Observation Mode cannot be switched off about criticalmaps-ios HOT 5 CLOSED

Hi. Thanks for bringing this up.

When the observation mode is switched on the app should not send any new locations to the server.

If a location was sent to the server it will be cached for some time and I would think that is why you see them after enabling observation mode.

It takes around 5 minutes

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Hi, thanks for replying :-)

Unfortunately, the location sharing seems to stop altogether after around 5 minutes, no matter, wether Observation Mode is turned on or off. I discovered this while playing with the settings for the Observation Mode. The only way to turn location sharing back on seems to be closing and re-opening the app -- and then again, after ca. 5 minutes, the markers disappear from the map (the map is also shown in a browser - firefox - on a different machine, not only in the apps on my 3 devices).

BTW, which part caches the location? The server or the app? Because closing the app results in nearly immediately vanishing markers from the map.

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The server caches a sent location if no new location with the same id is sent.

It's correct that the location will disappear after around 5 minutes anyways since the app only will send a new location to the backend if the app generates a new one and that only happens if the user moves for roughly 200 meters.

Maybe it would be better to base sending a new location on a timer to like fetching other locations though since people sometimes need to wait.

I think I'll prototype that behavior and see if that doesn't increase the traffic too much

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Please check the latest build from yesterday. Should resolve the issue

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I just downloaded the app on all 3 of my devices (2 iPads, 1 iPhone), tried it and it seems to work. Thank you so much! Now I can express my solidarity even if I can't participate myself.

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