Adding location from coordinates
Quote from jmossfeld on 01.08.2024, 15:37I’ve been adding a bunch of locations from coordinates of checkpoints taken from the 2023 Scooter Cannonball. I’m practicing with last year’s route to prep for 2025’s ride in which I plan to navigate with Scenic + CarPlay. When I entered one location from
33.646516688 -117.417633338 Scenic resolves the coordinates to an address (33701 Ortega Hwy, Lake Elsinore, CA), but the building is actually off of the road a bit up a private driveway. By contrast, Google Maps and What 3 Words both place the location precisely on the road (Ortega Highway). Is there a way to make Scenic not translate coordinates to an address?
I’ve been adding a bunch of locations from coordinates of checkpoints taken from the 2023 Scooter Cannonball. I’m practicing with last year’s route to prep for 2025’s ride in which I plan to navigate with Scenic + CarPlay. When I entered one location from
| 33.646516688 | -117.417633338 |
Scenic resolves the coordinates to an address (33701 Ortega Hwy, Lake Elsinore, CA), but the building is actually off of the road a bit up a private driveway. By contrast, Google Maps and What 3 Words both place the location precisely on the road (Ortega Highway). Is there a way to make Scenic not translate coordinates to an address?
Quote from Guido on 01.08.2024, 19:13There's not at the moment. Sorry.
There is a hack to this... go to airplane mode, and remove your offline maps. Then it can't find the address and the exact coordinates will be used.
Working on a big update for the fall where I will address this.
B.t.w you can also enter w3w terms directly in the search bar.
There's not at the moment. Sorry.
There is a hack to this... go to airplane mode, and remove your offline maps. Then it can't find the address and the exact coordinates will be used.
Working on a big update for the fall where I will address this.
B.t.w you can also enter w3w terms directly in the search bar.
Quote from jmossfeld on 02.08.2024, 10:55Thanks for the quick reply Guido. I did find that loading the coordinates into a POI group does put the marker at the correct spot on the map, so that’s what I’ll do for now. I also appreciate that I can customize the map marker with a POI group.
Thanks for the quick reply Guido. I did find that loading the coordinates into a POI group does put the marker at the correct spot on the map, so that’s what I’ll do for now. I also appreciate that I can customize the map marker with a POI group.
Quote from Mex on 02.08.2024, 14:31Hi Jmossfeld,
as you already got the 3words data you may use it like it‘s mentioned here:
https://scenic.app/help/using-what3words-with-scenic/
Just my two cents.
Regards, Mex
Hi Jmossfeld,
as you already got the 3words data you may use it like it‘s mentioned here:
Just my two cents.
Regards, Mex
Quote from jmossfeld on 03.08.2024, 08:22Thanks, it's great that we can use What3Words to specify a location. I tried that, but Scenic has the same problem as it does using decimal coordinates: the location resolves to a nearby address/building which is not necessarily exactly at the coordinates. Guido says that a fix is in the works. I did however discover that if you load a POI list by pasting in a list of decimal coordinates then Scenic does place the POIs where they should be.
Thanks, it's great that we can use What3Words to specify a location. I tried that, but Scenic has the same problem as it does using decimal coordinates: the location resolves to a nearby address/building which is not necessarily exactly at the coordinates. Guido says that a fix is in the works. I did however discover that if you load a POI list by pasting in a list of decimal coordinates then Scenic does place the POIs where they should be.
