MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.
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@stefanhummelink Thank you for confirming that. Had I paid more attention I’d have spotted that @Tom-Cat mentioned his use of a Pixel 5a. I agree concerning directions being generally later than I would prefer. And I do find they are far too late quite frequently - occasionally after I have turned!
On the matter of looking at screens while on the move, surely this is generally undesirable from a safety perspective and both hardware and software need to be designed to minimise the need to?
I’m no ‘purist’ here and willingly acknowledge that it’s a reasonable thing to do sometimes, e.g. though I try to avoid UK and Irish motorways as much as is practical, I find junction layout views very useful sometimes, and I prefer to rely on sat nav/app speed readings rather than the speedometer, particularly on my ageing VFR800.Generally, though, and certainly on my preferred road types, I think all the hazards and developing situations around me is where my attention needs to be, not forced into screen gazing due to badly timed voice guidance.
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
On the matter of looking at screens while on the move, surely this is generally undesirable from a safety perspective and both hardware and software need to be designed to minimise the need to?
I see where you're coming from, however the
is in the details here. My smartphone is located in the middle of my handlebar such, that looking at my Speedo equals looking at my phone's screen. That being said, when one looks continuously on their Speedo, you point is stil valid, so it makes sense for me to mention that I purposely look at my screen not due to the app malfunctioning on its basics(like you suggest it may be due to the late voice guidance), but rather because I provides me with information regarding the curve of the upcoming road. I use the app in landscape 3d, so I can see quite far ahead. This however is completely unnecessary in urban conditions, so that's why I merely ride like this on intended curvy roads. Twisties as we know them. 
I do look around extensively. In the Netherlands during the mandatory driving lessons to acquire the license, we are trained to be on the lookout for danger all around us. Every car driver is a hired assassin haha! 🤭 So imho for me, I'm not necessarily creating additional risks for myself, since I'm aware of the actual potential dangers ahead.
Regarding the hardware or software limiting this possibility at all: no no no. I'm no fan of some software or hardware prohibiting a certain use. I'd to like to keep stuff in my own hands.
Manks bu'j te bange.
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@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
On the matter of looking at screens while on the move, surely this is generally undesirable from a safety perspective and both hardware and software need to be designed to minimise the need to?
I see where you're coming from, however the
is in the details here. My smartphone is located in the middle of my handlebar such, that looking at my Speedo equals looking at my phone's screen. That being said, when one looks continuously on their Speedo, you point is stil valid, so it makes sense for me to mention that I purposely look at my screen not due to the app malfunctioning on its basics(like you suggest it may be due to the late voice guidance), but rather because I provides me with information regarding the curve of the upcoming road. I use the app in landscape 3d, so I can see quite far ahead. This however is completely unnecessary in urban conditions, so that's why I merely ride like this on intended curvy roads. Twisties as we know them. I do look around extensively. In the Netherlands during the mandatory driving lessons to acquire the license, we are trained to be on the lookout for danger all around us. Every car driver is a hired assassin haha! 🤭 So imho for me, I'm not necessarily creating additional risks for myself, since I'm aware of the actual potential dangers ahead.
Regarding the hardware or software limiting this possibility at all: no no no. I'm no fan of some software or hardware prohibiting a certain use. I'd to like to keep stuff in my own hands.
@stefanhummelink Sure, I get where you’re coming from, too. My comments were meant in general and not directed at you. Sounds like we have similarly located devices and, yes, for those functions that require just a glance and emulate vehicle instruments, what harm?
I didn’t intend to imply that certain functions should be prevented by design, not my bag at all! Rather, I mean that effective design and function should render all but essential screen gazing unnecessary. I believe that any disabling features should be discretionary and firmly under user control, such as those found on Garmin (some/all?) sat navs.
We do differ on the use of screens to assess the road. Long ago, I encountered the term ‘the map is not the territory’. I think this is equally pertinent to sat nav views. My preference is to keep my head up and my eyes on the road but, hey, that’s just me. We ride our own ride, yes?
