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Alternative routes without motorway? (feddit.uk)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
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Is there an option to use alternative routes - no motorways in the app?

If so, how can I use it?

At the minute I'm watching for motorways and then veer away from the directions comaps is guiding me, and then inevitably have to listen to the rerouting message for a minute or two.. "Recalculating the route"

Telling me to go back..

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What if we don't want to avoid freeways, but rather use side roads just when they're faster and more fuel efficient? The app often will try to push be towards freeways no matter what and it's very frustrating when I know there's better routes

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Well obviously the routing engine already tries to find the fastest route. But there is no average speed traffic data Comaps harvests from its users, like Google etc. do, so it is only based on max speed and some heuristics. At least for now. Some limited near-realtime traffic functionality is planned.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well obviously the routing engine already tries to find the fastest route.

    I don't want to be the snarky guy here, but my point is that it isn't obvious. In my local example, the backroads are still faster even when following speed limits due to being more direct.

    Plus, there really ought to be an option to set routes to avoid ALPR's. That data is definitely available, since Deflock also uses OSM

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I said it tries to find the fastest route. It is expected to not always succeed, for the reason I stated: No actual travel data

    Something similar to ALPR avoidance was discussed recently, although mostly focused on navigation by foot and public cameras in general. Not sure what came of it though

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