Straight line vs Direct-to-point navigaton

Bart Eisenberg

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Feb 28, 2020, 3:34:15 PM2/28/20

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In the "Select navigation type" in the Navigation settings, what's the difference between Straight line and Direct-to-point? And why are these considered "special routing" rather than "OsmAnd routing.

Thank you!

Bart Eisenberg

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Feb 29, 2020, 12:11:14 PM2/29/20

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Maybe I've figured this out. Direct-to-point navigates to the destination via any intermediate destinations you've set. Whereas Straight line seems to ignore the intermediate destinations. The Aircraft profile uses Straight line as its default. None of the profiles use Direct-to-point as a default, but there are obvious uses for it, including off-trail (cross-country) hiking.

Eugene zmeu

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Feb 29, 2020, 1:22:00 PM2/29/20

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Hello Bart
Did you write OsmAnd blog (https://osmand.net/blog/osmand-3-6-released#36_dtp)
we tried to explain this routing.

Bart Eisenberg

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Feb 29, 2020, 1:24:58 PM2/29/20

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Oops--I somehow missed this. Thank you so much!

Bart Eisenberg

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Mar 1, 2020, 11:49:29 AM3/1/20

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More information on Direct-to-point navigation is found in this Github discussion: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/issues/8374

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