Route calculation between newly added POIs on the map

[Corrado Miniati]

Hello,
Currently, when two or more new POIs are placed directly on the map without being saved into a dedicated folder, no route is calculated. I assume this is because the system treats these newly created points as POIs that must first be saved and organized before they can be used in the route planner.
Conceptually, this makes sense; otherwise, the POI would effectively function as a simple waypoint rather than a POI. However, I believe there is a practical use case that could significantly improve the user experience.
While exploring the map, users often discover potential points of interest that they might want to evaluate before deciding whether they are worth saving. In this context, it would be very helpful if the planner could immediately calculate a route to these newly placed POI(s), allowing the user to assess factors such as distance, road quality, travel time, and the overall appeal of the route in real time.
Only after such an evaluation would the user decide whether to permanently save the point into a POI folder.
Otherwise, the "Place on map" option within the POI menu seems somewhat redundant, given that the current workflow requires the user to create and save a POI before it can actually be used—a need already covered by the "Select a POI" function.

What are your thoughts on allowing manually placed POIs to be included in immediate route calculations, while leaving it up to the user to decide whether to save them permanently at a later stage, should they find them worthwhile?

Thanks

[Corrado Miniati]

Hi,
I also noticed that the same behavior occurs when selecting existing Favorites as POIs directly on the map. Even after adding one or more Favorites as POIs, no route is automatically calculated between them.

[Corjan Meijerink]

Both cases come down to the same thing. In the planner the route only runs through waypoints. Everything in the POI section is a pin along the route: a POI you place on the map (it is already saved with the route, no folder needed) and a Favourite you add from your POIs alike. Those pins never pull the route through them. Both screenshots show 0 waypoints, so there was nothing to calculate yet.

To use a place for the route:

1. A new spot: click the map there (not via the POI section). That adds a waypoint, and once there are two or more the route is calculated straight away with its distance and time. If the place turns out to be worth keeping, open the waypoint and choose "Save to POIs", or "Turn into a POI".
2. A Favourite or another saved POI: open Discover, go to "My POIs" and press "Add as waypoint" on it, or click its pin on the map and choose "Add as waypoint".

Turning a POI that is already on the route into a waypoint isn't possible yet. That's a good point and we will build that.

[Corrado Miniati]

Great, thanks