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Show only text info if no map is available #369

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What do you consider a good addition to the application.

1. Describe the function
When no map is available, showing the track on an otherwise empty screen is 
pointless and unnecessarily consumes battery power on a smartphone which has 
already challenged wrt battery life. Even a color code on the track has limited 
value, since you can't visually relate a point on the track to time or space. I 
suggest to keep a dark background and only show with text/numbers (for example):
- nr of sattelites
- accuracy
- distance covered from start

2. Give an example on how this could fit with the current usage
3. ...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gherssch...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2013 at 10:09