Distance v time calculation??
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Hi all, first post on the forum, hello everyone! I'm interested in users experience of how accurate the "time" estimation is on MyRoute-app.
For example I created a route that is 178 miles, MRA says it'll take 4hr 35minutes, when I import and view the track in my Tom Tom Rider 500 it's saying 178 miles but 6hr 54 minutes, nearly 2 and a half hours longer.
I'm doing the route next week and will time it carefully but the thing is I have a long tour coming up and I've set up some days with 300 miles riding and MRA says around 6 to 6 and a half hours to complete each day, if its out by 2.5 hours over a 178 mile route it'll be out my much more over 300 miles!
Anyone had any experience with this issue? Does anyone know how MRA calculates it's time estimation?
Thanks in advance!
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@Stewart-Hartland-0 Welcome to the forum.
I always found that my TT 500 grossly overestimated the times. MRA Navigation Next is certainly more accurate. -
totally agree with Nick. I find MRA much more accurate than Tom Tom.
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@Stewart-Hartland-0 all my navigation devices or route planning tools calculates different times for planned routes; still the distance is similar. It depends on the profile (vehicle) in which you are planning the route.
Just in BaseCamp, and I believe in OsmAnd, you can config the average speed at street types in profile. But it needs your own experience, which speed you can acheive - and on actual traffic there.I usually calculate daily trips just on distance - with some buffer...
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The ETA of all navigation devices is dynamic and will change the closer you get to your destination.
I always view the ETA as a challenge
