Compass symbol with north orientation

[Jörgen]

Hi, sometimes you are in an unknown area and want to use the map for orientation. During zoom in/out etc. you lost the directions.
Where the f... is north?

The compass symbol does not help. Where is north

Is it possible to change the symbol to see where north is?

(like this)

[Brian McG]

@Jörgen for me the easiest way to find the north in this case would be to toggle the map view to "North Up" so the top of the map is the north
but yes I agree a little colour on the compass would be nice touch, especially for the dynamic & heading up map view modes

[Con Hennekens]

Good idea!

[Corjan Meijerink]

Consider it done
Will be included the big v5 update.

[richard 3v]

@Corjan-Meijerink said in Compass symbol with north orientation:

Consider it done
Will be included the big v5 update.

Thankyou.

[Jörgen]

Great, thank you!

[JP d]

I don't have the numbers on top of the zoom +-. What is that elevation? And how do you turn it on. Thanks.

[JP d]

@Corjan-Meijerink well done. What about being able to zoom out (-) in Dynamic mode?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@JP-d that’s actually not MRA.
And no, no further zoom changes but it’s something I want to tackle

[Jörgen]

@JP-d said in Compass symbol with north orientation:

I don't have the numbers on top of the zoom +-. What is that elevation? And how do you turn it on. Thanks.

That is an Android App, called Maps Altimeter.

[Kendra]

I actually like having the compass symbol visible when the map is locked to north-up. It makes it much easier to tell at a glance whether the map is rotating with your direction of travel or staying fixed.
For anyone new to map orientation, I recently came across https://123compass.org/ and found their explanations of north-up vs heading-up views pretty helpful. It cleared up some confusion I had when switching between different navigation apps.

[ErikMatthezing]

@kendra With the new Altitude meter you have an indicator in it with the colour red. That indicates where North is.

[Gerhard 13]

I never use another mode than North-Up. As it seems not possible to block any other mode, I really appreciate the new Icon indicating the North-Up Mode being locked for the moment!
However, when zooming out in order to get an overview, it always changes the mode away from North-Up. So I once again press the button to enter the North-Up mode, but then it zooms back in again. So its very inconvenient to get an orientation as like as on a paper map. Why does it zoom back?