Re: Magic Earth app

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.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/qv5RpC8n/map-change-route.jpg>

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?