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Timing calculation error at border crossing - 10min customs penalty incorrect

Hi all,

I noticed routing and timing calculation errors at border crossings when passing the customs. Here is an example where 10 minutes penalty is calculated, although most of the time, one can just pass through without even stopping.

The calculation is correct in other map apps: Kurviger, Waze, Goolgle, Apple, even OSM itself.

Here's the situation: 450m distance start/finish, passing a border from CH -> DE:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.66965&mlon=8.59591#map=16/47.66965/8.59591

in Scenic (motorcycle/short mode, same as car/standard mode) is resulting in 10 minutes, but is really just a few seconds:

Using Motorcycle/Standard mode gives a funny, but incorrect detour (because it thinks it is faster):

OSM is getting it correct, 1 minute is ok:

Not sure what "Valhalla" is, but this mode calculates with 11 minutes instead of 1:

Related forum discussion: https://scenic.app/forum/topic/routing-problem-bug-in-the-osm-map-or-scenic-app/

There a statement was made that "real time traffic data" is being used: however, while most of the time there is zero waiting time, many shopping tourists stop at the border to get their tax-free documents stamped and pay customs.

Any help with this issue is appreciated.

Same issue at this border :

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.614394&mlon=8.571852#map=17/47.614394/8.571852

[caption id="attachment_11051" align="alignnone" width="800"] Screenshot[/caption]

And same here (3rd border):

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.64765&mlon=8.60289#map=16/47.64765/8.60289

[caption id="attachment_11052" align="alignnone" width="800"] Screenshot[/caption]

Indeed Valhalla (the routing engine that's used by Scenic map provider) ads 10 minutes for country crossings.
I'll change it to 0 for the next update.

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Thank you Guido for the quick fix, the update has arrived, I checked and happy to confirm all 3 border crossings calculate now correctly (with the scenarios above showing now 1 minute in each direction). This makes Scenic even more amazing 🙂