Suggestion: more maps supported for navigation

[L. Spijker 0]

I would love to see that the new app has the ability to use for example the TomTom map for navigation aswell. I can use that map to create routes in the MRA app (and I often do since I absolutely love the curvy alogarithem thats in the TomTom map), but I will have to use the Here map overlay in order to ensure that the created route (in the TomTom map) is correct when I wanna ride it with the navigation app.

OSM is used by most other apps like Calimoto or Osmand etc, so i would also be nice for it to work the other way around. So that when i recieve a gpx file on the fly i can just import it and run it on the navigation without having to worry about some slight changes that have been made whilst converting it to the Here map.

[Steve Lynch]

@L-Spijker-0

I totally agree with you regarding the the Tom Tom Windy Routes.
I use them all the time and add the route points over the top of the Tom Tom Track then check against the Here Map.
I then transfer directly to my Zumo XT.

I suspect for MRA Next it will be based on the Here Map as some of the Navigation Next suggestions already mentioned by one of the Dev's already mentions the use of Via Points.

Also the Here and Street map are the only options with 3D renderings.

This is all just my opinion however so take it or leave it.

[Con Hennekens]

I think if maps become choosable in Navigation, it will add more issues for people with routes not being equal due to settings within the app. It will add complexity we don't want.

[MyRoute-app community]

Thanks for the suggestion @L-Spijker-0

While on the route-planning end I would completely agree with you that TomTom is a hard requirement, we'll definitely not be including TomTom routing in our initial release (and honestly, likely all future releases) of the MRA Navigation Next application.

As @Steve-Lynch mentioned, we're using HERE as the basis for the premium sat-nav-esque "Navigation" part of "MRA Navigation Next".

That isn't to say that TomTom map layers won't be possible. For those that don't know: map-layers are the way the map looks, including things like labels and colours.