MRA running on DMD

[Tony q]

Is it a forum/group where experiences -succsses and problems, is discussed here on the community.

Tony

[Hans van de Ven MR.MRA]

Yes you can add experiences and MRA related problems here.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Tony-q if you have spécifique problems with MRA running on the DMD tablets, I’m here to help

[silberfuchs67]

I would be interested in to use MRA with a DMD device in combination with the BMW Sync Box. Is it possible to use the WW with MRA, especially to zoom, move the map etc?

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@silberfuchs67 as far as I know that s possible

[Tony q]

Hi All.
I don't really have a problem with the MRA App, it works very well.
I'm more curious about how many people here use DMD HW and are there any who make the route in MRA and navigate with DMD.

Can't those of you who use MRA on DMD give a vote so we can get an insight into how many of us there are

I've tried importing an MRA.gpx into DMD and it's with mixed enthusiasm.., it prefers its own roads and a route with more than 99 points it can't import - then it becomes a track.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Tony-q there are limitations to what a DMD can do with an MRA exported file. For starters the DMD app uses OSM while MRA uses Here.
If you have an gold abo you can compare the 2 maps in MRA and make shure they are the same
While DMD is great for off road Navigating MRA is absolutely king while Navigating on road.
That's why I prefere using MRA on my DMD tablet. It works perfect on the tab

[Martin Wilcke]

@Tony-q

If you're talking about DMD as hardware, the tablet(s), yes, they are second to none as navigation devices for bikes, even better than Carpe Iter. And MRA runs flawlessly on it, since it's an Android device.

If you're talking about DMD as software, the app, yep, it's an excellent piece of software - not as good as MRA for on-road navigation (routes), but better than MRA for off-road (tracks).

If you want to combine both apps, planning with MRA and navigating with DMD, you need to know what you're doing; otherwise, it will lead to frustration. It's always good advice to use both planning and navigating apps from the same ecosystem, since they're designed to work together perfectly.

[Martin Wilcke]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom said in MRA running on DMD:

there are limitations to what a DMD can do with an MRA exported file. For starters the DMD app uses OSM while MRA uses Here.

That's definitely not the main issue.

I've been on the DMD forum (Discord server) for quite a while now and see many postings like "I created a route with MRA, but it doesn't work well with DMD, so the devs have to investigate and fix it".
If you take a closer look, it's most often about misunderstanding different concepts and terms.

I had a long and exhausting debate here on this forum, and I will never crawl into this rabbit hole again, but 99% of these misunderstandings come from the different usage of "waypoint" in MRA versus DMD/GPX.

[Tony q]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom , I have used MRA/Garmin until now and only road. Since I should change to a new app I have tested a little MRA and DMD and agree for road and me it will be MRA.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Martin-Wilcke you're absolutely wright there. That's why we don't use the therm waypoint and talk about Viapoints and shaping points. Waypoint is something from Garmin. I think the confusion in the DMD app comes from the fact that they don't use the proper export format to import a gpx file in the DMD app. And almost certain that they don't compare the route with Here and OSM. We all know that the two maps use a different cart and a different algorithm to plan the route. Like that mistakes are easily made and lead to user faults witch they don't want to admid
Have fun with MRA on the great DMD tablet