New Beta! (v4.0.3) Motorhome & Motorcycle

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Nick-Carthew thanks!

[RetiredWingMan]

@Corjan-Meijerink what does zoom correction do? If it adjusts zoom, by how much? Travel mode appears to have been set in the web planner. Is there a way to change a travel mode when starting a route? Seems a pain to have to go back and modify every route.

[RetiredWingMan]

@Corjan-Meijerink OK, I give up, how do you change the driving mode for an existing route?

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Doug-Robinson said in New Beta! (v4.0.3) Motorhome & Motorcycle:

@Corjan-Meijerink OK, I give up, how do you change the driving mode for an existing route?

You can't...

[Nick Carthew]

@Doug-Robinson said in New Beta! (v4.0.3) Motorhome & Motorcycle:

@Corjan-Meijerink what does zoom correction do? If it adjusts zoom, by how much?

“ *Zoom correction and improved zooming
Do you believe the app is zoomed in too much? Or not enough? Simply apply more or less zoom correction!

We also ensured that when driving fast or on the highway, the app zooms out slightly more than before* ”

By this statement I guess slightly more

Travel mode appears to have been set in the web planner. Is there a way to change a travel mode when starting a route? Seems a pain to have to go back and modify every route.

Travel mode is set at the planning stage. Open the route in the app and click the edit button, the route is now open via the website. Click the Show route details tab at the bottom and then click Route information to change Transport mode.

Why would you need to modify every route? Your routes have been ok up until now!
As stated in another topic, changing transport mode to motorcycle would have very little affect.

[Arno 0]

Do I understand correctly that the camper transport mode can only be used for routes and not for a-b routing?

[Nick Carthew]

@Arno-0 Correct

[Lynchy67]

@Rob-Verhoeff

You can, but you would have to export as GPX1.1 and re-import then re-colour WP’s and and re-add the relevant icons.
Not ideal, but if this is the how it has to be, then so be it.
My OCD will not allow me to have a car icon when I can now have a Crash Helmet Icon

[Arno 0]

@Nick-Carthew Thanks. Then it’s a nice future improvement to make the camper transport mode also available for a-b routing . I mostly do not create a route for travelling in the Netherlands from home to a camper location.

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Nick-Carthew @Arno-0 An A-B route. When I click on the helmet, the other options appear. If I choose a camper route, then the app does show a different route indeed.

[Nick Carthew]

@Rob-Verhoeff Thank you. I am happy to be corrected.

[Arno 0]

@Rob-Verhoeff Thanks and you’re right . In the first screen after you’ve selected your destination, you can change the transport mode by clicking on the icon with the currently selected transport mode (car, bicycle, motorcycle, camper etc.). I didn’t notice this before .

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Arno-0 @Nick-Carthew @Rob-Verhoeff Campers can definitely be used for A-B routes!

I’ll look into a way to quickly change transport modes for routes. Now you will indeed always use the transport mode as indicated by the planned route.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Doug-Robinson the zoom correction really just slightly zooms in / out. However, the difference between “—“ and “++” is a full zoom level (quite much).
If the app zoom wasn’t an issue for you, leave it as is.

If you however always prefer a bit more / less zoom, this is the place to be.

Besides this option, we improved the app zooming when driving faster >60kph or on the highway. We then zoom out slightly more as community (and personal) opinion was that the app would be zoomed in too much on highways. This cannot be turned off.

[Arno 0]

If you turn off the use of toll roads while in camper transport mode, it also turns off the use of highways. This is only in camper transport mode and not in car or motorcycle transport mode.

[RetiredWingMan]

@Nick-Carthew thank you. I'll have to play with the zoom setting to see what the impact is. I always felt that the zoom level was too high allowing a look down the road of only about 300 m. I prefer 1 to 2 km.

I look forward to a time when certain settings, such as route options (avoid options for example), can be saved and automatically loaded based on selected travel mode. I tend to use different options when traveling by car vs motorcycle.

[Lynchy67]

@Corjan-Meijerink

With this 4.0.3 update I am now getting the following screen regarding Google?
I am aware others had this in the previous version.

Should I ignore it and select No?
Previously my location has been very accurate on Android.

I can’t get out on the bike to test until tomorrow.

[Nick Carthew]

@Lynchy67 If you answer yes, Google will then require further information - shoe size, favourite colour, what you had for breakfast etc etc

[Lynchy67]

@Nick-Carthew

Thanks for the clarification Nick.
Just wanted to be sure.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Lynchy67 yeah, enable it!
But did you have issues before? I only expect people that had the annoying popup about Google before to see this prompt.