docs(tools): note map always shows live position + waypoints

Clarify in both the Map view row and the Waypoints section that the
current GPS position and all waypoints are drawn continuously, so the Map
view is useful standalone without an active trail recording.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Jakub
2026-06-04 00:04:38 +02:00
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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Cycle views with **LEFT / RIGHT**:
| View | Content |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Summary** | Distance, elapsed time, avg speed or pace, point count, tracking status |
| **Map** | Auto-fit dot-and-line plot with cos(lat) aspect correction; segment breaks marked; north arrow; scale grid (toggle with **LEFT/RIGHT** on the Grid row in the menu) |
| **Map** | Auto-fit dot-and-line plot with cos(lat) aspect correction; segment breaks marked; north arrow; scale grid (toggle with **LEFT/RIGHT** on the Grid row in the menu). Your **current GPS position** and all **waypoints** are always drawn — even with no trail recording — so the map is useful standalone |
| **List** | Per-point rows showing local time (HH:MM) and delta distance from the previous point; segment-start rows show `start`; scroll with **UP/DOWN** |
| OLED | E-Ink |
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ A waypoint is a saved spot — your car, camp, a water source — that you can n
**Dropping a waypoint****Hold Enter → Mark here**. This captures the current GPS fix and opens the on-screen keyboard for a short label (up to 11 characters — e.g. `CAR`, `CAMP`, `H2O`). Leaving it blank auto-names it `WP1`, `WP2`, … Marking works whether or not the trail is being recorded; it needs a GPS fix (otherwise it reports *No GPS fix*).
**On the map** — saved waypoints show on the Trail Map view as a hollow diamond with the label's first two characters beside it (enough to tell nearby waypoints apart). The map's bounding box always includes them, so off-track waypoints stay in frame; the map even renders waypoints when no trail is recorded.
**On the map** — saved waypoints show on the Trail Map view as a hollow diamond with the label's first two characters beside it (enough to tell nearby waypoints apart). The map's bounding box always includes them, so off-track waypoints stay in frame. Waypoints and your current GPS position are drawn continuously — even with no trail recording in progress — so the Map view doubles as a live "you + your marks" view, not just a recorded-track plot.
**Navigating****Hold Enter → Waypoints** opens the list (each row shows the label and live distance). The list always begins with a synthetic **Trail start** row whenever a trail exists, so you can backtrack to where you began without having marked it. Select a row and press **Enter** to open the navigation view: