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Mark Worthington Monday 24 Jul 2023 17:11:07
That is very nice and will need some playing with, especially on a mobile ..... :)
Couldn't wait, tried it and it's WAAAAAAYYYYY better, thanks! -
plotaroute admin Monday 24 Jul 2023 15:07:40
Following the feedback below, we've added an Auto-Anchors button on the Reshape Route tool, to automatically place Anchor Points at key points on the route. If the route has directions, it will add them at the location of each of the directions, otherwise it will add them at all vertices where there is a change in heading of more than 25 degrees. We've also made the line a bit thicker when using the Reshape Route tool on a mobile device, to make it easier to place Anchor Points manaully. Thanks for all the suggestions on this.
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Mark Worthington Thursday 20 Jul 2023 15:43:25
Worth trying!
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plotaroute admin Thursday 20 Jul 2023 14:25:34
Nice idea Mark but I'm wondering of the crosshair might get in the way of the anchors. When you use Reshape Route on a mobile device we make the route line wider to make it easier to tap on. Perhaps it is not wide enough - we'll try making it a bit wider.
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Willy Van Driessche Wednesday 19 Jul 2023 13:50:06
Good suggestion. Mobile and cross-hair use is obvious.
Better to place quietly and accurately, than too quickly but sloppily.
An example shown by the mobile Cruiser version.
https://youtube.com/shorts/KkwNfZso7oY
Better first place the Shaping point on the track. Then move it wherever you wish it to be.
This way you are assured that the Shaping point is sure applied in the correct serial order.
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Mark Worthington Wednesday 19 Jul 2023 10:46:19
It would be great if we could use the "cross-hairs" to add an anchor, ie use the cross-hairs for both plotting and adding anchors. Of course, we'd need a button to change its function, but that would be ideal.
What do you think?!
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plotaroute admin Wednesday 19 Jul 2023 09:33:19
Yes, I agree Mark it's more tricky on a smaller screen without a mouse. Personally I always prefer working on a larger screen for intricate work like editing routes, as it's the sort of task that lends itself better to a large screen. Always open to suggestions though! I think the idea of an "Auto-Add Anchors" button may help, but we've got to squeeze that extra button in somewhere too!
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Mark Worthington Wednesday 19 Jul 2023 09:09:06
Yes, reshaping can be done on the mobile, but boy, it can be hard & frustrating getting it to recognise your finger press when trying to add an anchor!
Incredibly easy on the PC, though. -
Willy Van Driessche Wednesday 19 Jul 2023 08:57:00
By the way....
Good and sure a nice tutorial shown by the mobile application.
By the website (Add single anchor point) in 10 seconds?
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Willy Van Driessche Tuesday 18 Jul 2023 08:19:33
Hi John.
It is thus that you place successive planner point positions between which the autorouter does its "thing".
The placed planner points are commonly called shaping points and provided "promotion" into via points.
Start and end are always via points. In navigation, shaping points are not announced, via points are.
To stay in the Plotaroute terminology, you can define them here so as "anchor points" variants.
You can so immediately add or remove "anchor points" to which the autorouting then responds.
This allows for faster edits than by the currently rather cumbersome extra method offered.
The sheduler "anchor points" can contain a free name, free cmt, free sym, and defined either type Shaping or Via.
The anchor points are to be kept in the Plotaroute database and therefore will stay available in the planner.
Exported as standard gpx (trk) track, this shaping or via info is then completely lost.
The display of the calculated track serves only for visual display and tracking on the map.
Optionally, "anchor points" and calculated turn points can be attached as gpx (wpt) waypoints.
Exported as gpx navigation (trk) track, shaping and via and turn points are discretely included.
The navtrack display in a non adapted existing program is identical as using a standard track.
But all data are preserved and you can even re-import this navigation track 100% faitfully later.
Besides the track display you navigate inclusive TBT by the attached shaping via and turn info.
Exported as standard gpx (rte) route, shaping and via point (no turn) are the route points.
A 'foreign' router engine will then regenerate a track between the routepoints.
Given the different routing rules, this almost differs from the Plotaroute results.
