# Skip waypoints

**URL:** <https://forum.kurviger.com/t/skip-waypoints/8318>\
**Category:** App\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/skip-waypoints/8318 "2022-05-21T17:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/linux-user/32/56_2.png) [@linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/linux-user)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/skip-waypoints/8318/7 "2022-05-23T12:04:25Z")

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You have the choice: 🙂

- strict navigation - ensures that no waypoint is accidentally skiped when recalculating the route.
- flexible navigation (no strict navigation) - allows you to leave waypoints behind, even if you did not hit them.

If you want to read about the history and why “strict navigation” was invented.

> [@Rerouting changes the planned route](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/rerouting-changes-the-planned-route/1801/38):
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> I think with “human eyes” the whole situation of a route can easily be interpreted to take the “right” decision. But an algorithm sometimes is more limited (at least if you don’t offer additional rules and information like diffferent types of waypoints defined as “must be visited” or “can be left if necessary”). Here’s an example. Same section, same route within this section, but whole route situation differs. Situation 1: I left my route at Wollomoos heading Sielenbach (red arrow). Now the n…

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