Definition of nearest point on track
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I have been surprised a number of times when starting the navigation (as track) while being on the track already, between 2 points. Currently the app seems to find the waypoint with the shortest straight line distance from the current location. This then can result into the app sending me in the REVERSE direction (and this is especially surprising if the auto recalc setting is off). The path to the nearest waypoint can then be LARGER then the path to the next point on the track. I know that opinions differ but I still think that it would be more logical if the app would take the direction into account and start with navigating to the NEXT point on the track. If I am away from the track and recalc is off I expect the app to NOT calculate any path, in the same way as when I an following the track but deviate from it at some place.
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@Herman-Veldhuizen I think that I have managed to reproduce the behaviour which I have found in logical. The test route is very small and not very relevant but therefore hopefully good for debugging.
My test route: www.myrouteapp.com/route/open/10505395.
Also @ginogino seems to run into this issue (
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/post/59115).I am at the location indicated by this picture.
When I start the navigation then the app sends me to point 3 , which is what I expected. However when i delete point 3 the App sends me first to point 2 (which I did not expect). In both cases point 2 is the nearest point (straight line distance) and in both cases point 3 or 4 is the nearest when direction is taken into account. I use navigate as track, use all waypoints.
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@Herman-Veldhuizen, most people do NOT want to be send to the finish straight away, so that has been avoided by adding this logic to the calculation. Also the nearest point logic, as far as I know, accounts for going into the right direction.
So in your example, WP3 seems logical, and if you remove WP3, the new WP3 is the endpoint and to avoid being send directly to finish it sends you to the previous nearest point, which following the logic is now WP2.
It may not make much sense in this manufactured test, but in normal scenic routes it works quite well
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@Con-Hennekens Ok thanks. Good to hear that the direction of the track is taken into account.
I had more cases where the app sends me into the opposite direction. I will keep a watch on this and let you know when it happens again.
