Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrew Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Magic Earth app Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:30:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <43f57d2eaaa4a40ba73c73b6891f94ceb72118e4@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:30:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="66895"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:XL21hLrl/fkzl3pcJhds66TyCSo= sha256:cxSPp1XbIxmbv2smDPX53PKtn7JiIBR1T5WJSmECfDg= sha1:SertQNcV2jPevXiPNFdD/vpEqGI= sha256:1ObaEE604sQO+1H34oiUHGd0OsmX3py+JNiGjdHlsd4= X-Newsreader: PiaoHong.Usenet.Client.Free:1.65 Bytes: 2923 Lines: 30 Andy Burns wrote on Mon, 12 Aug 2024 06:54:33 +0100 : >> I wanted to put a certain route on my phone because I only cared about >> the twists and turns at the far end.  I was absolutely unable to change >> the route from what IT wanted.  I finally just wrote the turns on a >> piece of paper.  Old school, right?  How can it NOT allow you to choose >> your own route? >> >> Supposedly you can do it with the web version, but it's like pushing string > > If you use the web version, you can plot a course from start to > destination, then "drag" midpoint(s) to make it go whichever way you want. > > There is then a button to "send to phone", unfortunately all that does > is send the start and destination to the phone, which then calculates > the route from scratch, ignoring your alterations in the web version ... > grrr! 1. I set my GPS location to the north end of the golden gate bridge 2. I turned off "Precise Location" to hinder Wi-Fi geolocation 3. It wouldn't route without "Precise Location" so I pinned the start point 4. When it routed, I tried to push and drag the route on the Google Map You're right. TheRealBev was right. I was wrong. Mostly I was wrong anyway. You can't move the dark blue route around on the Android Google Maps app. But you can tap on the light blue alternative route - and that will switch. I also have a Google Maps shortcut to Ungoogled Chromium set to "Home", which, if necessary, we might test to see if there's a way to change it on the web Google Maps and then feed that to the Google Maps APK maybe?