Dne 07/01/2017 v 18:20 Terry Jones napsal(a): > > > > Routing is definitely complicated. OsmAnd will compute routes, and > there are some settings to bias the choices, but it is unlikely to > generate a pleasing bicyling route compared to a bunch of offline > thoughtful planning that's aware of not only elevation but which roads > are nice to cycle on vs too trafficy particularly based on time of > day. > > > So it seems a typical way to use OsmAnd for a long carefully-planned > ride is to use some other app (e.g., RideWithGPS or Strava) for route > planning, then to load the route onto your phone for navigation. You may as well want to use BRouter web front-end http://brouter.de/brouter-web/ > > I don't see a convenient way to get GPX routes into the mobile app. > When I click on the "GPX track..." item from the menu that opens when > I touch the bike icon (top left), it has a blue button labeled "Add > track". I click that and my options include (Google) Drive, Images, > Videos, Audio, Downloads. I could copy a GPX file to Google drive, no > problem, but I'd rather do things locally. When I add a GPX file to > the phone's "Download" folder (note singular), it doesn't show up in > the OsmAnd Downloads area (which is empty). The app tells me I can > also add tracks to > /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.osmand/files/tracks but I don't > see how to do that. I have to use AndroidFileTransfer, which doesn't > show me a top-level /storage directory. It does have top-level > /Android/data directory, but that does not contain a net.osmand > directory. So I don't see how to get GPX files into OsmAnd, without > using Google Drive. Or the BRouter application generating trhe GPX directly on the phone, aside of possibility to use it as local offline routing engine. > > I'm looking at Brouter now, thanks. It would be great if it works > well. I've had disastrous (and sometimes entertaining) experiences > trying to follow routes made by some apps (like RideWithGPS, which > uses Google maps AFAIK). The routing leaves a huge amount to be > desired if you want a reasonably fast route, on roads, that doesn't go > along stony/muddy forest paths, across empty fields, and a whole > variety of other oddities... :-) Currently, nothing beats BRouter in routing for bicycles. It not only considers elevation profiles, but is able to thoroughly evaluate road/track suitability exactly according to wishes of the routing profile author.
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