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@stefanhummelink Sure, I get where you’re coming from, too. My comments were meant in general and not directed at you. Sounds like we have similarly located devices and, yes, for those functions that require just a glance and emulate vehicle instruments, what harm?
I didn’t intend to imply that certain functions should be prevented by design, not my bag at all! Rather, I mean that effective design and function should render all but essential screen gazing unnecessary. I believe that any disabling features should be discretionary and firmly under user control, such as those found on Garmin (some/all?) sat navs.
We do differ on the use of screens to assess the road. Long ago, I encountered the term ‘the map is not the territory’. I think this is equally pertinent to sat nav views. My preference is to keep my head up and my eyes on the road but, hey, that’s just me. We ride our own ride, yes?
I agree that Android MRA Navigation is also laggy when using voice navigation. Basically I turn it off.
Haven’t noticed any lag in the actual GPS location however.I took a trip to Loomies Cafe in Arundel yesterday.
My plan was to take the iPhone 6 Plus as well as the Zumo XT.
Whilst prepping the routes with WiFi on to ensure they were available in MRA NavigationI had a strange thing happen.
When hitting the exit button it was actually shutting the Navigation App down not going back to the Route page.
Had to uninstall-reinstall the App.
Didn’t bother taking the iPhone with me.
Regarding keeping eyes on the road the Zumo XT position on the Tiger 900 Rally Pro is perfect for a quick glance.
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Con Hennekens
Ik begreep dat de ontwikkeling van Navigation werd geoutsourced. Is dat misgelopen, en gaan jullie het dan toch zelf doen? Misschien goed om eens iets in het forum te publiceren daar over. Sommige gebruikers zijn ongeduldig
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Con Hennekens Eens, duidelijkere communicatie over de status en aanpak van Navigation. De recente enquête over Nav Next heeft het absoluut niet duidelijker gemaakt.Beantwoorden 1 wAuteur
MyRoute-app
Na MRA Mobile gaan we aan Navigation Next werken. Hier is alvast een preview en visie: https://blog-myrouteapp.com/navigating-via-mra-navigation/
Navigeren via MRA Navigation...
BLOG-MYROUTEAPP.COM
Navigeren via MRA Navigation...
Navigeren via MRA Navigation...Beantwoorden 1 wTopfan
Stefan Hummelink
MyRoute-app Maar wat ik mij tijdens de enquête over next ook al afvroeg: in de huidige nav app zitten nog heel veel zaken die verbeterd of opgelost moeten worden, en nu komt er een nieuwe MRA Nav versie, genaamd Next. Dit komt ook op mij als trouwe MRA gebruiker van beide apps, een beetje vreemd over. Er lijkt nu, zeker ook op basis van alle activiteit op het forum over MRA Nav, al resourcestekort te zijn om de bestaande Nav app te verbeteren en bugfoxes door te voeren, laat staan een volledig nieuwe app te ontwikkelen? Betekent de Next variant dat er aan de huidige Nav niets meer verbeterd wordt?Beantwoorden 1 wCon Hennekens
Stefan Hummelink, ik lees dat Navigation gebruikers gewoon overstappen naar Next. Dus waarom zou je de oude app dan nog willen gebruiken?Beantwoorden 1 wTopfan
Stefan Hummelink
Con Hennekens "gebruik kunnen maken van de nieuwe app, dit is een keiharde garantie!" Dat doet suggereren dat beide apps zullen blijven bestaan. Dat vind ik gewoon merkwaardig. In de eerdere communicatie over next via die enquête, werd ook de indruk gewekt dat beide apps parallel zullen draaien. Op het forum is hier ook kritisch op gereageerd. Natuurlijk zal ik ook gewoon gebruiken wat gangbaar is, maar het feit blijft dat het nu al zeer lastig blijkt bugfixes en/of verbeteringen door te voeren op Nav, dus het ontwikkelen van een geheel nieuwe variant lijkt echt een bridge too far. Natuurlijk kan dat wel, mits geaccepteerd wordt dat de huidige app blijft zoals die is.
