On second thought, I think walking routing by default tries to avoid main roads, so checking 'avoid motorways' does not appear to lead to much more hike-friendly routes. But you're right, setting intermediate points is an ok workaround (this is what I had been using).
On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 6:00:12 PM UTC+2, Bart Eisenberg wrote: > > The built-in walking preferences (as opposed to creating your own > routing.xml > <https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd-resources/blob/master/routing/routing.xml>) > > are at settings > Walking > Navigation settings > Route parameters. But > I'm not sure there's a setting that gets you that level of specificity. > "Avoid roads", for example, just avoids Motorways, not decibels. > > You can of course set intermediate points to avoid hiking-unfriendly > routes. But that's not so much a preference as a selection. > > On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 8:10:29 AM UTC-7, Francesco Puccettone wrote: >> >> For cycling directions, OsmAnd has a set of very useful "Driving style" >> options (e.g. to avoid main roads). >> >> Is it possible to define a similar set of preferences for computed *walking >> *routes? Preferences like trying as much as possible to avoid roads and >> prefer mountain paths, even if it means a detour. >> >> Without such preferences, one has to constantly define "avoid" points >> along the route that happen to be hiking-unsuitable, like noisy roads. >> > -- 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/8e41e6c2-a265-4c15-9998-f93ef8a52994o%40googlegroups.com.
