@Matthieu-Fou said in Routes list - Accordion or search:
Hello all,
@vinc14 said in Routes list - Accordion or search:
this function would be for the watch?
because the app has to sort nearest distance to you!
when listing all these sorting options, I was thinking about the app only. The watch can only store a limited number of routes, and for me it’s fine on the watch as-is.
Exactly my point
@Brad_Olwin The issue comes from my usage of routes. Unlike you, most of my routes (if not all) start in the street where I live. The “nearest route” sorting criteria becomes useless in this situation.
Moreover, I sometimes have to edit routes since the autumn rainfalls change some paths to brooks in the countryside around me, so I have “summer” and “winter” (well dry/wet) versions of my routes 😉 .
The Suunto app is fine, but I prefer a big screen and a mouse to edit GPX files, then import these into the app. The “issue” with doing this is that it resets the “creation date” value and a route I’ve been running for years can appear as created “2 weeks ago” (hence not a good sorting criteria either)
I use a Mac and an iPad (preferred) or a large Mac display to create routes. Problem solved.
Again, I think that is plenty of flexibility.
Theoretically yes, but in practice, the only sorting criteria left is the route name (which works fine but “could be improved”, see my post above)
I only use routes when I plan somewhere off trail or somewhere I am not familiar with. I use routes often for ski touring as I have winter routes that differ from trail approaches.
On my side, I use routes almost everytime I run/ride, mostly because I want to ensure :
I’ll avoid dangerous spots / roads
I’ll run/ride as planned : if I miss a turn I could add/skip some km
If you have been running/riding a route for years I guess I am still confused. Routes I commonly run I do not use as routes, they don’t change. I would argue that editing your routes solves a problem, by creation date will give you the new edited route, or you could incorporate time of year in the title. Search in iOS is quite flexible and compound searches work.
The routing capabilities are one of the reasons I bought the Suunto Race (and I’m very happy I did it !)
In reality how many routes do you need? I could delete a lot of mine and re-create some that I do not use often.
in the watch : since it’s just a matter of toggling the “Use in watch” option of the app and let the BT send data to the watch, this is no big deal and it’s fine as-is. Having numerous routes on the watch would be useless, IMHO, and require advanced sorting on the watch (which is not my point)
in the app : since it’s just a matter of storing GPX data in a GB-storage device, it don’t think setting a maximum number is relevant. So far, I have 24 routes stored in the app, I think I hardly could hit above 30.
I see no real “lack of functionality” (nor “bug”) as for routes management in the Suunto App, my point is rather about GUI improvements : finding anything in a few clicks rather than a longer (boring!) scroll.
I have more than 30 routes with many starting from work. I guess we differ in opinion as I do not have issues finding routes.