De vraag "waarom moeten er überhaupt twee versies blijven bestaan" is net zo legitiem, toch?Beantwoorden 1 wBewerktCon Hennekens
Stefan Hummelink, zeker, maar net zoals jij zie ik niet in waarom je 2 apps met dezelfde functie zou gaan onderhouden. Dat heeft alleen zin als de nieuwe versie functies ontbeert die de oude wel heeft. Ook vind ik een overgangsjaar wel zinvol, zodat je bij gebleken onoverkomelijke bugs kunt terugvallen op de oude app. Dat de nieuwe uiteindelijk de oude overbodig maakt lijkt me evident.Beantwoorden 1 wAuteur
MyRoute-app
Er komt een nieuwe navigatie app die op termijn huidige navigatie app gaat vervangen. Omdat we de app in een nieuwe taal gaan schrijven is dat efficiënter. De huidige app wordt tot die tijd gewoon onderhouden. We zijn nu het ontwerp aan het uitschrijven op basis van de onderzoeksresultaten.
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Stefan Hummelink
MyRoute-app "onderhouden" betekent ook nog vernieuwingen of alleen bugfixes?Beantwoorden 1 wCon Hennekens
Stefan Hummelink, nu we weten dat de nieuwe app de oude gaat vervangen, zie ik liever dat ze die effort can vernieuwing steken in de nieuwe app. Ik ben wel reuze benieuwd naar een ETABeantwoorden 1 wTopfan
Stefan Hummelink
Con Hennekens Nou... Als ETA uitkomt op ca 2 jaar, dan zie ik toch nog wel graag verbeteringen aan de huidige versie doorgevoerd worden. 🤭Beantwoorden 1 wCon Hennekens
Stefan Hummelink, dat is zeker inderdaad! Laten we hopen dat er wat vaart in komt.
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1 wSo, there's more info on MRA Navigation Next and what it means for the current app in a new blog post: https://blog.myrouteapp.com/mra-navigation-next/
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So, there's more info on MRA Navigation Next and what it means for the current app in a new blog post: https://blog.myrouteapp.com/mra-navigation-next/
@herko-ter-horst Woa: " In fact, we are also going to work hard with improvements with the current navigation app, such as a folder structure for your routes."
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@stefanhummelink Thank you for confirming that. Had I paid more attention I’d have spotted that @Tom-Cat mentioned his use of a Pixel 5a. I agree concerning directions being generally later than I would prefer. And I do find they are far too late quite frequently - occasionally after I have turned!
On the matter of looking at screens while on the move, surely this is generally undesirable from a safety perspective and both hardware and software need to be designed to minimise the need to?
I’m no ‘purist’ here and willingly acknowledge that it’s a reasonable thing to do sometimes, e.g. though I try to avoid UK and Irish motorways as much as is practical, I find junction layout views very useful sometimes, and I prefer to rely on sat nav/app speed readings rather than the speedometer, particularly on my ageing VFR800.Generally, though, and certainly on my preferred road types, I think all the hazards and developing situations around me is where my attention needs to be, not forced into screen gazing due to badly timed voice guidance.
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Generally, though, and certainly on my preferred road types, I think all the hazards and developing situations around me is where my attention needs to be, not forced into screen gazing due to badly timed voice guidance.
Of course attention needs to be focused on the road. But having a glance on the display at a self chosen moment, and thus knowing (without auditive assistance) where to go helps A LOT in avoiding dangerous situations. I have been running my Garmins for many years without headset in my helmet, and thus driving on the screen only. In my opinion a glimpse on your screen tells a lot more than a 1000 words.
But I share the thought that the spoken assistance is sometimes a bit late. It has never happened to me AFTER the turn though. And mostly it has been said already a few 100mtres earlier.
The words are however often not spoken clearly. Often I hear in "150 metre" the "One Hundred" and the "fifty" spoken simultaneously. At first I thought it was a phone problem, but my new phone does the same.
I am just an enthusiastic MRA user, and hope you will be one too!
