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Settings

On the Mac, Geo Measure › Settings… (⌘,). On iPad, Settings in the toolbar; on iPhone, at the bottom of the More menu.

Map

  • Map Style: for every document (Hybrid by default).
  • Zoom to Fit After Adding a Point: refits the map as you add points (off).
  • Show Shape Names and Values: each shape’s name and number on the map (off).
  • Show Side Lengths: each side’s length on the selected shape (off).
  • Show My Location: the blue dot (on).
  • Show Scale: the scale bar (on).
  • Show Compass: the compass (on).
  • Glass (iPhone only): Automatic, Clear or Frosted.

New Documents

  • First Shape: Area, Distance or Circle, for the first tap on an empty map.
  • Area Unit and Distance Unit: for new documents; each document keeps its own.

Numbers

  • Precision: 3 to 6 significant figures (4).
  • Coordinates: Decimal Degrees or Degrees, Minutes, Seconds, in callouts and the points table.

Appearance (shapes without a colour of their own)

  • Distance Color and Distance Line Width (1 to 8, default 4).
  • Area Color (border and see-through fill) and Area Border Width (1 to 8, default 4).

Tracking

  • Point Spacing: 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20 m (5).
  • Keep the Screen On While Tracking (iPhone and iPad, on).

Reset to Defaults puts everything back.