom in and out on the screen.
If the Slide Rule is moved down, the map will be enlarged to a more detailed view. When the Slide Rule is moved up, it
produces the opposite effect – the user zooms out and details disappear.
On the Slide Rule there is a scale, referring to the map width visible on the screen.
The Slide Rule zooms in or out on the map in reference to the navigation point/position cursor, which is marked on the
map with the "view finder" symbol. The location of the navigation point/position cursor can be changed by tapping on a
selected point on the map.
Note: the 3D mode is automatically deactivated at higher scale values.
A semi-transparent Scale Slide Rule can be hidden/displayed with the on-screen button switch, located in the bottom left
corner of the screen.
Compass
The compass is displayed in the upper left corner of the screen as an arrow with the letter "N", pointing to the north.
By tapping on the compass, you will align the top of the map to the north.
By default, this option is turned off.
Directional arrow to route point
The arrow is displayed in the top right corner of the screen and it shows the direction to the next point on the route (this
feature is hidden by default).
The above feature can be hidden/displayed in the interface settings in the Settings menu.
2.5 Selecting a point on the map
A point on the map can be selected in a number of ways:
• by holding your finger or the pan tool down on a selected map point,
• by tapping on the "map cursor" icon on the tool bar under the map (unless a different function has
been assigned to this option; refer to "Settings: Buttons"),
• by tapping on the "Map point" option in the "Go to" menu,
• by pressing the respective hardware key – if this function has previously been assigned to the key
(refer to "Settings: Buttons").
