# Auto zoom: Distance or Speed? **URL:** \ **Category:** App\ **Created:** [September 30, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327 "2020-09-30T15:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/1 "2020-09-30T15:09:01Z")
Which of the two auto zoom modes do you use the most and why? - Distance - Speed _Note that speed based auto zoom will offer more enhancements:_ > [@App: Speed based auto zoom control](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-speed-based-auto-zoom-improvements/4177/9): > > Speed based auto zoom is a dynamic process. Cannot easily expose speeds, but could scale it. An auto zoom scale option will be included, so can further adjust speed based auto map scaling. > [@App: Speed based auto zoom in off route](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-speed-based-auto-zoom-in-off-route/4302): > > Nur eine Idee: könnte man nicht beim “Zoom abseits der Route” auch den Auto-Zoom anbieten? Natürlich nur die Speed-Variante. Meine 13.0 sind gut für eine Übersicht, aber beim Verfahren im Stadtgebiet praktisch nicht zu gebrauchen. Just an idea: couldn’t you offer auto zoom as well in “off route”? Of course only the speed version. My 13.0 is good for an overview, but practically useless when lost in the city. > [@App: Auto zoom in follow location mode](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-auto-zoom-in-follow-location-mode/3701): > > Hello guys, as im not able to create an new post in the "New features" area, ill try it here. My idea is to have the auto zoom option (speed based) also in the following mode available. I use the App for Navigation, but also often in following mode. Auto zoom would make it much easier to see possibilities where to go inside the cities/villages and to have an overview outside. It would be great if you are able to implement it. May somebody can move this to the “New features” area. Kind reg… ---
**Author:** ![SpeedyBO](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/speedybo/32/2669_2.png) [@SpeedyBO](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/SpeedyBO)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/2 "2020-09-30T16:58:10Z")
I definitely use speed based auto zoom more often, because otherwise the map is often fully zoomed out even in very slow passages (like during a series of hairpins in the mountains). Then again, the obvious drawback of a speed-only based zoom is that if you approach a turning point at higher speed, it zooms in very late. One example: You approach a turning point on a country road at 100 km/h. Most other GPS solutions I know would begin to zoom in at a given distance, even when you are not yet decelerating. It would be really cool to have that “prospective” zoom-in in Kurviger, too. Would that be possible to do? ---
**Author:** ![zaphod\_42](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/zaphod_42/32/499_2.png) [@zaphod\_42](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/zaphod_42)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/3 "2020-09-30T17:22:44Z")
I have only used Distance Zoom for the last three years. But since a few months i got used to Speed Zoom. ---
**Author:** ![Nico](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/nico/32/1652_2.png) [@Nico](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Nico)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/4 "2020-09-30T19:32:39Z")
I only use speed based zoom and it`s perfect during navigation. Just miss it for following mode. ---
**Author:** ![grua](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@grua](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/grua)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/5 "2020-09-30T19:59:36Z")
Very happy with distance based zoom with these settings at my Samsung Galaxy S7: ![Screenshot_20200930-215702_Kurviger Pro](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dfcd474e17c29bd61a87647fc9c6fc31e2e217f9.jpeg) Never tried speed based. But I will give it a try! Should I let settings same for speed based zoom as for distance based? ---
**Author:** ![linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/linux-user/32/56_2.png) [@linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/linux-user)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/6 "2020-10-01T11:48:10Z")
> [@zaphod\_42](#): > > I have only used Distance Zoom for the last three years. But since a few months i got used to Speed Zoom. Me too. I started using speed based zoom since its introduction. It is working so good, that I didn’t switch back. I like both auto zoom variants and can’t decide which I like more. Maybe a combination as @SpeedyBO proposed could be a further improvement. ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/7 "2020-10-01T12:08:50Z")
> [@linux-user](#): > > Maybe a combination as @SpeedyBO proposed could be a further improvement. There isn’t area for any further combination. Speed auto zoom is not a simple [speed interpolation](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-speed-based-auto-zoom/2139/28), but a complicated algorithm which will be more [adjustable](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-speed-based-auto-zoom-improvements/4177/9) in next version. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedyBO](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/speedybo/32/2669_2.png) [@SpeedyBO](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/SpeedyBO)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/8 "2020-10-01T12:14:42Z")
Sounds great, looking forward to that! ---
**Author:** ![Uli\_LH](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/uli_lh/32/562_2.png) [@Uli\_LH](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Uli_LH)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/9 "2020-10-01T15:50:40Z")
In my case I use Speed. ---
**Author:** ![Hannes](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/hannes/32/2746_2.png) [@Hannes](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hannes)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/auto-zoom-distance-or-speed/4327/10 "2020-10-02T06:43:48Z")
I use speed based zoom. This works for me fine. There are some limitations as SpeedyBO has already mentioned. If there could be an improvement I will be even more happy.