Quality of navigation

[Jure Sirena 0]

Stupid me, I did screenshots....this is the part it decided to cut (highway in yellow):

And yes going yellow is double faster, drive it every day

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Jure-Sirena-0 This is instant print screen at start MRA vs tomTom (you probbaly know if connected to Carplay, it takes screenshot of phone and CP display)
Tomtom longer but faster (AC obviously)

MRA shorten distance, much more time. wanted to do siteseeing at night in winter....

[Jure Sirena 0]

MRA just before the famous turn to leave AC, and just after I havent left on the turn but kept going. Recalculating with KM up, ETA down

You see current actual time is still same.

[Corjan Meijerink]

Wow! Thanks, this helps a lot

It might be as simple then that our app always prefers shorter over faster. Or it might be way more complex

Regardless, thanks a lot for these details.

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Corjan-Meijerink Its defenetely a map problem - you can see it in route planner already - its because categorization of roads in openstreet map is shitty..... Same route, openstreetmaps just wont use highway, and ETA is significantly higheras per tomtom or even HERE maps (almost 2 hours). With this unfortunatelly to me the app is useless as navigation is useless...:(

Tomtom is far superior here and trustworthy (using in paralele Tomtom Mobile GO and Tomtom rider 550 on the bike

[Herko ter Horst]

@Jure-Sirena-0 MRA Navigation (Next) uses HERE maps, not OSM, so what you're saying doesn't make sense.

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Herko-ter-Horst Last picture in last post is Here maps:
898km and 12h:35min
tomtom is second picture
915km and 10h:55min
exactly same route, only changing maps in menu. On top of this MRA Next Beta application ALWAYS takes me off motorway through the back road - just like first picture with openstreetmaps does (app pic during navigation few pics higher), something is wrong....very wrong.

Routing in MRA Next is same as in routeplanner with Openstreetmaps. While the most wrong thing is that it chooses it despite not being the fastest (when you decide not to take it, it recalculates and ETA drops signoificantly)

[Jure Sirena 0]

I have tested this weekend 3 other routes inland point to point A-B, no intermideatte waypoints, all cca 100km, MRA Next app took me (wanted to) all the time through back roads, through cities....and yes route planer is set to fastest on no curvines (you can see the signs beside each waypoint)

Same route with tomtom faultless and always cca 20-25min faster (including potential traffic slow downs, which are amazingly accurate in tomtom)

app is PERFECT when you exactly precise the route with your many waypoints, while navigation itself at the moment is lacking quality. Guys will look into it.

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Jure-Sirena-0
Hello @Jure-Sirena-0

I'm curious if you recreated the routes (with the 8 points and 898 KM) from scratch on every map?
What options from the toolbox have you used in each map?

I have made the following routes from scratch in every map.
Only used 2 points and didn't use options from the toolbox.

OSM:

TomTom:

Here:

Comparison of the 3 routes:
OSM route opened, it has a black line.
Here has the yellow line
TomTom has the blue line
Now you see that all 3 routes are generated differently on some parts.

Tom route opened, it has a black line.
OSM has the yellow line
Here has the blue line
Now you see that all 3 routes are generated differently on some parts.

Here route opened, it has a black line.
OSM has the yellow line
TomTom has the blue line
Now you see that all 3 routes are generated differently on some parts.

Conclusion, so it depends on which map you make a route.
To use MRA Navigation (Next) it is best to plan your route in the Here map. With A to B routes (which you probably use) only in the app and therefore the Here map, you know for sure that you have the fastest route, because that's how the routing of the Here map is set.
That the times and distances differ slightly per map can therefore be explained. Because each card has its own routing settings.

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MRA-Master its what I am saying all the time, I know app uses Here maps, but the problem is that its navigatiing with big big errors - not taking / using the highways, taking you backroads etc, despite having used no special toolbox. I have settings to fastest and 0 curvines.

It happened again today - from A to B:
Same exact point but MRA Next map wanted to go right through the city, while tomtom took the most sensable way straight to Ljubljana ringroad. This are my everyday routes and I know you need to be crazy not to take ring road (no tool roads by the way on it) so MRA takes the crazy option througj the city.
In circles - it seems that MRA next ALWAYS takes the shortest option no matter what you choose.

