Use existing route for navigation + information on screen?

[Mark Hamilton 0]

@Rolf-Aalders
Sorry my photos showing the buttons are on the wrong order on the post.
This is the answer for navigation next I think this is what you meant.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Rolf-Aalders If I take another good look at your image, you have opened a tracklog. You cannot navigate with a tracklog. You must first convert it to a route with waypoints. Only then can you navigate with it.

[Flat Twin Therapy]

Thanks for all the replies!
I didn't open a tracklog: the route is available in my "Route" section.
I tried a differerent route in the same list and indeed, that route has an additional button (refer to screenshot). Odd that the other route does not have that button.

The route without the button, I found in the MRA library (https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/motor-and-car-routes/nl/Utrecht/1625106/TTT-2000-03-Rondje-Lopikerwaard) which I wanted to use. I downloaded it, I think as .gpx 1.2), saved to Google Drive, opened on my phone with the MRA Mobile 3.2.5 (beta).

The other route I have listed in my Route section, does have the extra button. When I selected it, the app crashed. Restarted the app, same procedure: again it crashed. 3rd attempt, same process: the route loaded and I could see the navigation screen. I didn't need to navigate, since I was just testing from the couch.
I'll try soon! Thanks for the help

[Flat Twin Therapy]

I just noticed that the route that does not show the navigation option/button also is missing duration value in the route overview (refer to screenshot), so something is not right with that route.

[flamingm0e]

@Rolf-Aalders said in Use existing route for navigation + information on screen?:

I just noticed that the route that does not show the navigation option/button also is missing duration value in the route overview (refer to screenshot), so something is not right with that route.

That's a ROUTE-TRACK, not a ROUTE. You need to convert it to a route.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Rolf-Aalders said in Use existing route for navigation + information on screen?:

Thanks for all the replies!
I didn't open a tracklog: the route is available in my "Route" section.

The finish-flag in the screenshot of your first post indicates that this is a tracklog.

[Herko ter Horst]

@Rob-Verhoeff It's not a track log, it's a route-track. Those are two separate things, but neither can be used to navigate with (other than "follow the line").

AFAIK, the (technical) difference between a track log and a route-track is that a track log contains timing information (i.e. each logged position also contains a timestamp indicating when it was logged) and a route-track does not, that's just a representation of a pre-calculated route, without any waypoints.

In MRA, there's an additional difference in that track-logs can have "moments" attached to them and route-tracks cannot.

[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Matt-Flaming Thanks! I see it now. "Route-track".
Any tips on how to convert a route-track to a route?
Thanks!

[flamingm0e]

@Rolf-Aalders said in Use existing route for navigation + information on screen?:

@Matt-Flaming Thanks! I see it now. "Route-track".
Any tips on how to convert a route-track to a route?
Thanks!

Open it up and in the upper right hand corner "Edit route-track"

[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Matt-Flaming Great!! Thanks for the info!