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MartinW on 24.07.2026, 04:25
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, @old-man-emu!
It looks like we have a similar background and approach. I also started with Garmin but switched to a smartphone a few years back. I tried several apps; Kurviger is my favourite at the moment for planning and navigation. Although I'm an Apple user at heart, I use an Android phone as a navigation device - that's why Scenic wasn't on my list so far.
Currently, I'm taking a deep dive into S to figure out if it fits my needs even better than K. The customisable map is definitely outstanding, followed by the TomTom traffic info, which seems to be real-time, and the offline capabilities. You mentioned some of the K's excellent features - but what are the benefits of S over K from your point of view?
Regarding data migration, I do have an archive with a lot of GPX tracks; importing them into S and saving as "blue track line" only works smoothly.
I only use routes for planning, not for the archive, so I only have a few there, and I can transfer those just as easily. "GPX" as a K export format definitely works, and with "GPX Advanced," it's the additional "Garmin route points" that cause the problem you mentioned, but I don't need those.
Migrating POI lists (in terms of having the same category, like restaurants) works well, as I can assign a proper category/icon during import into S. My main concerns are my large list of locations, which are organised by country, where each list contains locations with different categories. I'm still looking for a good way to automate icon assignment so I don't have to adjust them all manually. Is there anything like that?
Planning with S is basically the same as with K; there are vias (SPs) and stops (VPs). I'm not quite happy with S's routing profiles so far - "standard" uses too many main roads (even with "adventurous"), and using "curvy" adds a lot of vias. Not ideal compared with K, but maybe I need some more practice with S to get used to it 🙂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, @old-man-emu!
It looks like we have a similar background and approach. I also started with Garmin but switched to a smartphone a few years back. I tried several apps; Kurviger is my favourite at the moment for planning and navigation. Although I'm an Apple user at heart, I use an Android phone as a navigation device - that's why Scenic wasn't on my list so far.
Currently, I'm taking a deep dive into S to figure out if it fits my needs even better than K. The customisable map is definitely outstanding, followed by the TomTom traffic info, which seems to be real-time, and the offline capabilities. You mentioned some of the K's excellent features - but what are the benefits of S over K from your point of view?
Regarding data migration, I do have an archive with a lot of GPX tracks; importing them into S and saving as "blue track line" only works smoothly.
I only use routes for planning, not for the archive, so I only have a few there, and I can transfer those just as easily. "GPX" as a K export format definitely works, and with "GPX Advanced," it's the additional "Garmin route points" that cause the problem you mentioned, but I don't need those.
Migrating POI lists (in terms of having the same category, like restaurants) works well, as I can assign a proper category/icon during import into S. My main concerns are my large list of locations, which are organised by country, where each list contains locations with different categories. I'm still looking for a good way to automate icon assignment so I don't have to adjust them all manually. Is there anything like that?
Planning with S is basically the same as with K; there are vias (SPs) and stops (VPs). I'm not quite happy with S's routing profiles so far - "standard" uses too many main roads (even with "adventurous"), and using "curvy" adds a lot of vias. Not ideal compared with K, but maybe I need some more practice with S to get used to it 🙂
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