4Know your screen
This chapter names every button on the main screen. Each number in the pictures matches a row in the table below it.
4.1The main map screen
This is what you see on a phone when the Menu is shut. The map fills the screen. A search bar sits at the top. Four round buttons sit on the right, and two at the bottom left.
| No. | Name on screen | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menu | Opens the Menu. It's at the left of the search bar. While the Menu is open, it reads Map. Tap it again to see the map. |
| 2 | Search a place | Becomes the search box right there on the map. Type a town, an address or a campsite. The list drops down under the bar. |
| 3 | Rain | Turns the live rain map on or off. It's green, with an x, while the rain shows. |
| 4 | Layers (stack picture) | Opens a small card. Pick Topo or Satellite, and turn Camps, Fuel, Water and Closures on or off. More layers and settings opens the full list. |
| 5 | Vehicle (picture of your vehicle) | Picks your vehicle from a short list. Routes and campsite filters follow it. |
| 6 | Nav (route picture) | Opens the full screen driving map. With no route planned, it asks Where to? |
| 7 | Locate (crosshair picture) | Moves the map to you and puts a blue dot where you are. The first time, your phone asks if the app can use your location. |
| 8 | Topo or Satellite (picture of the other map) | Swaps the drawn map for photos from the air. The picture always shows the other map, so it then shows Topo. Tap again to go back. |
| 9 | 3D | Stands the hills up in 3D. It's green while 3D is on. Tap again for the flat map. |
| 10 | Scale bar | Shows how far a short line on the map is, in metres or kilometres. |
NoteThe four round buttons on the right have pictures and no words. This guide calls them by their names: Layers, Vehicle, Nav and Locate.
NoteDash, Reset view and Full screen are in the Menu, under Map tools. So is Tilt & zoom. Tap it to put the zoom, tilt and turn buttons on the map. Hold your phone on its side and the four round buttons sit in a row at the top right.
4.2Things that only show up sometimes
Some buttons only appear when you need them. They aren't in the picture above.
| What you see | When it shows | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Route card, at the bottom | When a route is planned, on a phone | Shows the distance, the time and the climb, with Start, Save, Share and Clear. A warning always shows in full. Pull the card up for the rest. Its X shrinks it to a slim bar along the bottom with the distance, the time and Start, and keeps the route. Tap the distance in the bar to bring the card back. |
| Start | When a route is planned, on a phone | Starts turn by turn directions from where you are now. It's in the route card, and in the slim bar when the card is shrunk. |
| Clear | When a route is planned | Takes the route off the map. A long route asks if you'd like to save it first. On a phone, it's in the route card. Clear is the one way to close the card for good. |
| Clear (in the buttons on the right) | When a route is planned, on a computer | Does the same as the Clear at the bottom. |
| Three tiles, top left | When a route is planned, on a computer | Show how far the trip is, how long it takes, and when you get there. If the route has stops, the third tile names the next one. On a computer only: on a phone, the route card and its slim bar show the distance and the time. |
| Compass, top of the buttons on the right | On a phone, while the map is turned or tilted | Its red tip points north. Tap it and the map faces north and lies flat. With a route planned, it shows the whole route too. On a phone on its side, it sits under the row of buttons. |
| Compass, top left | On a computer, in 3D only | Shows which way is north. Tap it to face north again. |
| Mountain and a number, top left | On a phone, after you tap Locate | Shows how high you are, in metres, from your phone's own location. |
| Blue dot with an arrow | After you tap Locate | Shows where you are and which way you're facing. |
| Tap the map to set the destination | After you pick Directions from here | Asks you to tap the spot you want to go to. The X button stops it. |
| A small card at the bottom | After you tap a pin or a name | Tells you about that place. On a phone, pull it up for the rest. See The map chapter. |
Step by step, with pictures: Plan and drive with 3D maps · Plan your own route, stop by stop
4.3The Menu
Tap Menu to open it. On a phone, the Menu covers the whole screen. Tap Map, or the X, to get back to the map.
| No. | Name on screen | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Map | The Menu button, now reading Map. Tap it to shut the Menu. |
| 2 | X | Also shuts the Menu. |
| 3 | Take the tour | Starts a short tour of the app. You can take it as often as you like. |
| 4 | User Guide | Opens the guide inside the app. It works with no signal. |
| 5 | Search a place, or describe a trip... | Finds a town, an address or a campsite. You can also type a whole trip idea here. |
| 6 | Dash | Opens the big speedo for your vehicle, with the time, height and weather. |
| 7 | Reset view | Takes the map back to the view it opened with. |
| 8 | Full screen | Fills the whole screen with the app. Tap it again to go back. iPhones don't show this button. |
| 9 | Tilt & zoom | Puts the zoom, tilt and turn buttons on the map. It's green while they show. |
| 10 | Layers | Switches for what shows on the map, like campsites, fuel and fires. |
| 11 | Route | Plans a trip from one place to another, with stops. |
| 12 | Weather | Rain, wind and the forecast for the week ahead. |
| 13 | Offline | Keeps maps on your phone, so the app works with no signal. |
| 14 | Account | Your vehicle, your password, your plan and your saved things. |
| 15 | Report a problem | Sends us a message from inside the app. |
NoteMap tools shows on a phone only. On a computer, Dash, Reset and Full sit on the map, and so do the zoom buttons.
While you're on the free 14 days, a green button to subscribe sits above Account. At the very bottom is a link to Privacy. The User Guide lists who made the maps.
4.4On a computer or tablet
On a wide screen, the Menu sits down the left side instead of covering the map. There's no search bar on the map. The buttons on the right have words, like Nav, Dash, Radar, Locate, Reset and Full.
- The double arrow at the top of the Menu folds it away. A small button at the top left brings it back.
- The bottom right has four arrows to move the map, and a middle button. The middle button faces the map north and flat.
- The two buttons at the bottom left have words: Topo or Sat for the map you're on, and 2D or 3D. Sat and 3D light up while they're on.
- There's no Start button. Plan the route on the computer, then use Start on your phone.
- The height readout only shows on a phone.
NoteA computer doesn't know how high you are, so it has no height readout.