Using Go To on Traveller

Thanks Frank. Appreciated.

Frank, with all these tips you’re providing i hope you’re on the payroll :)

Frank obviously likes helping others. He explains thing very well and I would guess that a simple "thank you" is all that is required to keep him going.

The turn by turn engine that does the calculations is NOT in the app but on the ExplorOz website. So to get turn by turn you need the internet. But as Frank mentioned once a turn by turn track is calculated it is stored on your device and will guide you regardless of whether you have an internet connection or not. While following the calculated track if you deviate from it with no internet connection, it cannot do any recalculation. It just shows the calculated track and when you get back to the calculated track it will pick up guiding you to your destination. In the settings you can turn off automatic recalculation when you do have internet reception. This is a great feature as usually you deviate from the planned track for a good reason and you do not want to have a recalculation.
Chris

i must be missing something. every time i calculate the track and then turn off the internet it defaults to straight line only. i want to create a trek now and use it next month and i probably won't have internet on the second and subsequent days

Darren,

Do you save it after calculating?

Thanks Frank,
i did save. i have been looking at other treks that i saved and one of them has part of the file save as turn by turn but not all. i am so confused.

I have had similar experiences when creating treks (online) on remote tracks. Sometimes it is clear that the track is not recognised/in the database used by the app and only straight line navigation is possible, other times, all appears well until a saved trek is loaded and the app will recalculate some segments of the turn by turn and or segments will be missing. Michelle has advised that if you identify the offending segments and try changing the mode to cycling or walking for these you can usually create a trek that will save and load. I have had mixed success doing this. Apparently the missing road segments can be only a few tens of metres say a causeway and sometimes this segment will need to be incorporated as straight line navigation. Michelle advised that it relates to a third party database of roads and tracks used by navigation apps.