lane assistant - (how) does it work?

[Vi Brysec]

hallo osmand team.

where can I find information on how to interpret line assistant directions.
http://code.google.com/p/osmand/wiki/HowToArticles does not have it.

I am asking because it does not seem to be quite intuitive, ie.: more arrows than forward direction lanes on the road, or: most right arrow green on junction with right lane for turning right while I am required to go straight ahead through the junction thus cannot keep the right lane, etc....

I come from right side traffic country and have "left side traffic" option off.

best regards,

[Hardy]

Yes, number of lanes indicated does not necessarily match the real world.

 

But you should be able to see if you are supposed to get in a turn lane (right-most or left-most is lit up), or if you are supposed to stay in straight-on lanes (central lane/s).

 

Color-code is the same as for the turn instruction arrows:

yellow="coming up", green="pretty imeadiately".

 

Hope this helps.

 

Wherever you see really different behavior, there are likely deficiencies in the OSM map data. If you see consitent different behavior, there may be a bug in Osmand, but I had had not noticed any (using the feature alot).

 

Best,

Hardy

[Vi Brysec]

Hardy, thank You for the answer.

> But you should be able to see if you are supposed to get in a turn lane (right-most or left-most is lit up), or if you are supposed to stay in straight-on lanes (central lane/s).

Do YOu mean that for straight-on direction, left-most/right-most arrows should be grey if left-turn/right-turn line exists?

best regards

[Harry van der Wolf]

2013/5/22 Vi Brysec <vibr...@gmail.com>

Hardy, thank You for the answer.

> But you should be able to see if you are supposed to get in a turn lane (right-most or left-most is lit up), or if you are supposed to stay in straight-on lanes (central lane/s).

Do YOu mean that for straight-on direction, left-most/right-most arrows should be grey if left-turn/right-turn line exists?

If you take a look at the second screenshot (http://download.osmand.net/resource/android-osmand-routing.png) on the  Google Osmand homepage (http://code.google.com/p/osmand/), it might be clearer to you what will be displayed when you need to follow the exit.

The attached 2 screenshot displays what you see if you are on a road and you need to stay on the road.
As mentioned by Hardy: The number of lanes displayed is not always correct. In the case of the A28 two (2) lanes head straight on and a third (exit) lane is going to the right.

Harry

[Harry van der Wolf]

These two were very deeply zoomed in and maybe not so clear. As they were artificial (set destination, set starting point on the road immediately before an exit), I had zoomed in to see if I had done it correctly.

I have attached the PrinsClausPlein again but now from a normal zoom level. (Note that I use a custom render template, hence the non-standard colors.)

Harry

2013/5/22 Harry van der Wolf <hvd...@gmail.com>

[Hardy]

Vi, yes, that's what I mean.

Harry, thanks for helping out with your useful screenshots here!

Best, Hardy

 

[Vi Brysec]

Harry, Hardy
thank You for help.

best regards,
Vi