To get info about a button on the phone, long-press it
If applicable, a button is grayed when deactiveted. In that case, click it to activate
![]() | Show/hide the buttons |
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![]() | Select map from three Apple Maps |
![]() | Change the size of the compass (needle and compass housing) |
![]() | Change the type of compass housing |
![]() | Change the length unit of the ruler (metric, imperial or nautical), or no ruler at all |
![]() | Let the compass orient the map with the landscape irrespective of the orientation of the iPhone/iPad |
Only one of the following three buttons can be activated at the same time | |
![]() | Activate the GPS and position the map such that your GPS position is locked at the blue spot at the middle of the compass |
![]() | Deactivate the GPS and lock the map at the black spot (was blue when the GPS was activated) |
![]() | Deactivate the GPS and unlock the map. You can position the map using finger gestures. The blue/black spot turns gray |
![]() | Launch a web browser and show the webpages of the app (these webpages) |
Scale, rotate and move the map with one or more fingers. Constraints on the finger gestures are imposed if the map is locked at the point in the center of the compass, and/or the map orientation follows the compass.