# Symbols for blockage reasons and forcing unnamed roads

**URL:** <https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170>\
**Category:** Route planning\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [May 9, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170 "2020-05-09T12:46:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/1 "2020-05-09T12:46:02Z")

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Hi folks,

when I have set no filter in route options, not even restricting gravel roads, how can I force Kurviger to use that tiny dotted line roads?

Example

 ![20200509_063013](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b3041f5c000e1504db5fec19874b6724b2b92c55.jpeg)

see wp1… Kurviger doesn’t want to use it, it guides over the french border via D35a instead of using the tiny unnamed road which is even not a gravel road but asphaltic.

 ![20200509_063108](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b887094ee55463428e4f0a74f31750207800a332.jpeg)

Also sometimes Kurviger also rejects to use temporary stoppages, but it is not visually shown why this happens. Is it possible to show why Kurviger avoids a road temporarily, for example by symbol for road construction zone or Snow symbol for temporarily closed alpine passes?

Also if there is a forbidden transit and I know it is possible to use it with a motorbike, how can I force Kurviger to use that road anyway?

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**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/2 "2020-05-09T12:53:39Z")

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even if I use graphhopper, I can force to use it:

> **[GraphHopper Maps | Route Planner](https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=49.185266%2C7.364316&point=49.183948%2C7.384883&point=49.183625%2C7.406051&locale=de&vehicle=car&weighting=fastest&turn_costs=true&use_miles=false&layer=Omniscale)**
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> Plan routes and get driving directions from GraphHopper Maps using open source and open data

But not in Kurviger. What’s the reason for this?

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**Author:** ![luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/luckytown/32/4692_2.png) [@luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/luckytown)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/3 "2020-05-09T13:05:20Z")

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Kannst Du bitte mal das Stück als Route verlinken?  
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Can you please link the piece as a route?

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**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/4 "2020-05-09T13:07:29Z")

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[Hornbach - Mauschbach.kurviger](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/short-url/hrXJrPSZw87f9j4rFkVG9Qbrirn.kurviger) (2.8 KB)

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**Author:** ![luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/luckytown/32/4692_2.png) [@luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/luckytown)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/5 "2020-05-09T13:15:43Z")

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Das wird nichts werden [https://kurv.gr/eUYqS](https://kurv.gr/eUYqS) Punkt 2(mein Punkt 2) ist als highway=track eingetragen, bedeutet ein **Wirtschaftsweg** , der u. a. _hauptsächlich_ für die Land- oder Forstwirtschaft genutzt wird.  
Du kannst es mit dem Brouter und dem Profil “enduro” versuchen [App: Offline routing (BRouter) - #29 by luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-offline-routing-brouter/649/29). Oder Du fährst ohne Routing da lang.  
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That won’t work [https://kurv.gr/eUYqS](https://kurv.gr/eUYqS) Point 2 (my point 2) is registered as highway=track, meaning a **road** , which is _mainly_ used for agriculture or forestry.  
You can try it with the Brouter and the profile “enduro” [App: Offline routing (BRouter) - #29 by luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-offline-routing-brouter/649/29). Or you can go there without routing.

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**Author:** ![Wolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@Wolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/6 "2020-05-09T14:27:47Z")

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> [@Tom](#):
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> when I have set no filter in route options, not even restricting gravel roads, how can I force Kurviger to use that tiny dotted line roads?

Offline mit brouter “trekking” Profil einstellen, und mit dem Fadenkreuz genügend Zwischenpunkte setzen…

 ![Screenshot](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6bbe109bf0a98a99143cfa74ecca0bf16d0298fe.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/luckytown/32/4692_2.png) [@luckytown](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/luckytown)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/7 "2020-05-10T11:01:14Z")

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Was mich auf die Idee bringt kurviger als Fahrradnavi zutesten. Danke Wolf. 🙂  
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Which brings me to the idea more curvy than bicycle navigation systems. Thanks Wolf. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Wolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@Wolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/8 "2020-05-10T11:13:09Z")

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> [@luckytown](#):
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> Danke Wolf.

😉 Bitte sehr!

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**Author:** ![boldtrn](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/boldtrn/32/360_2.png) [@boldtrn](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/boldtrn)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/symbols-for-blockage-reasons-and-forcing-unnamed-roads/3170/9 "2020-05-11T07:44:36Z")

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> [@luckytown](#):
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> highway=track eingetragen, bedeutet ein **Wirtschaftsweg** , der u. a. _hauptsächlich_ für die Land- oder Forstwirtschaft genutzt wird.

@Tom if you know this road and know that it is allowed to be accessed by motor\_vehicles, then you can add `access=yes` in OSM. Looking at Mapillary, it seems like this is correctly tagged as track, but it’s hard to guess from the image: [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/MVFM\_8UFngxeRcGjtTsKkA](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/MVFM_8UFngxeRcGjtTsKkA)
