What I also think would be useful & might make the numbers a bit more meaningful is if the option to "Show Next Waypoint Information" actually did what it says.

At present I believe this option only shows the point information when within a certain distance of the point.
If the point name was shown immediately after the previous point was passed, then the user would have time & maybe able to associate this point name with the number on the waypoint/skip button.

If the user selects to see the next point name show it to them, don't hide it with some hidden filter. IMO this is a poor design choice.

@Simon-q I agree with you. One can always give a point the name of the number if one wants too. So the user decide. For example : Point 3 can have the name "3".

That does not work for dynamic numbering of waypoints... What if you add a WP in between others? Waypoints will always have a number to define the order.

@Simon-q I don’t have that need at all. Shaping points are only meant to shape your route so that you follow exactly the path that’s needed. If I ever wanted to rename a route point, it would always be a via point and never a shaping point.

I never mentioned shaping points....just waypoints. Sometimes you don't need to visit them.

@Bikerlou said in Skipping Waypoints....:

The terminology is always confusing - waypoints vs via points vs shaping
points

Confusing? What’s confusing about it then? The terms don’t seem open to multiple interpretations to me! A shaping point is used to shape your route, while a via point is a location you always want to visit along your route. What’s so difficult about that?

I can see why some people get confused with terminology if they have used other apps in the past. Scenic uses the term “via” for what MRA calls a shaping point, and “stop” for what MRA calls “via”. Garmin themselves even used to have different terminology before they changed some years ago.

https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mac-windows-software/f/basecamp-windows/159083/pois-waypoints-via-points-shaping-points-101

@Simon-q, to be honest, I think your suggestion is a bit stretching the screen estate in the app. Often WP names are really long, and in by far most cases senseless addresses. So generically showing all waypoint names is not a good idea I think.

Are you aware of the fact that, when a WP (Yes Rob, Shaping as well as via points! ) contains a note, the name and the note are displayed by a single tap on the waypoint?

In my opinion your suggestion could lead to two (probably rather easy) improvements:

A)

This picture shows a single tap on a waypoint with a note (or a picture). On this info field a button "continue from this waypoint" could be added. More than enough space!

B)

This picture shows a long press on a waypoint. The information about the waypoint could be completed with the name and the note of this waypoint.

Would that suffice in your view?

Ik ben het wel met Rob eens. De terminologie is best duidelijk maar niet iedereen heeft deze scherp voor ogen.
En voor wat betreft het skippen van punten; laat het a.u.b. numeriek blijven; Dan blijft het overeen komen met de numerieke punten zoals deze op de kaart staan. En laat sit ook graag numeriek blijven voor de overzichtelijkheid.

The terminology is always confusing - waypoints vs via points vs shaping
points

Confusing? What’s confusing about it then? The terms don’t seem open to multiple interpretations to me! A shaping point is used to shape your route, while a via point is a location you always want to visit along your route. What’s so difficult about that?

Furthermore, I really don’t understand you guys (no offense!). Besides, the space for that box is too limited to display a full name as you want, I think. But anyway, different people, different preferences...