Although summer is primarily a time for holidays, which we of course also indulged in, we have not slacked off in developing and further pushing the app for the better:

• We have unified the online and offline search for points of interest
• We have made working with geotagged media faster and easier
• We implemented the possibility of a general backup of all data

And of course, the traditional package of dozens of minor fixes and improvements is included.

Search without switching

In the last version of the application, the online and offline databases of LoPoints, i.e., points of interest on the map, were merged for the first time. So far, only in the map content panel, with the possibility to highlight selected point categories above the map. Now this unification is also reflected in the search.

It is no longer necessary to switch between online and offline modes in the search menu, as was the case in the past. You just select one item - Places and addresses.

The application automatically searches from the available data, whether you are connected or not. Online mode is primary, and if no connection is available, it searches the downloaded data. You also no longer have to choose between downloaded LoMaps; the application searches across all of them, and the user interface is uniform for all. However, the latest LoMaps (June 2025) must be downloaded for the offline search to work properly.

Postal addresses, cities, and states are still searched online only in this function. For offline address searches, you need to switch the search to "offline addresses" mode. Linking online and offline, similarly to points of interest, is not yet technically possible due to the use of two independent sources.

Photos over the map faster and better

We have improved the system for finding and displaying your photos above the map. Your memories of holidays or trips will now appear much faster above the map. The app can display photos not only from the default system camera folder, but also from social networking folders such as Facebook or Instagram. Of course, the choice of folders is up to you.

And since we all have thousands of photos on our phones, we've made an effective time filter for you. By a simple selection, you can view photos from today, yesterday, this month, or last month. For a more precise definition, you can set an interval from - to or even select a period from the calendar. Showing only photos from a specific holiday above the map is now a breeze.

The application for working with geotagged media needs your permission to access it. The data is then only loaded locally for display purposes and not sent anywhere.

Easier application data transfer

Moving your app to another device is sometimes a necessity. Mostly this is due to buying a new mobile. Most of you don't have to deal with anything complicated - you install Locus Map from Google Play on your new phone, re-download your maps from the Locus Store, and if you use the Premium Gold package, you download your routes and waypoints from the cloud.

However, more advanced users often need to transfer their own app settings, attachments, custom maps, and other data as well. Users switching from the old Locus Map Classic to Locus Map 4 don't have the option to sync data to the cloud.

That's why we've developed a solution using a general backup of all the data you use in Locus Map - the application migration backup can pack your entire database of routes and waypoints, including attachments, downloaded maps, and all configuration files and settings, into one large file in one click:

This is then moved to the new mobile and restored in the Locus backup manager. However, this has its pitfalls, especially for "power users," where the file size can reach tens of gigabytes. Migration backups should therefore really only be used if absolutely necessary. The feature will soon be implemented in the new version of Locus Map Classic, too.

Saying goodbye to Google Drive

Unfortunately, we also have some unpleasant news for you. As of September 1, 2025, we have been forced to disconnect Locus Map and all of our other apps from Google Drive because we have been denied full access to the service. The alternate solution using Google File Picker or Android Picker is not sufficient for our usage - it doesn't allow for backups, bulk import or export, or the automation you're used to. New users and all those who were not signed in to Google Drive via Locus Map will no longer see this service offered.

Importing individual files from Google Drive will only be possible through the system file manager (if you have Google Drive installed on your phone), and you will be able to share the exported files on Google Drive.

Connectivity with Dropbox and OneDrive remains unchanged.

Summer is slowly coming to an end, but we hope you'll check out the new Locus Map in the field. Let us know how you like it!

Článek Locus Map 4.31 – unified search, photos above the map, and general backup se nejdříve objevil na Locus Map - mobile outdoor navigation app.