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebar to the saddle.
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@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Generally, though, and certainly on my preferred road types, I think all the hazards and developing situations around me is where my attention needs to be, not forced into screen gazing due to badly timed voice guidance.
Of course attention needs to be focused on the road. But having a glance on the display at a self chosen moment, and thus knowing (without auditive assistance) where to go helps A LOT in avoiding dangerous situations. I have been running my Garmins for many years without headset in my helmet, and thus driving on the screen only. In my opinion a glimpse on your screen tells a lot more than a 1000 words.
But I share the thought that the spoken assistance is sometimes a bit late. It has never happened to me AFTER the turn though. And mostly it has been said already a few 100mtres earlier.
The words are however often not spoken clearly. Often I hear in "150 metre" the "One Hundred" and the "fifty" spoken simultaneously. At first I thought it was a phone problem, but my new phone does the same.
@con-hennekens said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
The words are however often not spoken clearly. Often I hear in "150 metre" the "One Hundred" and the "fifty" spoken simultaneously. At first I thought it was a phone problem, but my new phone does the same.
This happens to me quite often as well!
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@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Generally, though, and certainly on my preferred road types, I think all the hazards and developing situations around me is where my attention needs to be, not forced into screen gazing due to badly timed voice guidance.
Of course attention needs to be focused on the road. But having a glance on the display at a self chosen moment, and thus knowing (without auditive assistance) where to go helps A LOT in avoiding dangerous situations. I have been running my Garmins for many years without headset in my helmet, and thus driving on the screen only. In my opinion a glimpse on your screen tells a lot more than a 1000 words.
But I share the thought that the spoken assistance is sometimes a bit late. It has never happened to me AFTER the turn though. And mostly it has been said already a few 100mtres earlier.
The words are however often not spoken clearly. Often I hear in "150 metre" the "One Hundred" and the "fifty" spoken simultaneously. At first I thought it was a phone problem, but my new phone does the same.
@con-hennekens I’m happy to live with our differing viewpoints on how best to ride or drive. And I’m quite sure you are too.
On the words vs image (there’s a song about that!), sure, I agree. But I’m not for a moment suggesting otherwise. My ’case’ is that viewing the road and surrounding environment is vastly more informative than the screen view, not least because it’s live, plus such things as vanishing points can be utilised. We are always potentially small fractions of a second away from disaster and, in my view, anything but cursory glances at a screen are undesirable.
If voice guidance is late, vague or even completely absent (which I have found to be a quite frequent trait of Navigation) and we are caused to look at the screen often and unnecessarily, that’s not some ‘inconvenience’, it’s a major flaw. A user’s choice, on the other hand, to not use voice guidance is akin to the aforementioned option to turn certain Garmin sat nav functions on and off, is it not? Choice vs no choice…
And, yes, advance guidance is sometimes given well before a turn but, equally often, in many environments there are multiple junctions between that announcement and the intended turn. I feel that these, while undeniably useful as a ‘heads up’, are no substitute for well timed and sufficiently clear and detailed follow up guidance.
Due to endless glitches and complete failures, most of my use of the Navigation app has been as a test and in circumstances when I knew routes anyway and didn’t need navigation. I have never felt sufficiently confident in the reliability of the app to venture out without my Garmin on board when I did require navigation (however did we get anywhere before sat nav?🤪). In some circumstances I‘d have been ‘up the creek’ had I tried to rely on Navigation. As someone who really does want MRA to be successful in developing and providing a genuine alternative to expensive dedicated sat nav devices, I find that hugely disappointing…
But, as it stands, Navigation is not just disappointingly inadequate in my experience, it has the inbuilt potential to be bloody dangerous. And yet, despite increasing evidence (via support tickets and this forum at least) that this is a widespread user experience, I have not seen so much as a word from MRA to acknowledge the problem, let alone any effort to fix it. Why?
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@con-hennekens I’m happy to live with our differing viewpoints on how best to ride or drive. And I’m quite sure you are too.
