New User Observations
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Over the years I have used just about all the different navigation apps for IOS and both Garmin and TomTom devices. Until recently I have used both Scenic and Calimoto. However both these have issues and so I'm trying MyRoute for a month. MyRoute-app web planner is great and I really like the integration with the app. The MyRoute app is also very good except for two issues.
Navigating.
The navigation works well but the font size and roundabout symbol with exit number are far too small. This is primary navigation information which needs to be easily read. Sure sitting at home in my comfy chair I can read it but out on the bike at 60mph in the rain I cannot. I searched the forums and see this has been mentioned before, so why has this not been addressed. Its one thing Calimoto does right. I'm sure I am not alone that likes to navigate without voice commands and depends on visual navigation only. So please make this information bigger.Planning using the IOS app.
Whats the point of favorites ? If you select a favorite the app produces a route for you. Fine. You can adjust this by a selection of curve options and allowed roads but you cannot edit it. So I tried the apps MRA Routeplanner but no favorite menu button. So how can you use a favorite location and plan a route with waypoints ? If I want just a point and go app then I can use Google Maps or Waze.Please consider these observation seriously because they spoil what could just be the best motorcycle navigation app for those of us who like to plan our routes.
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@Peter-Levis said in New User Observations:
the font size and roundabout symbol with exit number are far too small.
Whether the roundabout symbol is readable or not is large dependent on your device you are running MRA on, and on the distance it is mounted. For me, on a 5.6" screen, the tile is readable just fine. The second instruction tile however is not, but I will see that when I get there, so it does not bother me. Also the screen aspect plays a role in this. phones tend to get more stretched only in height. That is not always a pro. Have you tried to navigate in landscape mode? That might improve readability. Besides all this, the app zooms in at each roundabout, so I tend to look at the route line rather then the instruction tiles.
So how can you use a favorite location and plan a route with waypoints ?
In the app's planner mode you can simply search for favorites in the search box. A Waypoint will be inserted at the spot of your favorite.
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Thanks for your reply. I'm using an old iphone XR without sim card as my navigation device keeping my newer phone safely tucked away. I navigate in portrait mode and yes I did try landscape orientation and it makes no difference to font or symbol size. I appreciate with route zoom that as you approach a roundabout the map zooms and you can easily see the route. However I still think there is screen room to make the fonts bigger.
In the MRA routeplanner clicking in the search bar only shows my last searches. Typing in the name of one of my favorites does not show that stored favorite unless its been used before. The main map screen has a favorite button. If I select each favorite in turn creating a route and then cancelling the route ie I have used that favorite then sure in the search bar in the planner that favorite will be listed. However if not used they are not listed and typing the name does not bring them up. All the MRA routeplanner needs is a favorite button like the main map screen has.
To test this further I made a favorite using the web planner on my computer. Called it Cromer test. In the iphone app the favorite was listed under favorites. Excellent. Now in the routeplanner tap in the search bar and the favorite is not listed. Type the name Cromer test and still not listed. If I go back to the main map screen and select the favorite which creates a route then cancel route and now go back to the planner and tap in search bar, the favorite Cromer test is shown last one in the list.
Hope this all makes sense.
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@Peter-Levis, Yes, I was able to reproduce this. It seems like a favorite in the in-app planner is only available once it has been used outside of the app planner first.
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Thanks for checking this. A favorite button on the routeplanner page I think would be very useful. I nearly always like to plan my routes with waypoints. From the main menu selecting a favorite creates a route but its not editable. What I call point and go route no planning required. No use to me.
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Welcome @Peter-Levis