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@Bjorn-Bjornstad said: Even though I'm not a beta tester, I'd like to share some feedback. My feedback is mainly about the communication around the launch. Communication is always challenging, especially when introducing significant changes to a product. However, when I first read the email announcement, I interpreted Routeplanner Next as almost being a new product rather than an evolution of the existing Routeplanner. With some companies, that would mean the new platform receives all future development while existing customers remain on a legacy product with limited or no new features. After watching the video, I understand that this is not your intention. The video completely addressed my concern. This is why communication can be so difficult: the information you shared between 1:50 and 3:30 in the video was exactly what I needed to hear. If that message had also been included in the email, I would not have been concerned in the first place. Thank you Bjorn... you got the exact misunderstanding that I did.... I only had the email and I understood it the same way...its a new product... and we're going to phase out the old one.... I didn't know about the video. I still have a few questions...but I will try to find the answers on my own. Nick, THANK YOU for the video and being helpful. It is much appreciated. Rob and CD130, you could have been helpful like Nick, but you chose to be negative and condescending. Shame on you. Not everyone is an expert.

The issue has been resolved successfully and quickly! Synchronization of all my routes (2000+) finishes without any problems.

perfect, thanks

Well the Apple release was at oktober 15. As I already wrote, I expect it around November 6 to be released in the Android playstore!

@MotoCon said: It does, thank you, but in my view it does not compare to the flexibility of a phone. Each to their own We can only be glad that MRA Planner facilitates all of our choices! The Planner is Gold. Whenever I get the chance, I push the Planner as the best desktop option available for creating routes. I'm certain I've sold many subscriptions on behalf of MRA. And I agree with the flexibility of a phone. I run different phone navigation apps (inRoute, OsmAnd) during the non-summer months because it's sometimes a more convenient choice. Otherwise, a dedicated GPS is a more effective choice. The summers in the Southwest USA are brutally hot, and a longer ride will invariably shut a phone down as the device tries to protect itself. It's not just an MRA thing -- it applies to any app. It's a very real phenomena. As I mentioned earlier, I do want to see the app to succeed. I'll continue to do comparative tests to my XT3 to gauge progress. I bought a lifetime subscription back in 2023, and I want to see a return on that investment. When the MRA app gremlins related to skipping waypoints (as well as a few other rough spots) finally get ironed out, it will probably reach consideration for real use. I'm confident it will get there.

I don't recall that the Connector had any options for saving the file to a specific location on the Garmin. My GPS is out of my possession at the moment, so I can't actually test that.

@Nick-Carthew said: I can't say that I experience the tracking stopping. I get this a lot, when returning to MRA after using another app on the iPhone: the dot (current position) get frozen in place the yellow line (track) if enabled, continues to update I have logged it with Support who say it will be fixed when the new product comes out. I had a particularly difficult time when this freeze happened at the start of a journey with 12 cars following me and we turned different ways ... but I'm assured by Support that the bug is being treated as a priority.

@Ioan-Dragulescu No, not at all. But I switched to the DMD Nor7e tablet a few months ago.

@KurtvPoucke nee, maar je kunt daar wel (op voorhand) iets aan doen, door eerst de route in OSM te maken en deze daarna in HERE openen. Als je de OSM-route eronder legt, dan kun je ze gelijktrekken. Eenmaal rijdend is het, zoals @con-hennekens terecht opmerkt, niet te wijzigen.

@BertM Thank you

@rainert To be honest: most of the program was already done in Google Appscript and the documentation is generated by my AI friend I am not a programmer, so if you have any remarks please let me know. I have also some things I want to change in the future already.

@Lynchy67 It is on the list for major maintenance of the website, just like being able to export multiple routes in one go. Please be patient.

@Garry-Davis exactly, that would have been my second advice, but you are one step ahead. You can choose your beloved app, to count a route to the petrolstation

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