How to exclude short time road blocks during navigation
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Hello @Corjan-Meijerink,
I’ve been an enthusiastic user of MRA for years (including as a Lifetime Member).
There’s one issue I keep running into, and I’d like to clarify it.
It happened to me many times that I suddenly come across a last-minute road closure that isn’t shown on the maps and therefore not accounted for in the planning.
With Calimoto (yes, yes, that was a long time ago), I could dynamically block the section of road ahead of me (1 km, 5 km, ...) so that the navigation would route me around the blocked section.
With MRA, I don’t know how to do that. If I simply take a different route, MRA guides me back to the exact spot that’s blocked after a few minutes. Then I have to switch to Google Maps, which I’d really try to avoid.
What is MRA’s approach to roads that are blocked at short notice? What should the user do to avoid being directed into the roadblock over and over again? Just deleting one or two shaping points ahead doesn't help.
Thanks for your answer.
Best, Axel
BMW R 1200 RT
BMW C 650 GT
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MRA lifetime member -
Hello @Corjan-Meijerink,
I’ve been an enthusiastic user of MRA for years (including as a Lifetime Member).
There’s one issue I keep running into, and I’d like to clarify it.
It happened to me many times that I suddenly come across a last-minute road closure that isn’t shown on the maps and therefore not accounted for in the planning.
With Calimoto (yes, yes, that was a long time ago), I could dynamically block the section of road ahead of me (1 km, 5 km, ...) so that the navigation would route me around the blocked section.
With MRA, I don’t know how to do that. If I simply take a different route, MRA guides me back to the exact spot that’s blocked after a few minutes. Then I have to switch to Google Maps, which I’d really try to avoid.
What is MRA’s approach to roads that are blocked at short notice? What should the user do to avoid being directed into the roadblock over and over again? Just deleting one or two shaping points ahead doesn't help.
Thanks for your answer.
Best, Axel
@Axel-Härtl If the road closure is unknown then how can the app respond?
You follow the local diversion signs and skip any waypoints that are in the closed section.Always willing to help if I can.
Triumph Tiger 1200 XRT called Tina.
MRA Navigation Next and SilverFox BJ8 -
@Axel-Härtl If the road closure is unknown then how can the app respond?
You follow the local diversion signs and skip any waypoints that are in the closed section.Hi Nick, the easy answer is: MRA should use a similar algorithm as Calimoto.
It happend to me pretty often that a detour is not shown by signs. So I just drive left or right in front of the block. That doesn't help as I explaind in #1.
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Not just Calimoto but also the Tomtom Go Expert app has the facility to avoid the next few yards or miles.
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You can select to see the original route, this appears as a white line. If there are no local diversion signs (not very common to see this) then you navigate around the closure back to the original route and skip whatever waypoints that you need to.
This is a perfectly easy solution, personally I do not wish for a clone of Calimoto or TomTom Go but that’s just my opinion.Always willing to help if I can.
Triumph Tiger 1200 XRT called Tina.
MRA Navigation Next and SilverFox BJ8 -
You can select to see the original route, this appears as a white line. If there are no local diversion signs (not very common to see this) then you navigate around the closure back to the original route and skip whatever waypoints that you need to.
This is a perfectly easy solution, personally I do not wish for a clone of Calimoto or TomTom Go but that’s just my opinion.Hi Nick, to be honest - that seems much too complicated for me - especially on a small mobil phone.
What's the reason not to implement a solution like other navigation systems? I'm shure most users will be very pleased with such a functionality.