The smartphone age brings with it one major phenomenon - we all take pictures of everything, especially when we go on a trip or vacation. We bring back hundreds of photos from our holidays, and often we don't even know where we took them. Locus Map offers a helping hand in this case too - it displays our photos on a map. The smartphone camera "geotags" each photo - that is, it "stamps" it with GPS coordinates (unless you tell it not to). And displaying anything with GPS coordinates above the map is a breeze for Locus Map.

Where do I get those photos?

In order for Locus to display your travel photos above the map, you need to tell it where to find them. All this is controlled from the content panel on the left, the "Geotagged photos" item. The part with the label opens the selection of folders with photos, and the button with the eyelet turns on the display of photos above the map.

Let's start with the selection of folders with photos. Tap the camera icon to open a window with all available photo folders on your phone, sorted by apps:

Check the ones whose content you want to display on the map. This is usually the DCIM folder, which is located both in the internal storage and on the SD card. Locus can also display one level of subfolders.

On older Androids (version 10 and below), you can also add your own directory from anywhere in your phone's storage - tap the + button.

Quickly show, quickly hide

This is what the aforementioned, well-known eyelet is for:

Many of us have hundreds or thousands of photos on our mobile phones and Locus loads them gradually. Once there are too many on the map, the system can no longer catch up. We, therefore, recommend displaying photos in folders or turning them off when we no longer need them. Locus then responds much faster.

Show detail

The map with thumbnails looks cool, but what if you want to see the detail of the photo? Just click on a thumbnail and a panel pops up with distance, elevation, and other info and a larger preview of the photo:

Click on the preview to get to the detail, which you can enlarge with two fingers to the original size:

You can navigate, guide, and plan a route from your photos

The photos above the map behave exactly like normal points in Locus. You can start navigating to them, guiding to them with a beeline, or including them in the route when planning a trip:

It's up to your imagination now. So get on your bike and go!

Článek Where did you take this pic? Look on the map! se nejdříve objevil na Locus Map - mobile outdoor navigation app.

And here it is again. We've got hit by the new-release fever, we can't help it, we must get it out! The new Locus is so stuffed by news that we can't hold it in the drawer any longer. And we are starting right on the main screen:

New left action panel

You can display various things above the map in Locus. Points, tracks, other maps, various temporary files (Items). Who is familiar with Locus knows that you can switch individual categories or layers by buttons in the upper or right panels. Points and tracks buttons are in the upper one after installation, others must be added there over panel settings. Now we are bringing a new panel that makes work with additional layers much easier - one, two taps and your desired content is above the map at once. You can display it by a new tag on the left side of the screen:

This panel named Map content includes several well known switches:

• quick map switch
• vector map (LoMaps) themes switch
• list of active Items, particularly KML or KMZ files displayed above the map

additionally, you can find two new buttons there as well - Map layers and Nearest points. Let's have a closer look at the Layers:

Map layers

Map layers enable quick turning on/off and entering settings of Map overlays, Map shading, Munzees and OpenStreetMap Notes. What's more, there are also two hot novelties:

Own photos from your device on the map...

...fast & easy! Lots of us have been waiting for this for such a long time.  Now you just tell Locus where to read photos in your device memory (mostly DCIM/Camera folder). Tap "Geotagged photo", then the blue "+", select the folder, confirm. The "eye" button displays or hides the photos and that's it. Of course Locus can display only pictures with included coordinates.

Welcome to Panoramio!

Another innovation brings world wide photos from well known mega database Panoramio to Locus Map screen. Places all over the World can inspire you and revive your imagination directly in your palm. Just tap "Panoramio" in the Layers (and be online).

Hmm, but I don't want any panel on the left!

You're a long-time Locus insider and the current settings of Locus is perfectly OK for you? No problem! You can just switch the "Map content" panel off in settings and all is as it used to be: go to Settings >Maps > Panels & Buttons > Left actions panel > uncheck "Map content".

