Map Split Screen Mode
Quote from Reinhard1964 on 26.08.2026, 16:07For save and relaxed riding I prefer seeing the bends of the road ahead my location on the map, depending on my actual driving speed. This requires a relatively close zoom in.
Unfortunately a close zoom in prevents the overview of the wider area around me, showing the villages and towns I am passing by or heading to to get a better feeling of where I am. Zooming out and back in while driving is no solution at all because it requires to much attention to the app instead of to the traffic situation around.To see both the road ahead and the wider area around me, a split screen map feature could be the solution, with the zoom and orientation of the map to be set independently in both windows. Regularly the view of the road ahead takes only a small part of the whole screen, especially in landscape mode, so there should be enough room for the overview window. Ideally the size of both map windows against each other can be chosen freely.
For save and relaxed riding I prefer seeing the bends of the road ahead my location on the map, depending on my actual driving speed. This requires a relatively close zoom in.
Unfortunately a close zoom in prevents the overview of the wider area around me, showing the villages and towns I am passing by or heading to to get a better feeling of where I am. Zooming out and back in while driving is no solution at all because it requires to much attention to the app instead of to the traffic situation around.
To see both the road ahead and the wider area around me, a split screen map feature could be the solution, with the zoom and orientation of the map to be set independently in both windows. Regularly the view of the road ahead takes only a small part of the whole screen, especially in landscape mode, so there should be enough room for the overview window. Ideally the size of both map windows against each other can be chosen freely.
Quote from Guido on 26.08.2026, 16:54Thanks Reinhard, I'll add it to the list to consider in the future. My first reaction is that this will take too much space of the screen on an iPhone. I understand your point regarding the route being on the right side, but still, especially on smaller iPhones this could be a problem. There are also other ways to accomplish what you want. Check out the several zoom modes that Scenic offers. Perhaps one of them will suite you better: https://scenic.app/help/zoom-modes/ specifically in combination with a handlebar controller allowing you to zoom in/out: https://scenic.app/help/handlebar-controllers/?seq_no=2
Thanks Reinhard, I'll add it to the list to consider in the future. My first reaction is that this will take too much space of the screen on an iPhone. I understand your point regarding the route being on the right side, but still, especially on smaller iPhones this could be a problem. There are also other ways to accomplish what you want. Check out the several zoom modes that Scenic offers. Perhaps one of them will suite you better: https://scenic.app/help/zoom-modes/ specifically in combination with a handlebar controller allowing you to zoom in/out: https://scenic.app/help/handlebar-controllers/?seq_no=2
