Preferences¶

At the top of the Settings menu, you will find various tabs. One of them is Preferences.

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Scale Circles ¶

With the Scale Circles switch, you can choose whether to display the distance rings from the center of the map or not.

Wind Vanes ¶

With the Wind Vanes switch, you can choose whether to display wind vanes on the map or not. Wind vanes show the wind direction and speed on the map. The information is retrieved from the two nearest observation stations of the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The wind speed and direction indicate the previous ten-minute average data from the observation station.

Compass North Lines ¶

With the Compass North Lines switch, you can choose whether to display compass north lines on the map or not. Compass north lines show the true magnetic north direction on the map. Karttahimmeli uses the approximately 2km * 2km declination grid provided by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the nearest defined declination angle.

Show Map on Locked Screen ¶

With the Show Map on Locked Screen switch, you can choose whether to display the map on a locked screen or not. The locked screen function is only available on Android devices. This feature makes it easier to use the map, as you do not need to unlock the phone repeatedly to view the map. However, the switch does not affect screen dimming.

The switch has three positions:

Off: Karttahimmeli is not displayed if the phone screen is locked.
Auto: Karttahimmeli is displayed even if the phone screen is locked, IF location sharing is activated.
On: Karttahimmeli is always displayed even if the phone screen is locked.

Language Selection ¶

You can choose the language of the application's interface and annotations. If you think there are term errors in the translations, please provide feedback!

The language selection also affects the abbreviations and texts of the annotations. "IR, Ilmareaktio" appears in English as "AS, Air Scent" and in Swedish as "LV, Luftvittring".