I have a suggestion on how to represent the speed limit graph better. Currently, the chart maps speed limit onto color over an elevation profile, so you have to mentally decode the color key while the line height tells nothing relevant. Putting speed limit directly on the Y-axis turns it into a step chart which can be easily read. Compare the current
Gives a much better idea of what to expect in my opinion.
And the last one. For some, it may be useful to compare different elevations for different route types, so displaying them all on one graph may be beneficial:
To get an idea which way is faster, by how much, and what kind of road that actually is. A lot of 30/50 kph zones, for example, speaks for many villages and small towns on the route, so even if the road profile looks nice, it might not be the best ride simply because you cannot just blast through the villages, at least not if you are a somewhat responsible person.
Also, some people actually do follow speed limits.
It is nice that you can actually do that (if you can find how to access it in the app), but I could not figure out how would it help me in the planning. My proposal was to have access to those “no data” sections to have a closer look at them during planning and riding, but it did not spark the interest of the development team. That might actually help identify some untagged gravel roads.
The no data parts are just where the value wasn’t set explicitly, this should drop to the default limits for the country and type of road imo.
The thing is, the graphics are already present in the apps and in the web planner, I just suggest to change the way they are rendered. The comparison is nice to have but I could live without it.
I think the idea to make nicer and adding different settings of the curvy modes into one chart as very helpful. I had the situation last week; I wanted to reach a destination on “flat” roads, did not want to drive up and down. Was a lot of clicks to compare the variants
I see the current charts provided on many websites, I assume it is some standard functionality. Could be an argument to make it more functional and comfortable to make a difference.
I personally use the speed graph quite often. For example to see where is no speed maintained, or if there are a lot of 30km/h zones, to find out if the longer time is caused mainly by reduced speed.
I do not think we should just talk, if someone needs the graph for speed or not. This is an example, speed not mentioned in the title of the thread. Not long ago, we talked about more information of surface-attributes ..
My additional wishlist:
Curviness - Show all modes - also compare Fastest
Speed - click on symbol in map - show also sign with zero (someone like me who wants to contribute to OSM, would find missing data / ways easier)
Make graphs expandable, e.g. two fingers. For a long route the graph is so compressed, that it gets quite useless.
Today you can move the line in the graph and the corresponding point on the route is shown with information. It would be nice if there is way vice versa, move a point on the route and show information in the graph.
