Route changes
I am really struggling with the app changing routes. I sent this route with the shaping and via points and it’s added another 100+ mile loop via Innsbruck??
In this case, I have to admit that it looks a bit daunting, but in the end, it was an easy fix. No doubt it was easy for me, because I know what's going on in the background and I have more experience in this. I hope by sharing my approach here, you (and others) will get more experience with this too.
The problem was in this area:
Scenic did not "want" you to take this pass and was sending you back around to get from stop 3 to stop 4.
There can be several reasons for that, amonst others seasonal road closures, or Scenic thinks it's faster to go around.
To resolve this, I did 3 things:
1. First, make sure you have the offline maps installed for the regions (in this case Germany, Austria and Italy). Offline maps are less sensitive to seasonal road closures.
2. Change the routing mode to "Short" through the routing button at the top. (Your via points will be removed at this point, but that's OK)
3. Place a via point on the blue dotted line. To do this, tap and hold the via X button, then, when it asks you to select the marker before the new via, tap the Stop 3 marker.
Here's the result:
There is still a small discrepancy near Imst, but that is easily resolved by placing a via point on the blue dotted line:
Here is the completely corrected route. Through this link you can add it to your Scenic account directly: https://scenicapp.space/route/TijwCvlu
Again, I have to admit, that these passes with seasonal road closures can be problematic for Scenic at the moment. I'm working on a bigger update to resolve this, but that won't be ready until fall I'm afraid. Until that time, this would be the approach to follow.
There is another way to get around this, and that is to plan in Scenic instead of other software. The reason why this happens is that the planning software (basecamp in this case) uses different maps and different routing algoritm than Scenic. I realize that this means planning on a small iPhone (or bigger iPad or Mac) screen. I'm working on adding a planner to the Scenic WebApp to get around this, but, this too, will not be for this season.
If you have any further questions / remarks, please let me know.
Best regards,
Guido
Not sure whether to create a new thread or add to this. Chose this, instead.
Looking at the other discussion about Stops v Vias when planning routes, I decided to see how I'd go with a route that I'm having problems with.
I planned a route starting at a town, then down the road to the end of it, turn left, then turn right onto another road about 300m away from the left turn.
For some reason, the Power Planner has its route going up the road, then turning around, heading back down the road and turning left into the final road.
I tried using vias, via x, Stops and Stop x to force it to simply turn right rather than head north, then turn around and head back down to the intersection where I want to go.
Please have a look at the screen grabs that I've posted.
Thanks.
I'm afraid this is a map error. Somehow it thinks it's not allowed to take a right onto purvis road, so it sends you further down, make a u-turn, to make a left turn from the other side. I've reported the error to HERE maps.
For now, I would just leave the route as-is. Scenic will correct after you take a right turn there.
