From 24670b663b30af37b7495ded789ffd70099c9526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MrAlders0n Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:25:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(app): the Repeater Coverage Lines switch --- docs/app_settings_reference.md | 7 +++++++ docs/app_tabs.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/app_settings_reference.md b/docs/app_settings_reference.md index dd44697..e0485ba 100644 --- a/docs/app_settings_reference.md +++ b/docs/app_settings_reference.md @@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ Download map areas to your device for wardriving without a data connection. Open - Choose a colour palette optimised for your vision type: Default, Protanopia (red-blind), Deuteranopia (green-blind), Tritanopia (blue-blind), or Achromatopsia (monochrome) - Applies to the coverage overlay and map colours, matching the meshmapper.net map's accessibility palettes +#### Repeater Coverage Lines + +- When you tap a repeater on the map, draws a dashed line from it to every coverage square that heard it +- Disabled by default: near a busy repeater the lines can hide the squares, which already show its coverage in their status colours +- Switching it with a repeater selected updates the map straight away +- On the meshmapper.net map the same lines come with its **Repeater Coverage** overlay, which is on by default there + ### Markers #### Map Marker Style diff --git a/docs/app_tabs.md b/docs/app_tabs.md index 0240a1e..f3aae0d 100644 --- a/docs/app_tabs.md +++ b/docs/app_tabs.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The overlay renders from the same vector coverage tiles as the web map, using yo **Tap to inspect:** - **Tap a coverage cell** to open a summary of its pings, with dashed connection lines fanning out to every repeater that heard that spot (each line labelled with distance). -- **Tap a repeater** to see its details plus all the coverage cells it has been heard from, colour-coded by status, while the rest of the map dims so its footprint stands out. The repeater sheet also has a **Manage** button for logging in to a repeater you administer (it needs the repeater's full key and admin password). Beside it, a **Nickname** button gives the repeater your own short name, and shows that name once it is set. +- **Tap a repeater** to see its details plus all the coverage cells it has been heard from, colour-coded by status, while the rest of the map dims so its footprint stands out. Turn on **Repeater Coverage Lines** in Settings > Map to also draw a dashed line from the repeater to each of those cells. The repeater sheet also has a **Manage** button for logging in to a repeater you administer (it needs the repeater's full key and admin password). Beside it, a **Nickname** button gives the repeater your own short name, and shows that name once it is set. If **Top Repeaters on Map** is enabled in Settings > Map, a **Top Heard** overlay appears on the map. **Larger Top 3 Overlay** makes it bigger.