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<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]]</sub> | <sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]] > Positioning</sub> |
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====== Positioning ====== | ====== Positioning ====== |
The "''**GPS position**''" menu button {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} icon and color let you know the current state: | The "''**GPS position**''" menu button {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} icon and color let you know the current state: |
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{{:en:help:1.4:geolocation:menu-off.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is white, the GPS positioning is turned off. Long-press the button to turn it on. | {{:en:help:v2:positioning:positioning-menu-off.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is white, the GPS positioning is turned off. Long-press the button to turn it on. |
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{{:en:help:1.4:geolocation:menu-on-locked.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is green, the GPS positioning is turned on and the current location is displayed at the map center (or being retrieved). Long-press the button to turn it off. | {{:en:help:v2:positioning:positioning-menu-on.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is green, the GPS positioning is turned on and the current location is displayed at the map center (or being retrieved). Long-press the button to turn it off. |
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{{:en:help:1.4:geolocation:menu-on-unlocked.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is green with a lock key, the GPS positioning is turned on and the current location is currently not displayed at the map center (you're looking somewhere else on the map). Click on the button to center the map on the current location. | {{:en:help:v2:positioning:positioning-menu-unlocked.jpg?nolink}} When the icon is green with a lock key, the GPS positioning is turned on and the current location is currently not displayed at the map center (you're looking somewhere else on the map). Click on the button to center the map on the current location. |
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===== The on-map positioning ===== | ===== The on-map positioning ===== |
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When turned on, the GPS will try to compute your location based on the information retrieved from GPS satellites. | When turned on, the GPS will try to compute your location based on the information retrieved from GPS satellites. |
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If the "''**Positioning status**''" option is checked, an information box {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} lets you know how much satellites have been found yet. In this case, ''**4/8sats**'' means that ''**8**'' satellites have been found in the sky, and ''**4**'' are being used to compute the current location. If ''**0**'' satellites are being used, then the current location has not been found yet. | If the "''**Positioning status**''" option is checked, an information box {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} lets you know how much satellites have been found yet. In this case, ''**4/8sats**'' means that ''**8**'' satellites have been found in the sky, and ''**4**'' are being used to compute the current location. If ''**0**'' satellites are being used, then the current location has not been found yet. |