FAQ

Welcome to the Paotre FAQ page! Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about our app, so you can enjoy the best experience possible. Our FAQ page contains useful information on various topics such as the app’s features and settings, as well as possible problems and solutions. If you have a question that is not answered in our FAQ, feel free to email us at paotre@p-reese.de. You will receive an answer as soon as possible that will help you in the best possible way. We are committed to providing you with the best possible support and are always striving to improve and update our app. We thank you for your trust in Paotre and hope you enjoy your experience with Paotre!

• #Problem

This can be due to various reasons. The most common reasons are:

• A weak signal, which can be affected if your device is inside a building or boat that has a lot of steel built in or is particularly high, so there is a lot of material between your device and the satellite.
• You may be using Paotre on a device that does not have a GPS module installed. Such devices, (often tablets) can only perform positioning when you are on a local network.
• It can also happen that there is a problem with the …

• #Info

Irregular recording of individual data points during a cruise is quite normal and intentional in order to use as little memory as possible. Paotre has an algorithm that decides whether a data point is important for the recording of the route or not. If it is indeed important, the data point is saved and if not, it is discarded. The accuracy and the thresholds when a point is discarded or not can be influenced in the Settings.

• #Settings

• Notification delay: Sets the time after which the user will be reminded of undone list items via notification, after exiting the app.
• Enable automatic notification: If this setting is enabled, the bell at the top right of the list view will be automatically activated after creation, so that the user will be reminded of undone list entries after a certain time.

• #Settings

The “Trips” subsection in the settings includes three entries. All three entries are parameters for correctly deciding whether to save a waypoint, because Paotre has an algorithm that strategically intelligently sets waypoints at such positions that are particularly relevant for recording. These are, for example, course changes.

• Course precision: By course precision is meant that all waypoints are discarded whose courses are within this predefined threshold relative to the …