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Using OSM for navigation - has it been added to the MRA app yet ?

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  • Bryn Thomasundefined Offline
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    Using OSM for navigation - has it been added to the MRA app yet ?

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      Using OSM for navigation - has it been added to the MRA app yet ?

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      @Bryn-Thomas only in the planning. Dit navigating the Here map is the only one by design

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        @Bryn-Thomas That option probably won't be implemented either. OSM does not have an SDK (Software Development Kit) for the MRA development platform (Flutter).

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          @Bryn-Thomas That option probably won't be implemented either. OSM does not have an SDK (Software Development Kit) for the MRA development platform (Flutter).

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          @Rob-Verhoeff Got it ... Thanks

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            @Rob-Verhoeff Got it ... Thanks

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            Hi @Bryn-Thomas I like yourself wish MRA could use OSM for navigation but I do understand that this will  not be possible due to the decision to use the Here SDK for the development of the app.
            I do think MRA will be poorer because of this restriction as MRA can only be as good as the data it uses so it will only ever be as good as Here's data.
            The Here map & routing data is often very bad / incorrect & can take years to be corrected MRA will only ever be so good, never perfect.

            Another reason why MRA will poorer for this choice is that the Here maps do not contain any foot or walking path data, so despite having a walking profile MRA will never be good to use as a walking navigation app (except in the follow the line mode which is not really navigating)
            If MRA were able to use OSM I believe they would have better map & routing data & hence MRA would also be better

            PS @Corjan-Meijerink thanks for updating MRA's OSM map data, it was only february when I requested for it 😁 🤣 😁

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              Hi @Bryn-Thomas I like yourself wish MRA could use OSM for navigation but I do understand that this will  not be possible due to the decision to use the Here SDK for the development of the app.
              I do think MRA will be poorer because of this restriction as MRA can only be as good as the data it uses so it will only ever be as good as Here's data.
              The Here map & routing data is often very bad / incorrect & can take years to be corrected MRA will only ever be so good, never perfect.

              Another reason why MRA will poorer for this choice is that the Here maps do not contain any foot or walking path data, so despite having a walking profile MRA will never be good to use as a walking navigation app (except in the follow the line mode which is not really navigating)
              If MRA were able to use OSM I believe they would have better map & routing data & hence MRA would also be better

              PS @Corjan-Meijerink thanks for updating MRA's OSM map data, it was only february when I requested for it 😁 🤣 😁

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              @Brian-McG happy you noticed 😉

              So regarding the OSM decision for navigation.
              There are so many other technical reasons to add to this discussion that I still fully stand behind the choice for HERE 🙂

              Are there drawbacks? Yes! But trust me if I say that if we wouldn’t have used HERE, we wouldn’t even have this app yet.

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              • Corjan Meijerinkundefined Corjan Meijerink

                @Brian-McG happy you noticed 😉

                So regarding the OSM decision for navigation.
                There are so many other technical reasons to add to this discussion that I still fully stand behind the choice for HERE 🙂

                Are there drawbacks? Yes! But trust me if I say that if we wouldn’t have used HERE, we wouldn’t even have this app yet.

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                @Corjan-Meijerink I understand with engineering the perfect choice is often not possible & a best / compromise solution has to be the choice,
                I therefore also fully stand behind the decision to stand behind the choice for Here 😂

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