Locator and Explorer maps no longer show your rotation when far away

I don't see the issue. The locator being a square from a certain distance away has been a thing for a while. I always assumed that because the player is too far from the border, there was no telling where they are anyway

@unknown This is a bad changes, especially for peoples that rely on Locator maps, as they can no longer get back to their home and/or to their destination because the pointer/arrow no longer show the direction when far away (and fully gone after 320 blocks away (MCPE-184844)), forcing them to kill themself/turn on coordinates to get back to their base/destination, this changes is also undocumented and this issue has been confirmed by Mojang so it's up to them whenever this is an intended changes or not (well i hope not, it would be much better if they port this to Java instead of removing it from Bedrock.)

Locator maps no longer show location.
this parity exists in java. However, those of us who play on bedrock, it's terrible that we don't have a debug screen, where we can see the direction we are going.

please developers have a little more affection with those who play bedrock, we are suffering from bugs and more bugs. It's now this horrible parity where we have no information about cardinal points.

PLEASE GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE!!!

Locator maps no longer show location.
this parity exists in java. However, those of us who play on bedrock, it's terrible that we don't have a debug screen, where we can see the direction we are going.

please developers have a little more affection with those who play bedrock, we are suffering from bugs and more bugs. It's now this horrible parity where we have no information about cardinal points.

PLEASE GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE!!!

The arrow icon changing to a dot when the player is off the map is an older feature/behavior that was removed in 1.2.5 (see changelog and MCPE-34088). It seems to have been brought back as part of a larger map fix + parity project that included the fixes to MCPE-182681 and MCPE-61891.

The idea that you can't find direction because of this is not convincing to me. Maps are always oriented with north at the top and the position of the dot tells you where you are in relation to the map. There are already many natural and conventional indicators in the game to tell you which direction you are facing: sun position and sunflower orientation, and various directional textures like pumpkin stems. The pointer changing to a dot actually gives more information, because it tells you if you are on the edge of the map or off the map. When MCPE-184844 is fixed the size of the dot will also tell you whether you are far away or close to the map.

I and many other still prefer the Maps system introduce on Bedrock 1.2.5 tho, as it is easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities. I don't want to carry sunflower/pumpkin just to use the Maps, and the sun direction method won't work on underground, other dimension, or when it's raining/thunder.

On Java Edition, you can always see your cardinal rotation by using F3, which we cannot access on Bedrock Edition.

Also there's a much better way to show the players that you're at the edge of the Maps without removing the pointer rotation (by making the pointer icon smaller, for example).

@GoldenHelmet what do you mean it's not convincing you?? The locator map feature of direction indicator is absolutely great and advice to refer to sun or sunflower when you crafted the mapo with a COMPASS is lame.
Please check here and ALL VOTE: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/29315924692493-Please-change-locator-maps-back-to-the-way-they-were?page=1#community_comment_30577187518861

@GoldenHelmet what do you mean it's not convincing you?? The locator map feature of direction indicator is absolutely great and advice to refer to sun or sunflower when you crafted the mapo with a COMPASS is lame.
Please check here and ALL VOTE: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/29315924692493-Please-change-locator-maps-back-to-the-way-they-were?page=1#community_comment_30577187518861

Yes the problems still exist it is difficult to get there I hope there is a fix  

Yes the problems still exist it is difficult to get there I hope there is a fix  

Mojang could fix this, many players have some difficulties with locator maps, and this dot turns the return to somewhere the player would like to go pratically impossible. Mojang could make smaller pointers instead of a dot, and this change can save a lot of players.

Mojang could fix this, many players have some difficulties with locator maps, and this dot turns the return to somewhere the player would like to go pratically impossible. Mojang could make smaller pointers instead of a dot, and this change can save a lot of players.

On bedrock addition, if you place the map in a picture frame the location arrow appears and will tell you the direction to start to travel (right, left, ahead (up), backwards (down).  This is a poor work around but should help to find the structure on the map. 

On bedrock addition, if you place the map in a picture frame the location arrow appears and will tell you the direction to start to travel (right, left, ahead (up), backwards (down).  This is a poor work around but should help to find the structure on the map. 

You need to fix this, stop coming up with radical arguments like thinking that a pumpkin texture that always faces one direction is a great solution to this problem, of course it isn't. Think about younger people who haven't had geography in school yet, of course they may already know the cardinal directions but a game with an age rating of 7+ shouldn't require this knowledge. Think about us die-hard gamers who have been playing Minecraft for many years, we love Bedrock exclusive features like this and our blood boils when you gradually take our version away from us. Remember what made Minecraft so successful in the first place, it was its simplicity, the fact that the game never required great knowledge and quickly became a perfect relaxing adventure without having to figure out directions in the rain when the sun disappears.

PLEASE FIX THIS. My little sister spent hours trying to find her way back onto the map. Older players can use coordinates but younger players have a VERY hard time without the pointer. Please fix this as soon as possible.