Don't worry, you won't be left without geotagged photos nor Panoramio. You can set the Map layers as individual tags to the left screen edge or add it as a button to the upper or right panels (Settings >Maps >Panels & Buttons > Set functions panels > Add function to panel). Similarly you can set also other items from the Map content panel:

New Maps settings

As you probably understood from the previous text some significant changes occurred also in the maps settings.  The original division into three categories was abandoned, you can find only "Maps" there,

including all settings regarding maps. It's structured further into Map screen, Map content and Maps general subcategories.

The Maps settings are now much more intuitive and make things easier not only for new users.

And now something for athletes

We are proceeding slowly towards the world of sporttesters again. There are obviously many tasks before us, however, today we can offer features athletes have been demanding for quite a long time:

Energy expenditure calculation

The energy expenditure can be approximately calculated from a few parameters like heart rate, age, sex, weight or height together with time and length of the track. Of course the algorithm includes other factors - these we summarized under a general term Activities. Just tell Locus what activity (run, bike, hike, swim and cca 20 others) you do on track,

insert your body proportions in the settings and after the track recording you find out how much calories you burned. The activity can be set either before the recording or later in the track detail window. The energy expenditure is displayed in the track recording statistics or can be displayed in real time in the dashboard.

Average and maximum heart rate and pedalling cadence

These new parameters of your workout can be monitored either in the track record statistics or on the dashboard during the activity. Obviously, they require connecting of external sensors via bluetooth or ANT+ interface.

And now icing on the cake...

...made by the long promised extension of Live tracking Premium!

Until now you could share your real time location only with all other Locus users. This setting served more or less as general live tracking testing, and not only for Locus users, but also for us, developers and providers.  We learned a lot and we are proceeding - Live tracking Premium enables sharing location with particular selected people - friends, family, colleagues... Just create your own "room", similar to a "chat" room, and invite anybody you like via e-mail or any other means of communication you have installed in your device. Unlike in the chat you don't "chat" with anybody - you monitor each other's position with your buddies. As a care taking parent you can monitor your kids getting home from school, you can navigate your friend to a meeting or the other way round, you can be navigated by Locus to the friend's position.

Live tracking can be found in the main menu > more functions. When you launch it for the first time a new profile is created automatically and you're prompted to insert your nickname. That's the name others will identify you by. If you are happy with the public Live tracking, just push the green Start button.

If you haven't logged in My Locus yet (necessary for entering Locus Store, for recommendation of Locus to your friends and of course for the Live tracking start), you are prompted to do so. All the same happens when you choose to select rooms.

There is only the Public room in the selection which is actually the original Live tracking you already know - all connected Locus users see all other connected Locus users. Next, there is the well known blue "+", offering two buttons:

• Add own
• Add by key
  

"Add own" creates your own Live tracking "room" - the feature is available on subscription of Live tracking Premium so you are redirected to Locus Store. You've got 14 days trial for testing the feature for FREE but, honestly, the price is symbolic (50 LoCoins monthly is some 0,6€).

With your subscription ready, there are no more obstacles to create your own Live tracking room:

• tap Add own
• fill in the name and room description
• confirm
• in the Room manager, tap your room menu and choose Share
  
  
• Locus generates a unique key, that can be sent by e-mail, SMS or any other communication app you have in your device to those with whom you want to share your position.The message contains the key and a link that launches Locus if you click it in a mobile device and starts the Live tracking automatically.

We hope you'll like the new Live tracking Premium and finally the feature as a whole makes sense for you. We'll continue working on it so that it'll bring even more fun to you like e.g. monitoring your friends on a PC. There are many single-purpose tracking apps on the market but why to install them if you have Locus Live tracking?

Perhaps we don't have to point out that this is not all yet. Locus again got lots of minor improvements, changes, fixes and their complete list can be found in the Menu > About application. And now there's really nothing more we can do for you but wish you all

Great vacations!

Článek NEW Locus Map 3.18 – heavily loaded for the summer vacation se nejdříve objevil na Locus Map - mobile outdoor navigation app.