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Blue Dotted Line one imported into Scenic
Guido,
I am really struggling with the dotted blue line that appears after you import a route from Google Maps. I watched the video and I put the circle over the blue line and hit the previous Via point but it doesn't seem to be resolving it to my assigned route. What am I doing wrong?
It's imported to understand what is actually happening and what the blue line and the magenta line represent.
The blue dotted line is the route exactly as Google Maps created your route. The magenta line is what Scenic makes from it. Mostly they should be the same, but sometimes there can be differences. Why are there differences? Because Scenic uses a different routing algorithm from Google (in fact, all maps and apps use their own algorithm), resulting in Scenic sometimes taking different roads between A and B.
This support article explains why the magenta line can be different from the blue line and how to correct it
Mostly, the best approach to resolve these differences, is to:
1. remove all via points that are not on the blue line (tap via point in question and tap 'trash can' button in bubble that appears)
2. check the result. there's probaly still some stretches where blue line differs from magenta line. So, we need to force the Scenic routing (the magenta line) to take the road where the blue line is. We can do this by adding a via point on the blue line. To add a via point between two existing points: position the map so that the crosshair is where you want the via point to be. Then, tap the "Via #' button. It will now ask you to tap the marker before the new via point (in other words, the marker after which the new marker should go).
I hope this explains. If not, please let me know. Perhaps you could include a screenshot in this case. Or, better yet, some screenshots ánd the Google URL so I can try and reproduce here on my side.
Hi Guido,
What happens if the blue line really isn't a road and the meganta is really where I want to be. Do I need to do anything?
You don't need to do anything in that case. Scenic follows the magenta line, because that's the line that Scenic determines turn-by-turn instructions for.
Ok I am just about to give up. Below are two pics of a before and after; where I tried to correct the blue track. HELP
This is really weird. I imported the Google URL and got the route 100% matching without doing any corrections:
What version of Scenic are you running? You can see version number at bottom of Settings tab. In the latest version (2.4.1) the map version was updated.
If you are not running 2.4.1 yet, could you go to the App Store Scenic page and update the app from there. After update, when you startup Scenic, follow the red badges (go to 'Me' tab > Premium & Offline Maps > Offline Maps > 'Update Map Version'). Then you'll have to re-download your offline maps.
I hope this solves the issue. If not, please let me know.
I'm on version 2.4.1
OK. I think there is something wrong with the versioning of your maps. I'm not sure what exactly to be honest, but to be 100% sure, best to do this procedure:
- Remove Scenic from your device completely
- Then, re-download from the app store
- Then, login with your account
- Download your offline maps once more
- Then, import the route once more (it should still be in your import queue)
If this is still not OK, please let me know,
Very sorry about all this. I hope with this, all will be resolved.
Best regards,
Guido
Hi Guido,
Well I deleted the app and re-downloaded all the maps. Something interesting happened I was able to get the same result as you but when I went to import my next day the app asked if I wanted to fix my errors automatically or manually; however as I went to import my 3rd day that didn't happen even though discrepancies existed. I thought I would let you know.
Thank you for all your help.
Ok. Thanks. I’ll have a look at that.