Op wo 11 mrt. 2020 om 20:32 schreef 'Xavier' via OsmAnd < [email protected]>:
> > Just to add my 2-cents to the discussion. My use for OsmAnd's routing > (car) falls, primarially, into two major buckets: > > 1) to determine a route to get to a destination when I do not already > know how to navigate to that destination; and > > 2) to have an ETA indicator for long trips when I otherwise *do* know > how to navigate to the destination > > Fully agree. And to add a #3: You sometimes know 90% - 98% of the road until you enter a city/area navigating to a new address you have never been to before. > > Which led me to my opinion I stated above for #1. Yes, the chosen > route might be less optimal than what an 'insider' will pick, but it > will get me to my destination, and if I'm not an 'insider' in that > area, I'll never know the difference. And if I'm 'routing' via OsmAnd > in a location where I do have 'insider' knowledge, I'm simply going to > ignore the GPS's chosen route anyway. > > And this is sometimes where insiders also go wrong. I have a route which I thought was fastest/shortest and I just drove that one. When comparing Osmand and Magic Earth (a year ago?), they both suggested another route. And of course, being an insider "who knows his surroundings", I didn't believe it, until I started using that route. In general it was indeed a few minutes faster. So inside info, might also bias you to what is really the right route. (And to conclude this: I drive the "my old" route again as it leads me along a nicer landscape and in kilometers it is less than 2 km difference. It is not always only about being faster/shorter.) Harry -- 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/CAGARPpviRBF4OahGpzyDXe%2BYS93RxP-N7z9xGvFsVhN25UgMtA%40mail.gmail.com.
