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missing active profiles in route planner: ship, rail
Not a Problem
this is a problem for me!
I miss two active profiles in route planner:
ship (with an icon ship/boat)
rail (with an icon locomotive i.e.)
The same problem 
Hi Hans,
Locus Map is a mobile navigation app for outdoor activities - hiking, biking, geocaching etc. Its route planner, therefore, works with routing data containing only roads and paths dedicated to these activities. For planning travels by train or by ship, use manual mode.
Hi Hans,
Locus Map is a mobile navigation app for outdoor activities - hiking, biking, geocaching etc. Its route planner, therefore, works with routing data containing only roads and paths dedicated to these activities. For planning travels by train or by ship, use manual mode.
Hi Michal,
NO SORRY, I do not use the manual mode for planning travels by ship....Why should i do that?
If i want to go with a boat/kanu along a river (on the river Weser or Donau with a kanu...) using brouter for planning (brouter-profil: river.brf !!!!) there is a NEED for an active profile: ship/boat/kanu.... This makes absolutly sense. What i need is an active profile with an icon: ship oder boat or kanu ....JUST THIS ICON. Not more.
Same for train: brouter/profiles2/rail.brf !!!!
No problem to do this for you.
Hi Michal,
NO SORRY, I do not use the manual mode for planning travels by ship....Why should i do that?
If i want to go with a boat/kanu along a river (on the river Weser or Donau with a kanu...) using brouter for planning (brouter-profil: river.brf !!!!) there is a NEED for an active profile: ship/boat/kanu.... This makes absolutly sense. What i need is an active profile with an icon: ship oder boat or kanu ....JUST THIS ICON. Not more.
Same for train: brouter/profiles2/rail.brf !!!!
No problem to do this for you.
Hi Hans,
we are talking about Locus Map here, not about BRouter. Despite Locus contains some of BRouter profiles - but they are adjusted for use in Locus and its infrastructure. And be sure, adding canoeing or train profiles is not about adding just icons. If you want to create routes with these profiles, do so at BRouter website and import them to Locus as GPX.
Hi Hans,
we are talking about Locus Map here, not about BRouter. Despite Locus contains some of BRouter profiles - but they are adjusted for use in Locus and its infrastructure. And be sure, adding canoeing or train profiles is not about adding just icons. If you want to create routes with these profiles, do so at BRouter website and import them to Locus as GPX.
Hi Michal,
i do that river-routing and rail-routing inside of Locus for a long time. as you know, brouter is implemented in locus and so brouter is part of locus :-) and therefore brouter-profiles, including river.brf, are availible to be used for automaticly routing river.brf (also rail.brf) inside Locus. therfore you have to copy the river and rail.brf into the locus-folder. that is not a new feature. but to do so, i've to use an active profile with an bike as icon (or a walking person) instead of a SHIP/KANU/...This is not necessary for a good working routing-function - its just for the better look. That's it.
Hi Michal,
i do that river-routing and rail-routing inside of Locus for a long time. as you know, brouter is implemented in locus and so brouter is part of locus :-) and therefore brouter-profiles, including river.brf, are availible to be used for automaticly routing river.brf (also rail.brf) inside Locus. therfore you have to copy the river and rail.brf into the locus-folder. that is not a new feature. but to do so, i've to use an active profile with an bike as icon (or a walking person) instead of a SHIP/KANU/...This is not necessary for a good working routing-function - its just for the better look. That's it.
Hi Michal,
now i see the real problem:
the locus-team obviously has not yet recognized that locus is also a realy perfect tool for river-traveling, using brouter with river.brf as routingmachine. imagine: sitting in a kanu travelling from A to B. river divides into onehundred arms. starting locus with brouter active ... you will find the right riverarm to B.
This is a subject you should put into your Locus-marketing. And please create an active profile with a boat as icon.
Have a nice time...
Hans
Hi Michal,
now i see the real problem:
the locus-team obviously has not yet recognized that locus is also a realy perfect tool for river-traveling, using brouter with river.brf as routingmachine. imagine: sitting in a kanu travelling from A to B. river divides into onehundred arms. starting locus with brouter active ... you will find the right riverarm to B.
This is a subject you should put into your Locus-marketing. And please create an active profile with a boat as icon.
Have a nice time...
Hans
Hi Hans,
according to our regular user surveys only a tiny percent of our users use Locus for canoeing and even smaller amount for river or train navigation. Therefore, setting up icons for boat and train profiles would be cost ineffective and as such has been declined by the developers. I'm sorry.
Hi Hans,
according to our regular user surveys only a tiny percent of our users use Locus for canoeing and even smaller amount for river or train navigation. Therefore, setting up icons for boat and train profiles would be cost ineffective and as such has been declined by the developers. I'm sorry.
Sorry to see this left like this. I would much like BRouter rail and river profiles accessible in Locus without special hassle.
Sorry to see this left like this. I would much like BRouter rail and river profiles accessible in Locus without special hassle.
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