On the words vs image (there’s a song about that!), sure, I agree. But I’m not for a moment suggesting otherwise. My ’case’ is that viewing the road and surrounding environment is vastly more informative than the screen view, not least because it’s live, plus such things as vanishing points can be utilised. We are always potentially small fractions of a second away from disaster and, in my view, anything but cursory glances at a screen are undesirable.
If voice guidance is late, vague or even completely absent (which I have found to be a quite frequent trait of Navigation) and we are caused to look at the screen often and unnecessarily, that’s not some ‘inconvenience’, it’s a major flaw. A user’s choice, on the other hand, to not use voice guidance is akin to the aforementioned option to turn certain Garmin sat nav functions on and off, is it not? Choice vs no choice…
And, yes, advance guidance is sometimes given well before a turn but, equally often, in many environments there are multiple junctions between that announcement and the intended turn. I feel that these, while undeniably useful as a ‘heads up’, are no substitute for well timed and sufficiently clear and detailed follow up guidance.
Due to endless glitches and complete failures, most of my use of the Navigation app has been as a test and in circumstances when I knew routes anyway and didn’t need navigation. I have never felt sufficiently confident in the reliability of the app to venture out without my Garmin on board when I did require navigation (however did we get anywhere before sat nav?🤪). In some circumstances I‘d have been ‘up the creek’ had I tried to rely on Navigation. As someone who really does want MRA to be successful in developing and providing a genuine alternative to expensive dedicated sat nav devices, I find that hugely disappointing…
But, as it stands, Navigation is not just disappointingly inadequate in my experience, it has the inbuilt potential to be bloody dangerous. And yet, despite increasing evidence (via support tickets and this forum at least) that this is a widespread user experience, I have not seen so much as a word from MRA to acknowledge the problem, let alone any effort to fix it. Why?
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
I’m happy to live with our differing viewpoints on how best to ride or drive. And I’m quite sure you are too.
Yes of course, as long as it is mutual respectful. In fact I think you brought up quite a few valid "challenges" for MRA to address.
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare. Personally I think it is quite dangerous to just fly by voice-guidance, because it has by far not enough differentiation between different circumstances. Therefore I think that a glance at the screen at a moment you choose yourself is much more safe.
Stating that MRA Navigation is "bloody dangerous" is in my opinion reaching the boundary of respectfulness. Precisely because you already said yourself: "viewing the road and surrounding environment is vastly more informative" than any form of guidance, and that should ALWAYS have priority #1
I am just an enthusiastic MRA user, and hope you will be one too!
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebar to the saddle.
Streetpilot 2610/Zumo 660/Zumo 395/ CAT S52 + MRA app -
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
I’m happy to live with our differing viewpoints on how best to ride or drive. And I’m quite sure you are too.
Yes of course, as long as it is mutual respectful. In fact I think you brought up quite a few valid "challenges" for MRA to address.
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare. Personally I think it is quite dangerous to just fly by voice-guidance, because it has by far not enough differentiation between different circumstances. Therefore I think that a glance at the screen at a moment you choose yourself is much more safe.
Stating that MRA Navigation is "bloody dangerous" is in my opinion reaching the boundary of respectfulness. Precisely because you already said yourself: "viewing the road and surrounding environment is vastly more informative" than any form of guidance, and that should ALWAYS have priority #1
@con-hennekens Absolutely, I agree that occasional glances are fine (I think I said as much earlier?). I do it myself and wouldn’t want to be left with just voice, having tried using the ‘Navigon’ app with phone in pocket as my introduction to the world of sat nav many years ago!
I take your point about “bloody dangerous” and “respectful”. I do feel very strongly about both the issue and lack of action and do feel that being abrupt is valid here though. Particularly as, having read the ‘Next’ blog referred to elsewhere today, it seems that MRA are talking 2023 season as a target for introduction. This needs sorting yesterday! For MRA not to have not done so could be seen as rather worse than disrespectful to to its customers.