By taking shortest option you know what it happens. The app took me twice to strange roads and then I started to compare

BTW: Look closely to your test routes, tomtom is 1h faster on more km (!!) because it AVOIDS cities like essen, HERE takes you throuh city
This is my point, and if you will while driving choose to go where tomtom is navigationg you ETa in MRA will immediatelly drop by 10-20min! So I am absolutely 100% sure it is not navigating via FASTEST option

[Jure Sirena 0]

Todays case from route planner:

Here maps - as per MRA Next:

Tomtom (Tomtom mobile GO on phone choosed same option):

Secomd option is FAR FAR prefered, and FAR FAR fastest, its a ring road obviously.

First option through the center of city, also dictated by MRA app, second via ring road dicated by Tomtom. I refused to go via MRA, and when I reached ring road MRA recalculated and went where I wanted to go, and its ETA dropped by 14 min!

So my only point: MRA Next does not navigate via optimal route UNLESS you cleary set your waypoints where you want to go

In my car I can use phone for MRA app and Carplay for Tom tom simultaniously, when taking print screen it takes screen of both simultaniously

[Jure Sirena 0]

I can continue, I am planing big motorcycle trip in Tunisia in Feb 2023:

Same route, despite the fact that I set many many waypoints on path where I want to go:

Tomtom is 2 hours (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) faster despite more km

I am a motorcycle guide who travels cca 30-40.000km per year and I have real faith in tomtom navigation. I realyl like the MRA app because of features, especially regarding waypoints and segments, but navigation is not serious

To be clear - I am not blaming the app, but I do think reason is in map database, app is only using the info embeded in the maps (categorization of roads, positioning, etc etc) So I guess, having a serious navigation requires serious map database....

Segments like this make a difference - green is HERE maps, imagin going through center of busy tunis cities....

[Jure Sirena 0]

When you say
To use MRA Navigation (Next) it is best to plan your route in the Here map. With A to B routes (which you probably use) only in the app and therefore the Here map, you know for sure that you have the fastest route, because that's how the routing of the Here map is set.

Everything in practice shows this is not true, it seems MRA N always chooses shortest route

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Jure-Sirena-0

@Jure-Sirena-0 Thanks for your input, MRA Navigation (Next) is still in the development phase, so things will definitely improve

[Jure Sirena 0]

@Hans-van-de-Ven-MRA-Master
Keep it up!

[Corjan Meijerink]

A quick follow up here: by default the toll road are disabled. This means that the app will not use them if an alternative is possible.

In a next update (not the upcoming) more routing preferences will be added

[Tumbleweed]

@Corjan-Meijerink
When I use the app to make a route somewhere I want to go in Canada it uses Toll roads before non toll on the route it makes. I hate this, I should be able to pick no tolls, dirt roads, etc.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Tumbleweed Yes, I completely understand. Therefore we are implementing it in another iteration No worries! It's still a Beta app and we need to prioritise what features we pick first.

[Jure Sirena 0]

I prepared the routes for Tunisia, but I must say to my dissapointment I cannot use the app - and main reason is HERE maps.....from begining of this post I suspected the reason for bad navigation is in the HERE maps.

1.case (same route just changing maps)
When I create route, it takes me FAR FAR around between waypoint 10-11, because lots of MAIN roads are missing: HERE MAPS

Tomtom maps (more then 3h less)

Openstreet maps

Comparing route on both maps

2. case
   Here maps is green, you can also see that it wants to take me straight through Sahara desert sand to waypoint 15....skipping points 12,13,14??

3.case
Between point 8 and 9 takes road that is not driveable...etc

4. case
   from point 3 it takes unexisting road again

Since the MRA usas the wors map option - HERE I cant use the app on my trip....
And I noticed lots of this map errors driving in central Europe.
Time to invest in maps guys....

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

@Jure-Sirena-0

Just zoom in and place some extra shaping points
The here map is good for navigating, or is it due to the route taken?