Gavin Meredith <[email protected]> writes: > Couldn't agree more. Osmand used to have an off route alarm but that was > discontinued for some unknown reason. As a cycle tourist I use voice > instructions and missing a turn is a right pain. Furthermore "You have been > off the route for 50 metres" does not always activate. When it does it can > easily be missed by traffic and wind noise. > > I have brought up this subject before both on this forum and Github with > little interest being shown. I find this odd. One would have thought that > an off route alarm is an essential / indispensable part of navigation. > What is needed is a very loud alarm type sound ( that is unmissable ) so > one can at least stop and rectify the situation. Other apps have this > feature. All very frustrating.
I see the point for some uses, but for car navigation this can be extremely annoying, if one is operating in a mode where the driver is really making decisions and running osmand to 1) show distance to turn that one is wanting to take anyway and 2) be set up to start navigating for real in the event of detour. This may seem odd, but it's what I usually do when driving places where I know the roads (which is most of my driving). I found the 'you have been off the route for 300 meters' to come late, and to make way too much noise. So I could see an off-route alarm menu choice among quiet (just give new directions) brief (just say "off route" and then as quiet) long (as it used to be) alarm (alarm tones and then as long) It's pretty clear this is a) a persoanl preferance and b) situational. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/smuh89ax2j7.fsf%40linuxpal.mit.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