Your quoting me on viewing the road seems to twist my words just a little…
I was addressing information from viewing screen vs road. Naturally, I do agree that eyes on road is by far #1. However, good voice guidance and judicious use of screen are complementary both to it and one another. The length of time spent looking at the screen and the timing of it being crucial: voice guidance helps reduce the former and improve the latter -
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
I’m happy to live with our differing viewpoints on how best to ride or drive. And I’m quite sure you are too.
Yes of course, as long as it is mutual respectful. In fact I think you brought up quite a few valid "challenges" for MRA to address.
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare. Personally I think it is quite dangerous to just fly by voice-guidance, because it has by far not enough differentiation between different circumstances. Therefore I think that a glance at the screen at a moment you choose yourself is much more safe.
Stating that MRA Navigation is "bloody dangerous" is in my opinion reaching the boundary of respectfulness. Precisely because you already said yourself: "viewing the road and surrounding environment is vastly more informative" than any form of guidance, and that should ALWAYS have priority #1
@con-hennekens said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare.
It's very laggy in the Android version also as I mentioned in my previous post. I tend to look at my screen often to get the curvature of the road ahead but even then I rely on the voice to alert me to an upcoming turn and it lags pretty far behind.
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@con-hennekens said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare.
It's very laggy in the Android version also as I mentioned in my previous post. I tend to look at my screen often to get the curvature of the road ahead but even then I rely on the voice to alert me to an upcoming turn and it lags pretty far behind.
@tom-cat With the iOS version it’s very variable i find. Sometimes fine, sometimes persistently laggy and frequently patchily so in a single route, occasionally far too late but usually only a small number of times in a journey and not necessarily every journey. Complete absence of guidance for a particular turn is quite common and, puzzlingly, in one direction it is absent, yet returning on the same route it is present. The issue seems pretty random too - might be an issue one day and not the next when covering the same route on the same device. Certainly, I haven’t noticed any location where the problem always occurs.
Where the problem(s) lies is anybody’s guess. I had thought it might be related to gps signal, but I’ve had issues in areas with great coverage yet good performance in mountains and forested areas where skies are limited, including when using the Garmin GLO2 mentioned previously (able to use many more satellites, so accuracy and coverage improved and faster to calculate location).
Some kind of issue with speech engines (e.g. conflict between any in Navigation and those used by Android and iOS devices) which might be eradicated by adopting an alternative? Probably not, given the variabilities in occurrence? These are just shots in the dark on my part. My knowledge of such stuff is very limited indeed.I wonder what, if any, questions are being asked by the app developers in seeking a solution? They are far better placed to look in the right direction, ask the right questions, find answers and to test them… Though could part of the problem lie in testing? What works in an isolated ‘sand box’ kind of environment is one thing, but I wonder how much real world testing has been and is being carried out?
It would be good to see some input from MRA executives on this problem, along with some commitment to rectifying it, and on this forum, rather than spending their time drip feeding what seems to me to be ‘high hopes and thin air’ on Farcebook.
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@con-hennekens said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
Concerning the voice-guidiance, perhaps it could be that the IOS version here also has more trouble following the movement, I am unsure because I can't compare.
It's very laggy in the Android version also as I mentioned in my previous post. I tend to look at my screen often to get the curvature of the road ahead but even then I rely on the voice to alert me to an upcoming turn and it lags pretty far behind.
@tom-cat said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
It's very laggy in the Android version also as I mentioned in my previous post. I tend to look at my screen often to get the curvature of the road ahead but even then I rely on the voice to alert me to an upcoming turn and it lags pretty far behind.
It's funny that people have such different habits how they use navigation. To me the voice-guidance is merely a signal to go watch the route. A simple beep would suffice. Like my ancient Streetpilot 2610 did
. In that regard I am not really aware of any lag, but I am not really listening to the voice.However if it is such a thing for many users, it would be nice if something could be done about that. I cannot imagine that it is rocketscience to do that. Tweaking some developer parameters...
I am just an enthusiastic MRA user, and hope you will be one too!
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebar to the saddle.
