What does the track arrow indicate?

[RetiredWingMan]

I was out riding and had the track log running. I have a question about the arrow bottom right corner. Why does it appear to point 2 o'clock? If I tap it, it then points to 12 and rotates the map.

The zoom level was OK while in residential areas but out in the country it would be nice to be able to zoom out the map.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Doug-Robinson could you elaborate a bit more which button you mean?

If you are in the map view the track button allows you to change between: free view / top down camera tracking (north up) / navigation view (direction up & automatic zooming).

Within actually navigating you use the compass icon to switch between dynamic camera (direction up, automatic zoom & automatic tilt) and fixed camera (north up, fixed zoom & tilt).

[Jörgen]

@Doug-Robinson Do you perhaps mean the compass?

[RetiredWingMan]

@Jörgen yes, I mean the compass. I know I can press it to switch between North up and direction up. When I'm in North up the compass points to 2 o'clock, when in direction up it points up when I would expect it to point towars North. Difficult to explain and the insert picture was not working on my phone.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Doug-Robinson Does "north up and point to two o'clock" means the direction north is slightly to the right? Otherwise I can't explaine it. So if you make a right turn, the compass should move in the upright position?

[RetiredWingMan]

As in the screen print below, north in this case is at the top centre of the screen ... the compass points to the 2 o'clock position and does not change.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Doug-Robinson on my mobile device this button only tilts the screen from top view to 2D view. The magnetical north is shown by the blue arrow above the blue dot of my actual location. I think you're using a tablet?

[Corjan Meijerink]

It’s not a compass to be fair
It’s just an icon indicating what the camera behavior is (free / tracking north / navigating).

[Con Hennekens]

@Rob-Verhoeff, that arrow is not the magnetic North, it's the direction of sight, or direction of movement (usually you look in the driving direction )

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Corjan-Meijerink then it's a coincidence that te north directs in the same direction of the blue arrow

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Rob-Verhoeff correct

[Con Hennekens]

@Rob-Verhoeff, I don't think it is really a coincident I noticed that, when experimenting indoors, with low or absent live GPS signals apparently, the default position is North. I am not really sure about it, but that's what I guess...