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Problem with approach trails

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James H · · Lausanne, New England · Joined Jul 2017 · Points: 3,834

Hello,

I recently learned about the approach trail features, despite being an MP user for some time. When I read this post [Link] it suggested that if you click the 'map' button in the app when in an area it should open the map to the location so you can see if there is an approach trail in that area. However, when I do this it simply opens the map zoomed out over the center of the United States (see photo below). This makes it quite difficult to find the area and determine if the gpx track is even available. Would it be possible to:

1) Have the map open centered on the correct area and zoomed in with some reasonable metric?

2) Would it be possible for an icon to show up in the approach description on the webpage and in the app so the user could simply download the gpx file to their phone and open it with an application of their choosing? I know this is standard on Camptocamp and it's pretty great.

If this is already possible and I missed it somehow, please let me know.

Thanks,
James

Shaniac · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2016 · Points: 24

James, does the NEAR ME feature on the home screen, zoom your map into where you are? If it does not, perhaps your phone is not sharing its location with the app? Thus why it may not be zooming in when you hit the MAP icon?

Just thinking about ways you could try to quasi-test this.

What is sometimes frustrating for me, is when the approach or decent trails show on the WEB VERSION, but don't show in the APP version. Case in point, the walk of for Tenaya Peak (https://www.mountainproject.com/map/105899977/tenaya-peak) is shown as a nice dotted line on the WEB version. But when I look at it in the app, the decent overlay does not show. Do you see it in both? Or is it just me that only sees it on the WEB version?

Thank you to anyone reading this and for all the hard work you put into MP. 

James H · · Lausanne, New England · Joined Jul 2017 · Points: 3,834

I double-checked the location sharing. I am sharing my location with MP.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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