Streetpilot 2610/Zumo 660/Zumo 395/ CAT S52 + MRA app -
@tom-cat said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
It's very laggy in the Android version also as I mentioned in my previous post. I tend to look at my screen often to get the curvature of the road ahead but even then I rely on the voice to alert me to an upcoming turn and it lags pretty far behind.
It's funny that people have such different habits how they use navigation. To me the voice-guidance is merely a signal to go watch the route. A simple beep would suffice. Like my ancient Streetpilot 2610 did
. In that regard I am not really aware of any lag, but I am not really listening to the voice.However if it is such a thing for many users, it would be nice if something could be done about that. I cannot imagine that it is rocketscience to do that. Tweaking some developer parameters...
@con-hennekens Could the terrain, roads and traffic conditions we usually inhabit inform our varied navigation habits, perhaps?
Netherlands: limited elevation changes, high proportion of fairly straight roads, few roadside hedges, extensive lines of sight, high traffic densities. (Apologies for the generalisation here, but its based on limited personal experience.)
My part of the U.K. (Welsh borders): wide and sudden elevation changes, frequent corners - often tight and with decreasing radius, roadside hedgerows the norm and often high, restricted sight lines, relatively low traffic densities.
I’m sure that’s very simplistic and, of course, many of us travel widely so experience a greater range of conditions. Throw in experience and training, etc… But maybe there’s a grain of truth in there?
Could it be that those in the Netherlands do tend to have just that little bit more time to look at a screen?
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@con-hennekens Could the terrain, roads and traffic conditions we usually inhabit inform our varied navigation habits, perhaps?
Netherlands: limited elevation changes, high proportion of fairly straight roads, few roadside hedges, extensive lines of sight, high traffic densities. (Apologies for the generalisation here, but its based on limited personal experience.)
My part of the U.K. (Welsh borders): wide and sudden elevation changes, frequent corners - often tight and with decreasing radius, roadside hedgerows the norm and often high, restricted sight lines, relatively low traffic densities.
I’m sure that’s very simplistic and, of course, many of us travel widely so experience a greater range of conditions. Throw in experience and training, etc… But maybe there’s a grain of truth in there?
Could it be that those in the Netherlands do tend to have just that little bit more time to look at a screen?
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
@con-hennekens Could the terrain, roads and traffic conditions we usually inhabit inform our varied navigation habits, perhaps?
Absolutely. I know I vary my habits based on where I'm riding. If I am within a town I am watching the GPS more often, eyeing the side roads and distance to my next turn. When I'm in more rural and countryside locations I look at the GPS less often.
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@con-hennekens Could the terrain, roads and traffic conditions we usually inhabit inform our varied navigation habits, perhaps?
Netherlands: limited elevation changes, high proportion of fairly straight roads, few roadside hedges, extensive lines of sight, high traffic densities. (Apologies for the generalisation here, but its based on limited personal experience.)
My part of the U.K. (Welsh borders): wide and sudden elevation changes, frequent corners - often tight and with decreasing radius, roadside hedgerows the norm and often high, restricted sight lines, relatively low traffic densities.
I’m sure that’s very simplistic and, of course, many of us travel widely so experience a greater range of conditions. Throw in experience and training, etc… But maybe there’s a grain of truth in there?
Could it be that those in the Netherlands do tend to have just that little bit more time to look at a screen?
@pad-0 said in MRA Navigation and downloaded maps.:
@con-hennekens Could the terrain, roads and traffic conditions we usually inhabit inform our varied navigation habits, perhaps?
I think your comparison of circumstances is quite correct. However I am living in the far south (as far as you can speak of that in the Netherlands
) with German Eifel and Belgium Ardennes in less than an hour drive away. I have been riding for years without audible guidance, so I am probably more used to do without it than many others. But in my experience, the more unpredictable the road gets, the better it is to look at the map at your own chosen time. That gives you knowledge about the road ahead and prevents having to look at the screen when it is necessary to have eyes on the road. I ride in landscape mode, so I have better sight on side roads too.
