Route ignores obvious left turn
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Greetings,
I am a seasoned Garmin BaseCamp/Zumo XT user but just started with MRA using a Basic account. I did this in order to generate routes while on a trip using my iPad if for some reason my original plans change. This happened last fall when our route took us into areas with heavy forest fire smoke. We canceled our original trip plans and headed the other direction. I created new routes directly on the Zumo which was cumbersome to say the least. I like what I'm seeing so far with MRA and can envision moving to it exclusively as I get more experience with it.
I created a day trip on my iPad and found a situation where MRA would not follow the obvious road. Even when I added shaping points (locations shown by red dots between shaping points 5 and 6) it created convoluted paths to get to them but not follow the simplest, most direct route. It doesn't seem likely this is a map choice problem, that is the free OSM vs. the subscription HERE map. Could it just be an error in the OSM map? My only avoidance is unpaved roads. BTW, this route loaded into the Zumo makes the correct turn as you would expect between the two shaping points.
Tom
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This seems to be a problem with the OSM map. If I change the standard map from OSM to Here or Tomtom, the route works as expected. However, changing from OSM to Here/Tomtom is only possible in the Gold version.
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As @Mopetenpit said, the Here maps seems to work fine, so presume it's an issue with OSM
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I don't think it's because of the OSM data.
There are two potential limitations: A railway barrier and a U-turn restriction, but neither should prevent a left turn:
Other planning programmes based on OSM allow this:
This is probably due to the route engine (API) MRA uses.
