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Map

The Map is the heart of DMD Next — detailed offline maps and satellite imagery, turn-by-turn navigation, your GPX tracks and routes, live warnings, and a screen full of glanceable overlays. This page is the tour of the map screen itself; the deeper topics each have their own guide below.

OFFLINE & SATELLITE TURN-BY-TURN 4 DEEP-DIVE GUIDES
At a Glance
Map Data
Offline vector maps + optional satellite / online layers
Follow Modes
Free, North-Up, Bearing-Up, 3D
Map Buttons
HUB, Search, GPX, Layers (Map Settings), Quick Menu
Deep-Dive Guides
Navigation, GPX, Settings & Layers, Warnings
Table of Contents

The Map Screen

Everything on the map is arranged around the moving map itself. Here is the anatomy of a typical screen while navigating:

The Map screen with seven numbered callouts for the follow button, info overlays, zoom control, position icon, navigation instruction, speed and map buttons

The map screen while navigating, with the key elements numbered.

  1. Follow button — round toggle (top-left) that sets how the map tracks you. See Follow Modes.
  2. Info overlays — floating cards showing distance, altitude, nearby POIs, road name and more. See Overlays & Placement.
  3. Zoom control — zoom the map in and out. (You can also pinch, and the follow mode decides whether panning is free.)
  4. Your position — the arrow marking where you are and which way you're pointing.
  5. Navigation instruction — your next turn, distance and ETA while a route is active. Full detail in Navigation & Routing.
  6. Speed — the speedo in the centre of the bottom menu. Tap it to open the Trip view. (See Speedo Area.)
  7. Map buttons — Section 3 of the bottom menu: HUB, Search, GPX, Layers and the Quick Menu. See Map Buttons.

Follow Modes

The round follow button in the top-left corner sets how the map behaves as you move. Tap it to cycle through the four modes:

Free

The map stays put so you can pan and zoom freely to look around. Your position icon still shows where you are.

North-Up

The map follows your position with north always up — good for keeping your bearings.

Bearing-Up

The map follows you and rotates to your direction of travel, so straight ahead is always up.

3D

Bearing-Up with a tilted 3D perspective for a more immersive view of the road ahead.

Panning or zooming the map by hand temporarily drops you into Free mode; tap the follow button to snap back to following. Long-press the button to toggle the map's rotation lock.

Map Buttons (Bottom Menu, Section 3)

When the Map section is active, Section 3 of the bottom menu carries the map's own buttons:

Section 3 of the bottom menu with Map active: HUB, Search, GPX, Layers and the Quick Menu arrow-up

Section 3 with Map active (landscape) — HUB, Search, GPX, Layers, and the Quick Menu arrow-up.

IconButtonWhat It Does
HUB Opens the HUB overlay on the right of the map — your riding group, buddy positions and shared content.
Search Search for a place, address or coordinates and navigate to it.
GPX Opens your loaded GPX files — tracks, routes and waypoints. See GPX guide.
Layers Opens Map Settings — theme, offline maps, online layers, POIs, overlays and warnings. See Settings & Layers guide.
Quick Menu The global Quick Menu — Profile, Settings, Keep Background and Shutdown. See Global Settings & Profiles.
In portrait, a Quick Actions (lightning-bolt) button appears at the left of this row for your configurable one-tap map shortcuts; in landscape, reach Quick Actions by tapping the Map button a second time. The Quick Menu is the far-right arrow-up in landscape, and a persistent button in portrait.
Animation: tapping the Map button a second time opens the Quick Actions panel

In landscape, while on the Map section, tap the Map button a second time to open Quick Actions — GPX recorder, quick-save location, planner and quick toggles.

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