Thanks for that explanation. Is the new Direct-to-point navigation type (see https://osmand.net/blog/osmand-3-6-released), which the blog says is for marine use, also for circumventing barriers? What are the advantages of each?
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 11:25:07 PM UTC-7, danilo.baggini wrote: > > Yes make a lot of sense for a boat. > > I will explain: > You define a route, a straighr line to the destination, but there is an > island and the boat obviously MUST avoid the island, there is fog, a > lateral current shift the boat from original route. > 1 the navigation sistem recalculate a new route ro the destination, the > new route go over the island => danger > 2 the navigation system calculate a small segment with a new angle to > return over the original route => no danger to go over the island > > Best regards from a oceanic skipper, 5 atlantic crossing and NE passage in > Arctic Sea nord of Siberia from Japan to Norway. > > > Danilo > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Da: Pere Pujal i Carabantes <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Data: 11/03/20 01:04 (GMT+01:00) > A: [email protected] <javascript:> > Oggetto: Re: Video tutorial: using the profiles > > El dt. 10 de 03 de 2020 a les 13:44 -0700, en/na Bart Eisenberg va > escriure: > > Yeah, that "Bart" story: c'est moi. > > > > The new version of straight-line navigation kicks in if you go off- > > course. With the appropriate settings, it maintains your original > > bearing, then, maybe two-thirds of the way, it course-corrects > > --angling back to the destination. What's the application for this? > > As opposed to just straight straight-line navigation from current > > location to destination. > > > > Here's the blog description: "We have also implemented a new > > setting. In case if you deviate from the route during the navigation, > > this setting builds the shortest path from your current position to > > the calculated route with the maximum angle. In other words, if the > > angle is higher than the one set by the user, OsmAnd calculates the > > next point of the route to build an additional route segment, so the > > angle will be valid." > > Oh, sorry I didn't understand, text inside osmand seems more clear, > According to the text inside osmand i see: > navigation type: straight line > route parameters: minimal distance to recalculate and minimum angle > between my location and route. > > minimal distance to recalculate route: > the route will be recalculated if the distance to the route is longer > to the specified parameter. Ranges from disable to 1.5 km > > Minimum angle between my location and route > Extra straight segment between my location and calculated route will be > displayed until the route is recalculated. Ranges from 0 to 90 degrees > > I understand that if one deviates from the route(straight line) but not > enough to trigger recalculation of it, then a small line will be drawed > between the current position and a point of the route that fits with > the selected angle, so instead of seeing the current position as a dot > out of the straight line, one sees a small line leading to the main > straight line. > > Makes sense? > Pere > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 1:08:56 PM UTC-7, Pere Pujal i > > Carabantes wrote: > > > El dt. 10 de 03 de 2020 a les 17:41 +0100, en/na Harry van der Wolf > > > va > > > escriure: > > > > > > > > > > > > Op di 10 mrt. 2020 om 16:30 schreef Bart Eisenberg < > > > > [email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > To my American ear, the help pages are surprisingly clear. > > > Where I > > > > > notice a gap, due to non-native writing, murky technical > > > writing, > > > > > or both, is in parts of the blog, such as the OsmAnd 3.6 post. > > > I'm > > > > > still trying to figure out, for example, exactly how the > > > improved > > > > > version of straight-line navigation works and where it might > > > be > > > > > useful. Airplane landings? > > > > > > It should be very usefull in unknown/unmaped terrain were you want > > > to > > > know the direction to the destination but can not relay on the map > > > data > > > to get there, so you take the paths that you see on the terrain > > > that > > > you assume will lead better to the destination. > > > > > > HTH > > > Pere > > > > > > > -- > > 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] <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/52c13fc4-be9c-4db5-90f0-adf570b169db%40googlegroups.com > > . > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/d461897df4d218d68efabeb8c8845395883832f6.camel%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. 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