>You may want to think of a better name for the latter option

Just to be clear, I'm not a developer.  But I agree: though no better name 
comes to mind. I only figured it out through experimentation.  

On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 11:13:00 AM UTC-7, baerrus wrote:
>
> "Pass along entire track" was unchecked. Apparently, "calculate first and 
> last route segment" was unchecked too, which is why Osmand wasn't 
> navigating toward the GPX track but just drawing a lazy straight line. You 
> may want to think of a better name for the latter option. I am pretty sure 
> no user can understand what it means from its name. And if it is cryptic 
> then it might at least be shorter!
>
> On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 10:28:08 AM UTC-7, Bart Eisenberg wrote:
>>
>> I think that would work  For the first navigation,  press somewhere on 
>> the GPX where you want to head, then press Go to navigate to it.  Once you 
>> arrive, press the directions arrow again, specify at the prompt that you 
>> want to follow that specific GPX, and press Go, sarting, per Metaluc, a 
>> second navigation.  
>>
>> Just curious, when you were trying to navigate to the 200 mile track, did 
>> you have "Pass along entire track" unchecked?  (As well as "Calculate...for 
>> first and last route segment" checked.)  I would have thought that would 
>> work, but I haven't tried it.   
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 9:53:16 AM UTC-7, baerrus wrote:
>>>
>>> Bart, 
>>>
>>> I am aware of that option but we joined the GPX track somewhere in the 
>>> middle. it is a long 200mi track so it wasn't practical to traverse it from 
>>> the beginning. Would creating a waypoint at a desired point on GPX, as 
>>> Metaluc suggested, work? By work I mean a single navigation which would 
>>> lead to the waypoint first and then continue along the GPX.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 7:20:15 AM UTC-7, Bart Eisenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You can do it in one step. From the navigation menu, press the gear 
>>>> icon and enable "Calculate route for first and last route segment". 
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 6:26:14 PM UTC-7, baerrus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I went for a motorcycle adventure last weekend. Running Osmand 2.9.3 
>>>>> on a Kyocera android phone. I had a GPX track prepared. However we 
>>>>> started 
>>>>> about 12 miles away from closest point on the track. I started a route 
>>>>> with 
>>>>> 'Use visible track to navigate = YES'. Osmand showed a straight line 
>>>>> toward 
>>>>> the track (non routable at all). So until we reached the track location 
>>>>> we 
>>>>> were on our own navigating. Is there a way to ask Osmand to navigate 
>>>>> toward 
>>>>> a GPX track or a marker on the track? Once we were on the track Osmand 
>>>>> worked great.
>>>>>
>>>>

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