The reason is that when you follow a GPX, you are only following that and not the underlying map. Therefore there is no information on intersections, roads, trails etc. The only turns are, as you note, the turns in the road itself.
This video discusses the problem and suggests an imperfect workaround. https://youtu.be/mMcw4kYmfPk On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 2:42:40 PM UTC-7, Alexander Titov wrote: > > Hello! > I'm using OSMand to navigate along gpx tracks, mostly offroad (motorcycle, > mtb, hiking). > My problem is that OSMand shows a turn sign when there may be a 30% change > in the direction on a straight road, or on a winding section it would also > tell me a direction to follow. > What I would expect. > Show directions only at intersections with other roads, trails etc. > Directions are not needed on a road from where I can't make a turn. This > makes it confusing since I never know if the direction is for real or I > need to make a turn to a different street/trail, or it's just a turn > upcoming. > It's hard to explain it more clearly, but I don't know how to attach a > screenshot here. -- 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/c6f217b5-6121-4622-96e2-4ff22e3071bd%40googlegroups.com.
