The 3D view
Moving around
- Drag to orbit, pinch to zoom, two fingers to pan.
- Compass (tap) turns the view to north.
- The small locator map shows where in the world the activity is; tap it to zoom out to the whole activity.
Replay
The controls work like a tape deck:
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| ▶ / ❚❚ | Play / pause. Play starts the chase view: the camera follows the glider (or the hiker’s pin). |
| ▶▶ / ◀◀ | Fast forward / rewind; each tap doubles the pace. Play returns to normal pace. |
While it plays, the camera stays locked on the glider:
- drag to look from the side or from above; the view turns with the glider;
- pinch to come closer or move away;
- double-tap to go back straight behind;
- compass to look north while it keeps following.
Pause frees the camera; a drag then orbits round the glider. Drag across the altitude profile to jump anywhere; it runs over time for flights and over distance for activities on the ground. The replay pace is set per activity in Settings → Map & 3D → Replay speed (flights 15×, hikes and ski tours 120×, bike rides 60×, drives and planes 120× real time by default).
Colours
Colour by in the details: Climb rate (blue sink → white → yellow → red climb, ±3 m/s), Altitude, Speed, Steepness (on the ground) or Plain (one green line). The legend on screen shows the scale and where the marker is on it. Flights start with climb rate; hikes, rides and drives with Plain. The ⓘ next to it explains every option.
Altitude
Your vario logs two altitudes. Pressure altitude is smooth but referenced to the standard atmosphere, often 10–200 m off; GPS altitude has the right reference but is noisy. Thermik’s default, Fused, takes the shape from the barometer and the level from GPS. GNSS and Barometric are the alternatives. The choice sets the altitude in GPX and KMZ exports; the numbers on screen always use Fused.
Hikes, rides and drives
On foot a violet pin marks you instead of the glider. Hikes, bike rides, ski tours and drives are drawn on the terrain, and their profile follows the ground; the numbers keep the logged altitude. A GPX route without times is walked at 4 km/h. A plane trip stays in the air, with the pin instead of the glider.
Landscape
Turn the phone: the details move to a side panel next to a full-height 3D view. The ‹ tab hides the panel.