re joining route mid way ?

[Con Hennekens]

@Paul-Hicks said in re joining route mid way ?:

Not sure I can blame the flat battery on MyRoute?

I think the power drain of the app is perhaps a bit more than seen with other apps, but in most cases not really a concern anymore. What I experienced myself is that the powerdrain of wireless Android Auto itself is quite significant. Are you using this wirelessly?

The app continually redirected back to the route between point 1 to point 2 even though I was less than 300m from point 2

This sounds as if it was still directing you to WP1, probably because you did not "hit" it at the start of your route. It is a common mistake to place WP1 at your doorstep, it should be placed a bit further down the route. On AA/CP devices there is no indication of which WP is the next target. But since WP1 is always a VIA point, it will not skip automatically.

[Paul Hicks]

I actually have a power supply in my panniers with a couple of USB chargers that I keep the phone and camera batteries plugged into on a trip. Unfortunately, the one I plugged the phone into wasn't connecting properly and it didn't charge my phone. That's entirely on me. But I admit, the app consumes some power. Without the phone on a charger I doubt if I'd get more than 2 or 3 hours before being it was flat. That's based on my experience without android auto. I wouldn't even contemplate using the MyRoute App/Android Auto without a power supply to my phone.

Sorry Con, I can absolutely assure you that Way point 1 was moved away from the start of my journey, and it was identified as I passed it. I was merrily on my way to shaping point 2 according to the app. I think, and is only a thought, that once I went off course (intentionally) the app somehow tried to get me back on course (which is logical) but without a full route recalculation to work out the shortest/fastest route to the next waypoint/shaping point. Once I cleared shaping point 2, (and I hadn't yet reached shaping point 2) the app appeared to fully recalculate and set course for the next shaping point (point 3) perfectly. Smarter men than I can ponder that one.....lol

[Con Hennekens]

@Paul-Hicks, That actually sounds like it functioning completely as intended
The app will not skip a waypoint at first occasion, but only at the second or more occasions, when certain conditions are met. Afterall, it tries to follow your meticulously planned route without skipping a lot.

[Con Hennekens]

@Paul-Hicks, I found a threat where @Corjan-Meijerink explains the skipping logic in more detail:
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/post/64435

There has been an update concerning this though:

• rule 2 says "are we moving" has been changed to "is my speed below 10 kph", to avoid unwanted recalculations while standing still, due to GPS inconsistencies.
• rule 5 says "are you more than 30 km away from the the next shapingpoint to be skipped too", this has been reduced to 20 km

I have been testing this quite extensively before and after the update, and find the logic quite satisfying, but you must keep in mind that routes are not about getting somewhere quick, but about maintaining them as much as is reasonable. The latter of course being interpretable in different ways

[Brian McG]

Hi @Con-Hennekens said in re joining route mid way ?:

this route is a back and forth route over the same roads.
I would totaly agree some navigations systems would totaly freak out at a path that returned over the same roads,
have seen many instances where Garmin systems just cannot cope with a simple figure of 8 looping route they have to be divided into out & back sections to get them even to calculate correctly

have to say I have been very impressed with how MRA handles figure of 8 routes & returning over the same roads, not personally had a falure yet