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mikhail kamentsev Thursday 30 Aug 2018 10:23:02
2500 points will be enough for a track of about 300 km. For longer ones, problems with orientation begin, especially when traveling through cities.
We began to look for alternatives, https://ridewithgps.com is certainly very expensive, apparently they have more resources, but they have implemented those few "must have" key things that I have been waiting for 2 years from plotaroute.
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plotaroute admin Thursday 30 Aug 2018 09:04:19
Hi Mikhail, as a Premium member you won't be affected by the reduction in the points limit for Standard members - you can still save routes with up to 50,000 points. Standard members are able to se the Reduce Points feature to reduce the number of points on a route, with minimal loss of accuracy (this option is offered when the route is being saved), so long routes can still be saved under free Standard membership.
John
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mikhail kamentsev Wednesday 29 Aug 2018 22:30:28
This very strange for me. It seemed to me that now you can not save much on this. In any case, you could do it differently,one way, to limit not the size, but the frequency of the track. For example, 1 point per 100 meters, it is invisible for the vast majority of tracks, but would allow to continue to use your service to fans of long routes.
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plotaroute admin Wednesday 29 Aug 2018 09:37:07
Hi Mikhail,
Our operating costs have risen substantially as a result of Google's price rises, not just because it is now more expensive to use Google's own services, but also because we've had to invest in replacing many of Google's services with alternatives. As a result we've had to reduce what we can make available for free, which included reducing the limit on the size of routes (larger routes cost more). I'm sorry if this is impacting you but the changes were essential to ensure that the site can continue.
John
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mikhail kamentsev Tuesday 28 Aug 2018 21:55:36
Hi John!
What is the relationship between the price change and the number of points stored? This change makes it almost impossible to use a free account for brevet (and other long bike routes). I advertised a lot to use your service despite many problems with it, but now it seems we will have to look for another one.
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plotaroute admin Thursday 23 Aug 2018 09:14:58
Thanks Colin. Yes, it was indeed a lot of work! We've had to completely focus on that issue for the last few months, so that's why we haven't been able introduce any enhancements to the site for a while. However, we're now in a position to resume work on some of the new feature requests that people have put forward, so we're looking forward to getting on with that.
John
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Colin Hoppe Sunday 19 Aug 2018 14:37:57
That sounds like a huge amount of work and plenty of potential for bugs to creep in - but I haven't noticed any, so very well done.
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plotaroute admin Sunday 19 Aug 2018 07:05:06
Thanks for your support. Google's price rises are dissapointing and have been a huge diverison for us for the last few months, but now that we've completed the migration we're very optimistic about the future and are looking forward to getting back to making further enhancements to the site.
John
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Roger Leary Saturday 18 Aug 2018 17:52:03
Oh and the Premium Member cost is still exceptional value.
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Roger Leary Saturday 18 Aug 2018 17:51:24
This is bad news and I hope that your solutions make the site viable in the longer term. I suppose its quite possible that open source mapping software is going to be forced on all members eventually and may be a necessity. I would prefer to keep the very good user interface of Plot a route with only Open Source Maps than lose the site. The ability to use street view at the same time as an open map is really useful and aids route plotting decisions. However if the worst happens as long as I can get a gpx file I could then review the terrain on personal google map access. Google.....grrrrr.
