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Anyone involved in software is either a user or a developer. To the developer, the user is the person who simply doesn’t understand their brilliant ideas and then gets everything wrong. To the user, the developer is the person who comes up with great things that nobody needs and that often don’t even work. In user-centred development, such as myrouteapp, the developer tries to meet the user’s needs. This leads to more and more features being implemented. This results in a growing number of parameters in the programme, the significance of which is often not sufficiently considered and which are frequently used incorrectly. And even if everything runs smoothly at this level, the map provider steps in and provides inaccurate data, which in turn leads to unexpected changes to the route. The Google type enters a destination and expects the sat-nav to take them there. They don’t want to think, they just want to arrive. The myrouteapp type wants to have a pleasant journey and arrive at the end. The journey is the most important thing; the destination is secondary. Every sat-nav system starts out as Google. Then there are options to modify the expected route, such as avoiding motorways… There are various route engines: myrouteapp-Here, TomTom, OSM, Garmin. These use not only different maps but also route algorithms with different parameters. MRA stands out because the user/planner can configure these various options themselves. But in the end, the engine starts up and the sat-nav begins building the route from scratch again. Roadworks, road closures and accidents are taken into account. And suddenly I’m driving round the mountain on the left rather than the right. The only option is to plan the route yourself so that you get where you want to go. This must then take into account the various maps, route algorithms and known road closures, etc. For a 3,500 km journey through the Alps, I expect a driving time of over 70 hours. On my trips, the time spent on preparation and planning always exceeds the actual driving time. You felt being called an idiot; that had something to do with the defaults. There are no defaults in MRA; you get those from Google. There’s your planning, and then in the navigation app there are presets that are appropriate for your situation and, above all, for your style of planning. Unfortunately, that takes work – many hours… This work can be made easier, because there are many experienced people in this forum who have already planned exactly this kind of journey. But they’re not keen on helping someone who thinks they’ve already done everything right and then complains. Sorry about that. Once you’ve started your planning, feel free to post it here, and there’ll definitely be people here who’ll take a look and help you. This is a forum for enthusiasts who are passionate about the subject. And it’s a forum that developers read too. That’s the only way MRA could have become so excellent. And if something doesn’t work, be honest enough to consider that perhaps you caused it, rather than a bug in the software. That’s how MRA and Next have become what they are today. Help make it even better. RT I’m known for plastering the whole screen with stuff, but you started it… :-))

@Con-Hennekens ah ok, dat wist ik niet ga ik proberen, ik dacht als je op de tracklijn zit dat deze automatisch verder gaat, maar was verkeerd gedacht bedankt voor de tip Inderdaad, het werkt, gedeelte welke je overslaat komt in witte lijn , route te volgen in blauw

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Yesterday big steps were taken to improve the user experience on small phone and tablet screens. This development actually makes the whole application perfectly usable on small screens and almost equal to the use on PC monitors. We are currently on 32 submitted accommodations, but of course aiming at much more and across all of Europe. [image: 1775550483562-a528690d-bb7e-4d75-9aaf-5cefe41ce948-image.png] Also I added a news page, where you can follow our progress in development. Available as usual in most European languages. Do you have favorite hotels, B&Bs Campsites or whatever? Show them to your fellow bikers, submit them on RideSleepRepeat! Missing something? Leave a message on RideSleepRepeat.eu!

@M.-Schrijver said in MyRoute-App on the TomTom Rider: A dedicated MRA navigation device. I don't know if that is good idea. It will add a lot of work for the developers. Because the team is responsible for the device itself also. I think it would mean a separate team for hardware and hardware support. You cannot have developers maintaining a hardware product. Different skill set. If I am not mistaken these possibilities have been thought through and dismissed already in the past

Is there perhaps an answer to this? Got it again today, that's a mistake, With very winding MRA uses the motorway if chargeable roads are allowed, that is at and at the point the A43 motorway, why is that so ???? [image: 1775548126426-img_7250.png] [image: 1775548126508-img_7251.png]

@Corjan-Meijerink Thanks for your feedback, but this was not my point. I was talking about the speed limits warnings you are getting constantly while riding. Not the camera warnings. On the screen, there is the current speed limit shown and your actual speed. When you ride faster, your actual speed turns red and - when in navigation mode - a sound warns you about that fact. In Free Ride, the acusting warning is missing and I don't understand why.

Try to avoid the Brenner Pass.

Thanks Nick!

Those who navigate a route as track do that because they prefer the stability of a track. My guess is that these users also have the auto recalculation setting to Off. For me it would be a massiv improvement if the app would only offer navigation ON the track and not TO the track (but with the ETA info to the points ahead of me). And this is maybe the easiest part to get right.

Speedcam databases from third parties cost extra again, I think...

Maar rob je hebt me wel op t spoor gezet. ik heb de instelling vd muis cursor aangepast, die stond idd op wit en is nu zwart.

@Jörgen said in Add option for output audio as HFP instead of A2DP: However, when I establish a Bluetooth connection with my passengers, I no longer receive navigation instructions. You mean Intercom with passengers? Did you enabled Multitasking Audio via Sena app? You need to do it, as its disabled per default.

This is not possible. You need to scroll through and select the "+" or "-" button. I tend to leave it on the selection screen so it is easy to zoom in or out

@Aiello-antonino All good

Thanks for the replies. I may have confused it with Sygic, which does provide alerts even when you’re not following a route. Would it be possible to implement this option? Should I post it in the suggestions forum? Best regards.

Just like I already have shown, follow the steps in the screenshots above. At the moment it's as far as I know, the only way!

I also would feel much safer, being able to backup all my routes in GPX format, just incase something happens. There is a large number of routes in MRA, a lot of work, and it would be devastating to lose it all, if a crisis occurred. There are too many to do 10 at a time, so in your major update work, could you consider it. (maybe a zip style backup, preserving the directories would be a good solution).... Thanks Guys for such a good product!!

@Rob-van-den-Boomen Welke opties er nog in de pijplijn zitten voor CarPlay en AndroidAuto weet ik niet, maar je kunt zeker wel de snelwegen, hoofdwegen en steden negeren. Je moet die alleen in de vermijdingsopties nog even van groen naar rood zetten... [image: 1775314572881-img_3355.jpeg] [image: 1775314580733-img_3356.jpeg]