Using version 4
When I turn the phone horizontally I have this image. Only half of the screen is a map.
This is what I mean by two speeds.
unless it’s me the power planner doesn’t seem as easy to use as the previous version.
I appreciate that the Here contract ended on the 1st and Guido had to put an app out for paying customers, but at the moment there are a few to many issues for me to use it so I will use OSMand for the time being. I think OSMand is the most powerful navigation app out there but its integration with WunderLINQ is not a patch on scenic and nor is its address search finder which is terrible. I will keep an eye out for any updates as I want to get back to using scenic as soon as I can.
Quote from GB on 01.10.2024, 03:44Another thing I’ve noticed is the motorways (UK) are the same colour as A roads.
Yes, there are two different motorways in this screenshot (M1 and M62) that are entirely indistinguishable from A roads.
For non-UK residents who may not understand, this is significant as the two road types have different rules and limitations on use. Our road signs are different - motorway signs are blue and A roads are green.
However, in the interest of fairness, Google also uses the same colours for the different road categories. They differentiate with the different coloured labels, which the new maps are missing.
The maps seem to be Globus Openstreet map, however Openstreet map do show UK motorways in a different colour.
My iPhone hasn't updated although my iPad has....
But looking at V3.66 the Motorways are the same colour and I can't see a method to make them blue.
Kann ich nicht bestätigen.
Diese Tour heute erstellt und gespeichert.
Quote from GB on 01.10.2024, 04:24I appreciate that the Here contract ended on the 1st and Guido had to put an app out for paying customers, but at the moment there are a few to many issues for me to use it so I will use OSMand for the time being. I think OSMand is the most powerful navigation app out there but its integration with WunderLINQ is not a patch on scenic and nor is its address search finder which is terrible. I will keep an eye out for any updates as I want to get back to using scenic as soon as I can.
I am having the same issues. I just got a WunderlinQ and have been over the moon with the setup of that, plus Scenic. With the new release it's not usable. I had been using REVER prior to scenic, but I don't think it has WunderlinQ support. Thanks for the tip on OSMand. I will have to check it out.
Many of the rural area roads I ride have route numbers. For example, I can ride route 105 for miles; it remains route 105 even as the road names change from town to town. Few even know the road names; the route number is always used. Route numbers are the sensible choice, for planning and during navigation.
The old HERE maps showed route numbers, in large and easy-to-read format. The most recent HERE update (Scenic v3) still showed route numbers occasionally, but they became very tiny on the map and almost impossible to see, regardless of zoom level or custom font settings.
v4's OSM maps don't show the route numbers at all, at any zoom level, until I zoom out far enough that the road names become illegibly (for me) small text route names (for example, "ME 105"). This is definitely yet a further step backwards which I hope can be rectified in time?
Here's three examples of the above - same location and zoom levels (as close as I could get it). Note the route numbers 105 and 52. If I were trying to follow route 52, a road that had big white square route signs with black numbers on them, but no signs with street names on them, I know which display I would prefer:
Scenic 3.1:
Scenic 3.5:
Scenic 4.0:
In the UK with a random road I checked there’s the road number on OSM, but not shown in Scenic.
Quote from Guido on 02.10.2024, 15:20If OSM knows the road number, it can be shown. Does OSM know? You can check at openstreetmaps.org
OSM does indeed know the road number... how can it be shown on the Scenic map, as an easy-to-read number? Is it a user setting?
The OSM.org map doesn't show the numbers very effectively - I have to be zoomed out pretty far to see the numbers, and sometimes I have to scroll two or three full screens in any direction before I come across the road number. The numbers don't even show near the terminus of the route, which is where I would think it would be smart to show it.
OSM.org map - numbers shown, pretty easy to see, but not in convenient locations (example, "ME 173" circled in red by me):
Scenic v4 map of similar area - road numbers written as text, in roughly the same locations as the actual numbers above:
Note in this enlarged iphone screenshot image, the road number text is pretty easy to see and read, but "actual size" on my iphone, it's very tiny and very low contrast, difficult to see...
