Petrol stations

[richard 3v]

@Spili said in Petrol stations:

@richard-3v Unfortunately again
There is reason I posted it in AA/CP section Not in MRA/Next section

Fair comment !

[Spili]

@Nick-Carthew Yes. I know I can plan my fueling.
But it is not a solution I need.
All I need is a icon or two with incoming petrol stations.
Then I know I must tank now or I can go and tank on next station.

[Nick Carthew]

@Spili My suggestion does not involve planning, it just shows fuel stations while you are navigating. You decide you need fuel and you ride to the nearest.

[Bouke Ent]

@Spili said in Petrol stations:

@Bouke-Ent
@Con-Hennekens
There are restriction on AA/CP side?
I do not think so because my screenshots are from Sygic running on Android Auto.
Maybe MRA has any limitations we do not know?

i also have no idea but that was said last time there was this subject. i had same doubt and for me i was one of more reasons to dump AA/CP for now and use phone or tablet.

[Con Hennekens]

@Spili said in Petrol stations:

There are restriction on AA/CP side?
I do not think so because my screenshots are from Sygic running on Android Auto.
Maybe MRA has any limitations we do not know?

Yes there are restrictions, I don't think so, I know so.
What reason do you think MRA would have to cripple the AA/CP interface like that?
Your screenshot from Sygic clearly shows it has much less clutter by buttons and info tiles on it's screen. They clearly choose different things to show than MRA did, but they cope with the same limitations.

[Guzzist]

@Nick-Carthew said in Petrol stations:

If you have a list of Fuel stations in your POI library, select the profile icon and the fuel POIs will be visible in all of your routes when planning and when you are navigating.

@Nick-Carthew so this - what you suggested - is only possible

• with a POI list, which you uploaded in your POI library?
• AND only with fuel stations?

I tried it with only activated fuel station from App internal POI list, this wasn't working.

[Nick Carthew]

@Guzzist You can only select the profile icon from your own POI library. The profile icon looks like a head and shoulders. Any list of POIs that you have added to your library can be made visible while navigating.
You must select the profile icon to see the POIs.

[Guzzist]

@Nick-Carthew thank you very much!
Just at the moment when I read your explanation, I remembered that I had once read it somewhere. But at the time I didn't really realise the benefit. Now it is clear to me, and I find it valuable.

For example, I can show all the Alpine passes that I have as a list in my library when navigating. Then I could spontaneously change my journey on the way because I see a pass nearby on the map. I can then simply add it to my route as an additional waypoint by pressing and holding on it.
How cool is that

[Bouke Ent]

@Con-Hennekens said in Petrol stations:

@Spili said in Petrol stations:

There are restriction on AA/CP side?
I do not think so because my screenshots are from Sygic running on Android Auto.
Maybe MRA has any limitations we do not know?

Yes there are restrictions, I don't think so, I know so.
What reason do you think MRA would have to cripple the AA/CP interface like that?
Your screenshot from Sygic clearly shows it has much less clutter by buttons and info tiles on it's screen. They clearly choose different things to show than MRA did, but they cope with the same limitations.

thanks to explane little more. still in MRA Next it self the petrol station info is switched with second exit or turn. is that not a option ? that uses no more space on screen. just a question... maybe it is not a option.

[Adrian Avram]

@Con-Hennekens said in Petrol stations:

I believe the tile I mentioned is indeed not visible on AA/CP devices, because of restrictions bij Google and Apple.

Stop saying that ! If MRA does not have functions that other apps (Sygic, TomTomGo) have, like showing the next gas station on Android Auto, that is not because of limitations. Limitations applies to all not only to MRA, so in this case, its a function that is just not implemented in MRA !

[Con Hennekens]

@Adrian-Avram said in Petrol stations:

Stop saying that !

I will not be shut up by you...

In the pictures @Spili shared you can clearly see the limitations in action. They may have fuel station icons, but where are the zoom buttons, the skip waypoint button, the menu button? They just chose differently than the MRA developers. If you know better I'll wait until your own navigation app is released. It must be a really great one so I want it!

@Bouke-Ent said in Petrol stations:

in MRA Next it self the petrol station info is switched with second exit or turn.

That could perhaps be, but the third highlight in the screenshot above indicates limitations for that method too. turning information could trigger the drivers attention to stay fixed on it until the info he needs comes by. Not ideal...

[Corjan Meijerink]

This is getting nowhere, I'm locking the thread.

Limitations apply to CarPlay / Android Auto.
Limitations do not mean it isn't possible.
We decided to add different features using the limited available space.

Will we add more functionalities within the constraints? Most probably!