Does waypoint have to be on Route Line?
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I now know it is best practice to have a waypoint actually touching the route line, but didn't always check this. I'm reviewing my routes and notice many waypoints that are just a bit off the route line. If the waypoint is on a divided highway or more congested area, or pretty far away from the route, I'm moving them to put the point on the route line.
But I mostly travel 2 lane backroads and highways. If a waypoint isn't touching the line but is close, and the waypoint is far enough away from other roads, overpasses, etc. to not cause confusion -- is ok to leave the waypoint as is or should it be moved to the route line? Is the waypoint in this image "close enough" to work as expected?
P.S. I'm a Gold member, create my routes with HERE map, and will be navigating using MyRoute-app directly on an Android phone (offline without simm). Thanks.
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I now know it is best practice to have a waypoint actually touching the route line, but didn't always check this. I'm reviewing my routes and notice many waypoints that are just a bit off the route line. If the waypoint is on a divided highway or more congested area, or pretty far away from the route, I'm moving them to put the point on the route line.
But I mostly travel 2 lane backroads and highways. If a waypoint isn't touching the line but is close, and the waypoint is far enough away from other roads, overpasses, etc. to not cause confusion -- is ok to leave the waypoint as is or should it be moved to the route line? Is the waypoint in this image "close enough" to work as expected?
P.S. I'm a Gold member, create my routes with HERE map, and will be navigating using MyRoute-app directly on an Android phone (offline without simm). Thanks.
@Al-Cohen Generally speaking you do not need to be that accurate, but consider a route point that isn’t on your intended road in the middle of a big town or city. The route point could then be on a side road which would cause one of those annoying ’Turn left’ instructions closely followed by a ‘turn around when possible’.
So where there is a higher concentration of roads you need to be more accurate. -
I always put my waypoints or any other what so ever on the route. Saves a lot of hassle if you are not using the same map on your 'gps' device.
e.g.. you put a shaping point in France just after you exit the roundabout. HERE does not give you any error but most of the time there are 2 specific traffic lanes. Oops, routing problem if you are on the wrong side on the traffic lane... -
I now know it is best practice to have a waypoint actually touching the route line, but didn't always check this. I'm reviewing my routes and notice many waypoints that are just a bit off the route line. If the waypoint is on a divided highway or more congested area, or pretty far away from the route, I'm moving them to put the point on the route line.
But I mostly travel 2 lane backroads and highways. If a waypoint isn't touching the line but is close, and the waypoint is far enough away from other roads, overpasses, etc. to not cause confusion -- is ok to leave the waypoint as is or should it be moved to the route line? Is the waypoint in this image "close enough" to work as expected?
P.S. I'm a Gold member, create my routes with HERE map, and will be navigating using MyRoute-app directly on an Android phone (offline without simm). Thanks.
@Al-Cohen there is some discussion on point placement in this old thread
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