The settings described below allow you to customise many features of Journey Plotter Mobile to your own liking.
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Setting | Description | Default | Minimum | Maximum |
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Animation | ||||
Animation interval | The interval in seconds between updating days when animating | 5 | 1 | 60 |
Hide future route | Choose whether to hide future position symbols and track when animating. | Hide | Do not hide | Hide |
Truncate past trail | Choose whether to truncate the past track (only used when the above Hide future route setting is enabled) | Truncate | Do not truncate | Truncate |
Trail length | The number of days to trail when animating (only used when the above Truncate past trail setting is enabled) | 7 | 1 | 31 |
Filter | ||||
Compress stationary positions | Choose whether to compress stationary positions into one symbol. A ship is considered stationary when two consecutive dates have the same position | Compress | Do not compress | Compress |
Filter active indication | Choose whether to change the colour of the filter button to indicate position filtering is active | Indication on | Off | On |
Statistics | ||||
Send anonymous usage statistics | Choose whether to share anonymous usage statistics. The statistics will be used only to analyse which ships are viewed, and which application features are used | Off | Off | On |
Setting | Description | Default | Minimum | Maximum |
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Map | ||||
Map type | Choose the type of map to show journey on | Normal |
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Position Symbols | ||||
Show position symbols | Choose whether to display position symbols on the map | Yes | No | Yes |
Start symbol | A start symbol is shown when no position is available for the previous day | |||
Start symbol size | The size of a start symbol | 6 | 1 | 10 |
Position symbol | Standard position symbol | |||
Symbol size | The size of a position symbol | 4 | 1 | 10 |
Stationary position symbol | A ship is considered stationary when two consecutive dates have the same position | |||
Opacity | The opacity of a position symbol | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
Track Lines | ||||
Show track lines | Choose whether to display the track lines on the map | Yes | No | Yes |
Show noon positions only | Choose whether to only display a day's noon positions, hiding possible additional positions, which are often less accurate dead-reckoning positions | No | No | Yes |
Track colour | The colour of track lines | |||
Opacity | The opacity of track lines | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bridging Lines | ||||
Show bridging lines | Choose whether, if dates are missing, to display track bridging lines on the map | Yes | No | Yes |
Maximum days to bridge | The maximum number of missing dates that can be bridged. A value below 2 will disable bridging | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Bridging line colour | The colour of bridging lines | |||
Opacity | The opacity of bridging lines | 0.2 | 0 | 1 |
Ship | ||||
Symbol | Selected symbol representing the ship, used to indicate the currently selected date | |||
Symbol move time | The time it takes to move the ship symbol between consecutive dates | 0.5 | 0 (no animated move) | 5 |