feature request: map auto-rotation according to heading

asked 2014-03-17 22:55:18 +0300

dsilveira gravatar image

updated 2014-08-26 15:29:31 +0300

jiit gravatar image

The title says it all, please give us an option to auto-adjust map rotation according to heading!

update [1.0.8.19]: it's been months and nothing has happened yet. This is quite an important feature when following directions!

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unfortunately the maps aren´t vector based, thus rotating it less than 90 degrees woul make it eithet blurry or distorted. This is why it should be vector based, for one reason.

Macilaci457 ( 2014-08-08 08:31:00 +0300 )edit
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on a more important note, please make the blob where you are actually an arrow pointing to the direction you are moving.

Whippler ( 2014-08-08 09:19:51 +0300 )edit
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@Macilaci457: Rotating doesn't lead to serious blurriness or distortion (it's trivial to test) and certainly nothing compared to the blurriness of scaling PNG-tiles between zoom levels. The big thing with vector maps regarding rotation is that you can avoid upside-down text labels. Other than that rotated PNG-tiles are just fine enough and would be really useful.

otsaloma ( 2014-08-09 00:47:19 +0300 )edit