User manual

Electronic Magnetic Compass

The following phones contain an electronic compass, which is supported by

ViewRanger from version 2.7.24 onwards:

5th edition: Nokia: N97; N97-mini. Samsung: i8910HD.

3rd edition: Nokia E72; E55; E52; 5730; N86; 6720; 6710; 6210.

Map view

ViewRanger displays a compass indicator to the bottom left of the map view.

The white arrow points to north, the black line indicates grid north. To make the

map align with the countryside around you, rotate the phone until the white

arrow lines up with the black line.

The outer ring of the compass changes colour to show whether the compass is

calibrated and how accurate its current reading is. Red means the compass is

not accurate; yellow means it has limited accuracy; and green means it is

accurate.

To calibrate the compass rotate it a couple of times about two different axes -

for example turn it twice about its vertical axis, then twice about a horizontal

axis. Do this until the outer ring of the compass turns green. (For more on

calibration, see later in this final section.)

As the compass is calibrated the outer ring goes from red to yellow to green

Notes:

• The white arrow takes account of the magnetic variation that you set in

the UI section of Settings.

• If auto rotate is enabled (using Options > Display) then the map will

rotate by multiples of 90 degrees to best align with north.