Dogtrousers
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A person from RWGPS actually came on the forum some time ago and explained how it works with multiple maps. I'll see if I can find the post.
Do I really need Ride with GPS?
- Thread starter CAESAR AVGVSTVS
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Buy a city map and a state map. They dont need batteries.
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Dogtrousers
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CAESAR AVGVSTVS
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Similar happened on my ride this morning, it tried to get me to cross a major road to use an “alley way”.
I gave up trying to create my own ride as it kept putting me on the footpaths it calls alleyways.
I gave up trying to create my own ride as it kept putting me on the footpaths it calls alleyways.
grldtnr
Über Member
I'm with you! I don't want or need electronics to ride my bike, I use my brain and piece of paper with wiggly lines on ,in pretty colours! The yellow ones I like best!
UphillSlowly
Making my way slowly uphill
My GLW uses RWGPS for route planning, but always uses it in Driving mode, otherwise it will tends to default to sending you down trails/bridleways etc.that it thinks are suitable for bikes. If you ride a road bike then driving mode may be better?
ExBrit
Über Member
- Location
- Southern California
I set it cycling mode otherwise it puts me on freeways or major busy roads. You have to review the route either way. I wish there was a road bike mode, but they can only use the data Google provides. Use street level or, lacking that, satellite.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
No really as it has an indicator to tell you if a road is unpaved. Maybe tell the GLW she's doing it wrong....and then make yourself scarce for a while
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Same here
UphillSlowly
Making my way slowly uphill
She checks new roads with Street view, but we now both tend to use komoot, especially on holidayin new areas as the mobile version means we don't need to take a laptop with us
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I have used komoot for the same thing once , looked at the route on line committed it to my memory and off went just following the road signs to jog my memory it worked out well and the mate I met up with did the same thing as neither of us were local to the area as it was midway between us.
Dogtrousers
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I normally use "cycle" mode and find that RWGPS can occasionally take me off road onto cycle paths and tracks. Sometimes (not always) it will flag this by showing the surface as unpaved. So I flip between cycling and driving mode depending on what I want.
As a general rule I like to be kept off major roads between towns, where traffic speeds are higher, but I don't mind joining these routes through towns. But the algorithm doesn't (and can't) know this and often shoves me on crappy footpaths through towns.
It's a general problem with all automated routing algorithms - we all have different tastes and no algorithm can be attuned closely to these tastes. You can counter it by adding more waypoints or flipping to a different mode in areas where you don't like what it's doing and just generally critically reviewing the output.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
It may have an indicator to tell you the road is unpaved, but that doesn't stop it trying to send you down it.
You have tio check the proposed route for unpaved sections, then add waypoints to force it to go some other way for those bit. Perfectly doable, but fiddly.
Dogtrousers
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Doable, fiddly - and essential IMO. Expecting an algorithm to churn out an entire route that is entirely acceptable is a recipe for disappointment unless you really don't care where you go. Careful examination and tweaking of a route is a required step.
