What's the point of your route planner?

[Gordon Lawson]

@RetiredWingMan said in What's the point of your route planner?:

@Gordon-Lawson that's what we are trying to tell you. Change the planning map to Here. That way you will be using the same maps and algorithms for planning that the navigation software uses. You should take some time to view some introductory videos and read the user manuals. It will save you a lot of grief.

I did. Here’s what the manual says:

As I don’t have “Gold” I assumed I was stuck with Openstreetmap.

https://www.myrouteapp.com/route/open/10175395/mobile#52.920647448131;-1.6127693653106492;10/

This will be slow as I am only allowed to post once per hour!

[Nick Carthew]

@Gordon-Lawson Your MRA Navigation Next subscription gives you access to the HERE planning map.

[richtea999]

Once you've swapped from OpenStreetMap to HERE in the planner (which is the main fix), you get this route, which is pretty much where the app took you:

The solution is only two steps:

1. Use HERE if you're using the MRA Nav app or Garmin
2. Once you've done that, add a couple more waypoints to get the route to go where you really want it to go.

It's just practice, I promise. Don't be put off!

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Gordon-Lawson besides the remarks of the others you've selected the bike profile witch only works in the Here map and TomTom map. Use the car profile instead

[Gordon Lawson]

I'd love to RTFM - where is it? All I can find is a knowledge base with a selection of articles.

I never understood what this message meant.

Now I have set my maps to "Here" as default then maybe I will have more luck. I'll try another route and see what happens before heading for TomTom.

My original question still remains - why use one mapping system to plan routes then a completely different one for navigation?

[Nick Carthew]

@Gordon-Lawson said in What's the point of your route planner?:

My original question still remains - why use one mapping system to plan routes then a completely different one for navigation?

Simple answer, you don’t.
Plan your route using the HERE map for navigation using MRA Navigation Next.

If you have a TomTom you would plan your routes using the TomTom planning map.

Calimoto uses the OpenStreetMap, therefore anyone using this app would plan their routes on the OSM planning map.

[Con Hennekens]

@Gordon-Lawson said in What's the point of your route planner?:

My original question still remains - why use one mapping system to plan routes then a completely different one for navigation?

You choose that yourself...
You must realise that the MRA planner is not intended solely for use with the MRA Navigation app. It is also intended for users of TomTom, Garmin and other navigation systems.

[Stephen Rowland]

@Gordon-Lawson Using the HERE map, changing 2 via points (hands) to shaping points and adding one shaping point to make sure you pass through your point No 2 (rather than drive down a branch to get there), you get this....You need to spend a little time learning to use the planner properly before criticising it
https://www.myrouteapp.com/route/open/10183131#

[Gordon Lawson]

It now appears that by changing to "Here" maps I have lost the ability to change the type of routing between segments.

I thank you all for taking the time to reply on this thread, and your answers (and my subsequent findings) have led me to the conclusion that this is not the planning/navigation system for me.
I wish you all the best of luck

(Admin - feel free to close this thread if you wish)

[Makro]

This is not just an issue with MRA, it's a generic thing.

Back in my Garmin days, I had several encounters where I created a route in Garmin's Basecamp software, then send it to my Garmin Zumo device. When Navigating the route, it was sometimes different than expected.
The reason is not just different algorithms used in the planning software and the device, also different parameters.

You can memorize it like this: a route you create is just a list of via points. Your device will recalculate a route, from point to point, along with its parameters, like Fastest route, shortest route, avoid gravel roads, avoid blocked roads etc.

As someone else said, add more waypoints to your route, then you don't have to pay much attention to parameters.