Route guidance after detours

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Hi everyone,

I’m new to the forum and currently testing Kurviger. Yesterday, I went on a short tour around the Allgäu region. On my way home, I had to take a detour. Kurviger then constantly tried to navigate me back to the original route, which obviously didn’t make sense in that situation. I ignored the guidance until another detour came up. !! Then Kurviger completely crashed (“ausgestiegen”).

My question: Isn’t it possible to set up the route guidance like in a car, for example? There, you just follow the detour (or simply change the route to the destination) and the GPS adapts dynamically.

Thanks a lot for any tips and best regards from Memmingen,

wilfriedw

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Hi @wilfriedw,

welcome to the forum!

It looks like you’ve already turned on automatic recalculation. As you said, this makes the route adjust automatically. Since Kurviger is a motorcycle navigation app where the journey is usually the destination, the app will always try to get you back onto your planned route.
Take a look at the different waypoint types here. Via points, for example, must always be visited — come hell or high water, so to speak.

You can also spontaneously skip waypoints using the “Skip waypoints” feature.

If you encounter an unexpected road closure along the way, you can use the “Block road” feature.

Above all, I recommend checking out our Kurviger Explained Videos. :light_bulb:
Especially this one: First steps with Kurviger

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@Kira ; “Avoid closure” - where does Kurviger route me then? To the next shaping point, the next via point, or back onto the planned and currently active route as quickly as possible?

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Hi Kira,

Germany is currently full of detours and road closures. Usually, it looks like this: you drive somewhere and suddenly find yourself in front of a sign saying “closed” or “detour”. In most cases, you neither know the detour route nor its length. What use is it to me to enter (the distance to the closure…) when I’m already standing right in front of it and don’t even know the length? So I inevitably follow the U1 or U2 sign… for X kilometers. I might end up getting many kilometers away from my original route. Consequently, I don’t want the app to base its guidance on that, but rather recalculate the shortest route for me. ??? Is that possible?

Best regards,

wilfriedw

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Hi @qtreiber_Original,
To route around the road closure you blocked and then get back on the route ASAP.

@wilfriedw Usually, it says about how long it is or up to where it goes, right? And if not, what should the app do then? :thinking:

Then you choose 100m (i.e., the shortest distance). It’s quite common that you only see the road closure when you’re already standing right in front of it.

Where to? :thinking:

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!! Look, I don’t think anyone wants to or can understand me here. I’ll try again:

“Bypassing a road closure” – where does Kurviger route me then?

There are 2 options for bypassing the route:

a.) Kurviger looks for an alternative route, and you drive it with the goal (set by Kurviger) of rejoining the original route “as quickly as possible” to reach your destination.

b.) Kurviger looks for an alternative route, and you drive it. Kurviger or I determine that there is a shorter way to the destination (due to the detour). Note: The destination is the destination address from the active route.

What happens in case b.)? Does Kurviger automatically adapt to the new route or not?

I’ll refrain from commenting on the 100m distance answer.

Best regards,

wilfriedw

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I don’t understand why you don’t just try it out instead of getting impatient when someone asks a follow-up question. That’s what the trial period is for — trying things out.

You also don’t need to have fully grasped Kurviger after one day. @Kira has linked plenty of documentation. The combination of trying things out and reading the docs is the trick.

You can also distinguish between two routing modes.

  • With recalculation (with RC)
  • Without recalculation (without RC)

It’s actually quite simple. You deviate from the route.

With RC: Kurviger calculates a new route from your current location to the next waypoint. Just like when you move a point in the planner.

The route is the result of the calculation and can change. Your defined waypoints are the fixed stars.

Depending on where the next waypoint is set, you will be guided there. For example, if you have only set a start and a destination, a new route to the destination is calculated. The route can look completely different than before. Solution: Fix routes that are important to you using shaping points.

Without RC: No recalculation takes place. You follow the detour. The arrow in the top left points toward the next waypoint. The blue route remains. You try on your own, by sight, to get back onto the route. Kurviger recognizes this and resumes routing instructions. Your original plan and route remain unchanged.

There is an option in navigation to skip waypoints. Documentation was already linked by @Kira.

Shaping points / black are “weak” points. Kurviger tries to head toward them; if they are behind you, they are automatically skipped. Depending on your position, this happens sooner or later. When in doubt, use the skip function.

Via points / stopovers / blue are “strong” points that must be visited (meeting points, sights, break stops). These must be skipped manually if you no longer want to visit them.