Originally Posted by Fellfrosch By the way, i mentioned it before, adding a grey circle to the the compass like in your screenshot and in some of your proposals before looks in my eyes much better. Maybe @rinigus wants to use that icon, instead of just showing the needle. I preferred so far a plain arrow, cannot really reason why - just preference. But, I am not gonna argue if senior designers prefer the other one.
By the way, i mentioned it before, adding a grey circle to the the compass like in your screenshot and in some of your proposals before looks in my eyes much better. Maybe @rinigus wants to use that icon, instead of just showing the needle.
Originally Posted by rinigus One simple option would be not to show there anything, unless we are on the road. IMO this would be too simple, as there are many situations (e.g. planning a trip in the proximity of the current location) in which displaying this distance is quite useful; actually more often than it is confusing.
One simple option would be not to show there anything, unless we are on the road.