During an activity, the map controls should disappear after a few seconds of inactivity.
On the map, there are four controls: plus & minus to zoom the map, hand to pan the map and an arrow to change the map's orientation (track up vs. north up). These controls overlay the map and cause the map to be cluttered. Tapping the screen should cause the controls to appear and after a period of inactivity (a few seconds) the controls should disappear.
I was about to make a new post when i saw this one. Today i got a new 840 non solar and went for a ride. I was about to rant and complaint about how cluttered the map is and specifically the 12 o'clock…
Garmin please get rid of the always on map controls and the big white circle of the North arrow. I want to see as much map as possible because the screen size is already limited. The old way worked perfectly…
It would be enough to make the controls less prominent. Without the big white circle. In this design, it interferes and the map is confusing.
Some might call it false & misleading advertising, “pictures” of screens like that appear in all the marketing materials for the 1040 for almost 12 months and now the same for the 540/840 despite the map screen never looking like that. I too would prefer less clutter, the controls being removed after a few seconds AND smaller chevron / arrows that don’t obscure much of the screen. The smaller but more frequent chevrons much more clearly identify the route which is (for me) 95% of "navigation"..Seems Garmin's marketing department agrees with us but no-one has told the developers?
