Profile planner problems
I've been experiencing issues getting the planner to follow cycle routes in the Ruhr area. On Touring cycle it tries to route me off canal / railway purple paths to the road. On Road cycle it sometimes prefers the purple rail / canal routes, but both still often won't take me often on sections of purple cycle path unless I set points every few metres.
Is there a way to tell the profile to prefe cycle routes to roads? And is this new behaviour - I've been using Locus for at least 5 months a year every year for a long time and have never experienced such a frustrating time planning routes.
And I still really struggle with the changing profile from touring to pedestrian etc to see if that will route me through an area and always forget to continue with. That just makes no sense to me. Continue with should be the default, reroute the whole route and option.
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I noticed this on a recent cycling holiday too. There were sealed canal paths, but the route had chosen the close-by road. Now I try to remember where, and re-create an example route, but it has chosen the canal path. So maybe it has improved? For best objective comparison, you need to provide a URL to reproduce any issue. For example https://link.locusmap.app/r/6rxtmd
I noticed this on a recent cycling holiday too. There were sealed canal paths, but the route had chosen the close-by road. Now I try to remember where, and re-create an example route, but it has chosen the canal path. So maybe it has improved? For best objective comparison, you need to provide a URL to reproduce any issue. For example https://link.locusmap.app/r/6rxtmd
Thanks for the suggestion. Here's a brief route. If I try planning it as a Tourer it takes me off the Leinpfad cycle route by the river, the one that tourers would undoubtedly want to take and sends me off on an 11.3km 71m climb route. If I pick MTB it follows the flat 9km 4m up route. gravel behaves like tourer and Road like MTB.
Thanks for the suggestion. Here's a brief route. If I try planning it as a Tourer it takes me off the Leinpfad cycle route by the river, the one that tourers would undoubtedly want to take and sends me off on an 11.3km 71m climb route. If I pick MTB it follows the flat 9km 4m up route. gravel behaves like tourer and Road like MTB.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the reply. I've attached a series of screenshots of what happens when I try to edit the track in planner which I hope makes it clearer. The 71m of climbing I referred to was total ascent. I'd have thought the MTB would want that whereas the touring wouldn't. It appears that touring wants to take more lumpy routes and MTB flatter ones.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the reply. I've attached a series of screenshots of what happens when I try to edit the track in planner which I hope makes it clearer. The 71m of climbing I referred to was total ascent. I'd have thought the MTB would want that whereas the touring wouldn't. It appears that touring wants to take more lumpy routes and MTB flatter ones.
Hi Andrew,
Yes, I've attached a new file below with navigation commands.
Hi Andrew,
Yes, I've attached a new file below with navigation commands.
Isn't this the right settings? What am I doing wrong?
Isn't this the right settings? What am I doing wrong?
Hi guys,
I've registered a problem when planning a route with the bike routing profile in the area, see https://link.locusmap.app/r/cw6ubd. I've contacted the colleague who is in charge to take care of it.
Hi guys,
I've registered a problem when planning a route with the bike routing profile in the area, see https://link.locusmap.app/r/cw6ubd. I've contacted the colleague who is in charge to take care of it.
Thank you Michael.
Thank you Michael.
Thanks to reporting this. Indeed the routing is wrong. Why is that? The trail following the river is a "path" (highway=path). Paths without further specification are treated as "a singletrack in the woods". Not the greatest option for e.g. fully loaded touring bike. But here the path is paved and bike designated - and that is not taken into consideration or not boosted in suitability enough. I take a note of this case to a bunch of similar ones and process all at once. It will be not published tomorrow but it is not lost either.
Thanks to reporting this. Indeed the routing is wrong. Why is that? The trail following the river is a "path" (highway=path). Paths without further specification are treated as "a singletrack in the woods". Not the greatest option for e.g. fully loaded touring bike. But here the path is paved and bike designated - and that is not taken into consideration or not boosted in suitability enough. I take a note of this case to a bunch of similar ones and process all at once. It will be not published tomorrow but it is not lost either.
Thanks Radim. I'd still take the single-track wood trail if it was flat with the tandem rather than the hilly route!!😂
Thanks Radim. I'd still take the single-track wood trail if it was flat with the tandem rather than the hilly route!!😂
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