#398 line segment length and angle on mobile version

One important function I am missing for mapping. Sometimes straight linear objects (narrow rides, minor water channels) are not visible in orthophoto, but I can find them in terrain, hidden under the trees. When I was mapping on desk, I measured directions of these straight objects, and draw their direction on the desk. Especially in case of many straight narrow rides it was helpful, you don't need to walk them all.
When I am drawing in mobile version I am missing such functionality. I can measure direcions (angle) of narrow rides with sighting compass, but how to precisely draw it in mobile Mapper? Solution can be to show length and angle of actual line segment when drawing, see attachment (sample is from desktop version).

[Kai Pastor]

Interesting idea.

We should also handle the case when editing an inner point in a multi-segment path. Another screenshot welcome :-)

Apart from this, would you like to enter the direction and distance directly, i.e. as text?

[Anonymous]

For editing inner point I would use illumination with different colors for segments and text information (see attachment). The question is, where to show such information, if in floating bubble or in some status bar in upper part of the screen. For sure I would allow to switch on/off this function in preferences, for some users who don't need it it can be annoying.
I don't think that entering direction and distance directly is so much needed (something like numeric mode in OCAD) it will be too slow to enter all the data, but other users can need it, I am not sure about this.