Extend route by adding new End

Route planning
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I have two remarks regarding extending the route:

  1. When I extend the route by adding a new End point, the previous End is converted into SP rather than VP. In my eyes VP wold be a more appropriate choice since the previous End was probably also a location where one would stop, rather than a random point placed on the road just to shape the route.
  2. If I select a point by tapping anywhere on the map it is possible to choose to replace the End or add a new End:
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    If I select a POI, it is not possible to replace the old End:
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That’s right. We discussed that just the other day. One possible solution is not to add the POI directly, but to place a dot right next to it.
Then you can add the POI as an interim destination if you really want to have it in there.

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I do not agree. I often create a route just by extending from point to point. So SP is fine. Later I add VP like pause or gas station.

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That would be a workaround. Another workaround is to add the new end and delete the old.
A solution would be to use the same Dialog-Box for both cases and make UI a bit more consistent.

Ok, I guess we won’t agree on this.

I normaly know where I want to go and in which order and add my VPs first.
How I want to get there is a second step and then I place my SPs accordingly on the existing route segments.
The last step are additional VPs like gas stops and coffe breaks.

But yeah, I aknowledge that there might be people that think and plan differently. Thanks for your feedback.

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Yes, there are two types of planning styles. Some people set Start & Destination, and then add VP / SP. Others start at the start and extend their route.

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Why not give the user three options: End Replace, Add / End Convert SP and Add / End Convert VP?

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I do not understand for what a extra klick should be good.
Only want to understand, because i am normaly a Start/End planner.
If i have a Destination, like the explaination a hotel, then i move the Destination without that hotel and not want to drive to the not relevant Hotel.
If someone Someone plans the second way, Start this i want to stop and there i want to stop and so on, it is needed that the last Destinatipon i a Via and not a shaping point.
Shaping point i use for geting my Tour an a specific route the algorythm not used for the route.
It is always between two existing points and not a part of the route.
Like i said. Do not understand .

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Then we have to ask @Toffel to explain, because he protested. :slightly_smiling_face:

I also assumed that the previous “End” is a destination where you would stop and it appeared to me logical that it should convert to a VP and not to a SP. But for me it is not so much of a trouble to convert them as I can typically count my daily VPs on the fingers of one hand. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Maybe it’s possible to convert the previous end to a SP when it’s nameless, and convert to a VP when a name was explicit set before.

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I think that the two functions to extend the route from the start point and to extend the route from the end would make no sense, if we would talk about a single point. Programmers are as lazy as we all.

Sometimes the way is more important as the destination. Or you might have no destination at all, you just want to drive. I want to drive from home first a certain road through the black forest. Then left and right, to the see and so on until I reach the destination I have in mind (or the route is long enough).

Or I have a route from a friend with a certain starting point. Then I plan backwards over certain roads to my home address.

There is no need to first set start and end. Try out.

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