Points and areas

On the map a WWFF reference appears in one of three ways. Which one depends on what Diana knows about it, and on the country you chose.

What you see	What it means	Can Diana tell whether you are inside?
Green area	A reference with its real boundary, in the country you chose.	Yes
Dashed ring with an orange dot	A reference of your country without a boundary. Only an approximate spot.	No
Blue dot	A reference in another country. Close together they form a numbered circle.	No

Why an area?

An area needs a boundary file. Diana has those files for five countries today: Belgium (ONFF), the Netherlands (PAFF), Germany (DLFF), Denmark (OZFF) and Portugal (CTFF), and more are added all the time. The national WWFF coordinators supply them.

Diana loads the boundaries of one country at a time: the one you chose under Settings. That keeps the map fast on a phone.

Why a dot?

• The reference lies in a country for which Diana has no boundary file. Then Diana only knows the position from the WWFF directory.
• Or the country does have boundaries in Diana, but it is not the country you chose. Then it is shown as a dot too, until you load that country.

Why a dashed ring?

Within a country with boundaries, a few references have no boundary in the file, for example overseas areas of the Netherlands. They are shown as a dashed ring at the approximate spot.

You always get the details

Whatever you see, tap it: a panel opens with everything Diana knows. For a blue dot that is the reference, country and name, the locator and zones, the bearing and distance from you, the QSO count or ATNO when it was never activated, and a link to more information. See Area details.

When and how to change it

When you go to another country, or want to see the real boundary of a reference that is now a dot:

From the panel (quickest)

1. Tap the blue dot.
2. If Diana has the boundaries of that country, the panel says so and shows a button Show [country] in detail.
3. Tap it. Diana loads that country and opens the same reference again, now with its boundary.

From Settings

1. Tap Settings at the bottom right.
2. Under Your country, choose the country. Countries marked With boundaries get their areas; Points only stays dots.
3. The change is immediate. Under the menu Diana says what it loaded, for example “PAFF, 281 areas with boundaries loaded”.

Your spots filter (your country or Worldwide) does not change when you pick another country. More in Your country.

A new reserve as a dot first

Which references exist comes from the WWFF directory, every night. The boundaries come from a file the Diana team publishes. So a brand-new reserve can appear as a point first and get its outline later.