I tested several apps a few years ago on my motorbike (TomTom, OsmAnd, Mapfactor, Sygic, Copilot). Most of these apps works by navigating multiple waypoints. Mapfactor is very good at this. Tomtom uses a track only. I always create gpx-files (track/route) on myrouteapp.com. Tomtom is able to import these gpx-files and convert them to the tomtom-track format and sends it to the phone. Tomtom is able to navigate a track with navigation messages based on the streets. So it is possible.
I also think that navigating the track without calculation the route between points is the best option at this moment. Op zondag 7 juli 2019 08:08:47 UTC+2 schreef Bart Eisenberg: > > After a lot of experimenting, my thinking (for the moment) is this: > > OsmAnd, and other routing software too, is in the business of creating > efficient routes from point A to point B. Perhaps via points C, D, ... > Whereas people who create GPXs are generally interested in trips that are > scenic rather than efficient: preferring smaller roads to highways, detours > to directness, and, in some cases, ending where they started. Your GPX > looks like that. > > Ideally, one would import a scenic GPX route into OsmAnd, which would > create a route that duplicates it using OsmAnd map data. But the developers > have posted (on Github) that this is a tough problem to solve. I'm unaware > of any other GPS software that's solved it either: that takes a GPX from > another source and fully duplicates it with a route providing turn-by-turn, > road-by-road directions. > > So for the foreseeable future, "navigating the track without calculating > the route between points" does seem like the best option. Following it > takes more concentration. So for safety sake, keep your eyes (mostly) on > the road. > > > > > > On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 10:35:40 PM UTC-7, Peer wrote: >> >> Hello Bart, >> >> thanks for checking mt gpx route. I think it is normal that a calculated >> route is OSmAnd wil be different from the track on an imported gpx-file. >> The file is created in an other program thats probably uses different >> navigation settings. >> >> I tried yesterday to create a route with OsmAnd alone, as Paul >> suggested. I noticed that the intermediate points were shown by a flag on >> the map. After saving the track/route and reloading it the intermediate >> points were shown as a circle with a star in it. The imported gpx-file does >> not show symbols on the map for the route points. So there must be a >> difference in the saved OsmAnd gpx-file and the imported gpx-file. Perhaps >> thats can be a cause for the routing problems. >> >> Creating a route in OsmAnd was not easy at first. But after a while I got >> the hang of it. Creating a new intermediate point or a new destination >> works ok. In the beginning I made a lot of mistakes so I started again many >> times. For my purpose, creating a route (100km +) on smaller roads this >> method does not work very good. To get an overview I have to zoom out. But >> then the smaller roads are not displayed. So I have to zoom in to see the >> smaller roads again And the zooming in and out has to been done many times. >> OsmAnd also regarly moves the map back to the starting point which is >> inconvenient. I find it difficult to place an intermediate point >> accurately. During experimenting I experienced that OsmAnd sometimes >> refuses to let me pass certain points and creates a detour. I do not know >> why. I saved a route and oepned it again. The I wanted to make some changes >> but I could not change te intermediate points (circle with star). Adding >> intermediate points at the end of the route did not work properly. I >> experienced similar strange route guidance as in my tests on the motorbike. >> I also found out that I was able to add a new destination to the saved >> route but I was not able to add a new intermediate point. I saw the flag on >> the screen but this point was not part of the calculted route. >> So my experience with adding intermedate points and new destination >> points in OsmAnd is not good. I think the experience will be much better >> when you create shorter routes. >> >> Navigating the track without calculating the route between point does >> work very good for me. I think that will the way I navigate tracks for the >> moment. But I hope there will be more progress in the future. >> Thanks for the support!! >> Peer >> >> Op zondag 7 juli 2019 01:28:10 UTC+2 schreef Bart Eisenberg: >>> >>> Correction: on closer inspection, my route, using "Calculate route >>> between points", varies in several places from your GPX, although it goes >>> in the general direction and gets the area of your screen capture right. >>> Sorry for the confusion. >>> >>> On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 4:05:34 PM UTC-7, Bart Eisenberg wrote: >>>> >>>> Here's a closeup of my routing near your screenshot: >>>> >>>> [image: Routing near Fluitenberg.png] >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 1, 2019 at 4:43:39 AM UTC-7, Peer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I created a track with waypoints on MyRouteApp.com and saved it to the >>>>> tracks directory of OsmAnd. >>>>> I choosed the track for navigating with the option 'Calculate route >>>>> between Points'. >>>>> >>>>> At first the navigating was fine. After approximately one hour OsmAnd >>>>> was starting to act strange when it should recalculate a route. The >>>>> recalculated as not logical. >>>>> example 1: >>>>> I should take a turn right into a side street. But OsmAnd wants me to >>>>> go straight ahead, make a u-turn on a roundabout 200 meters further and >>>>> then make a left turn into the side straat. >>>>> example 2: I have to drive straight ahead. But Osmand wants me to turn >>>>> right into a side street, make a uturn after 100meters and then turn >>>>> right >>>>> again to follow the orginal route. >>>>> >>>>> This happened several times, always when recalculating a route. I do >>>>> not know if this is problem in OsmAnd (version 3.3.8) or that my phone >>>>> (Samsung trend, 6 years old) is just not strong enough for performing >>>>> this >>>>> calculations. >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. 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