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My 2 cts: motorway is in German: Autobahn. Motorcyclists have no business being there, otherwise they would have called it "Motorradbahn"

@Hubert-Thoring said: Especially if you want to discuss the route with friends in the evening over a beer and want to insert changes quickly, it all works on your mobile phone or iPad and everyone can access it directly. The whole thing is a special function among MRA friends and groups that we like to use all together. Fair points. It goes back to the focus of the App vs. Garmin. There is a social tilt on the MRA side that doesn't exist in a Garmin unit. Certainly, that's a benefit if everyone is on the same page and using the MRA platform. I've yet to ride with any group that has that kind of discipline. For reference, the latest Garmin you used (BMW Navi VI) is almost 10 years old. Since then, Garmin has introduced the Zumo XT, Zumo XT2, and the current Zumo XT3. The 3D map technology and other evolutionary improvements have taken their GPS units far beyond what you owned. Even going from the XT to the XT3 was a shocker to me as far as improvements. In comparison to using a phone, a dedicated "for purpose" GPS device will always have HW capabilities that are superior. The SW in a phone app can only compensate so much. Still, I'm rooting for the MRA development team. It's impressive what they've done with NEXT, and there will always be a navigation audience that prefers a phone, even if it doesn't have all capabilities of a dedicated GPS. That's the way the total Navigation Demographic is moving, so they're smart to satisfy that growing demand. I'm just glad for MRA Routeplanner. It's superior to Basecamp, and I've 90% migrated to it. I think we can all agree to that.

@TomOnTour I like your (I presume) typo: Goofle, translated to German: Trottel

The combination of Tread and Garmin external storage (i.e. Explore DB) are dangerous to the health of your routes. This means your routes can be manipulated by Garmin without your knowledge. As noted by others here, transfer routes using the wired method where you copy your GPX file directly into the Gamin/GPX folder on your XT2. This will guarantee that your route will not be altered. I know -- it's more work than using the Tread app for copy. It's not really that much more, but an annoyance all the same.

Het moet zijn 5,5 uur. Als de route binnendoor gaat, dan heb je zeker 5,5 uur nodig.

Hartelijk dank voor het warme welkom. @superg: ik ben nogal een impulsieve rijder, én digibeet zonder pc dus routes maken gaat gewoonweg niet

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@gerson-2-0 sagte: Hallo, Ik kan geen rondrit meer genereren. De foutmelding die ik krijg: Scenic routes kunnen alleen worden gegenereerd wanneer je internet hebt. Dit heb ik getest met zowel wifi als mobile data. Ik heb wel iOS 27 beta 8 draaien, meerdere mensen ook last van? Gr. Perhaps the starting point "set point on the map" is not on the road, please check more closely. Note: the message text is incorrect, should be read differently, will apparently be fixed soon. The distance also plays a role, is it too long? A tip, maybe shorten the radius a little more if it should be a round trip, maybe then the calculation will work.

@corjan-meijerink Hey MRA Team, On this topic there are always messages in the general forum, there is a solution. VG Hey MRA Team, zu diesem Thema gibt es immer wieder Meldungen im allgemeinen Forum, gibt es dazu denn eine Lösung. VG

Just use the nearest gas station as a starting point when you want to share your routes.

Check if Toolkit -> Disable seasonal closures. That lets you show/hide road closures as well as seasonal stuff. Ticking it will ignore any traffic/road closure info, and therefore tell you if there's some sort of closure that's causing the route to re-calculated to go around the problem. If it is, go to https://www.roadworksscotland.org/ (or https://one.network in England and Wales) and check what the closure is and whether it affects the time you'll be travelling. From a quick scan, it might be this (but no guarantees): SW100-02106101/CSD (4137262) Church end cottage Durness IV27 4PZ A838 B801 Junction Rhiconich - Rispond Road Junction, Durness Scottish Water 0800 077 8778 0345 601 8855 help@scottishwater.co.uk www.scottishwater.co.uk [Start date] 01/09/2026 6 Working Day(s) REPAIR BURST MAIN Maybe they finished early!

To operate tracks isn't the main competence of MRA. May in future...

@Hubert-Thoring said: That's how it works offline... I never said route planning doesn’t work offline! I said that the RouteLab option (which is actually the web planner on mobile) doesn’t work offline, not the MRA Route Planner! And I think you’re still missing the main point, which is the “POI naming/text display” issue.

Alles werkt nu weer Groetjes Jens

I agree with all the sentiments that this needs to be addressed. I think the best way to address this is not via a txt file but by a number of profiles that can be configured by the end user. These profiles would be configured in the online planner and synchronised to the app for navigation. The end user can then select the most appropriate profile for their current situation. So for example, I might configure a profile for use on my bike where I use a ruggedised phone for navigation. In my car I have a built-in Android Auto/Carplay device which would use a different profile. For my camper I have a different set of requirements and therefore a different profile. The key is that I as the end user can define, easily save and then select the best profile for my scenario. Settings would include, but certainly not limited to: map colours, road colours, contrast, route colour, line width and opacity, map scaling, zoom level at which POI's appear (by category), etc etc. This way you can set a "sensible" default that can be used, probably by a majority of users, but also give "power" users the opportunity to customise their navigation experience. We all use different devices in different environments, some are colour blind or have other visual impairments and others have very strong preferences. The development team will never be able to accommodate all of these scenarios so give the end user the option to choose.

@white.mouse klopt zeker, ik interpreteert het dan, ik kan er toch wel tussendoor met mijn Wing

Ik weet niet of dit de goede topic is , maar steeds als ik in de App op rondrit klik, geeft hij aan , mijn adres en "Scenic routes kunnen alleen worden gegenereerd wanneer je internet hebt" . Ik heb gewoon internet via wifi en ook geprobeerd op 5G, en binnen en buiten geprobeerd...maar steeds dezelfde melding