>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. >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
