Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App

[pavel.samokha]

@sky-runner styles are indeed based on watch ones and suboptimal. We’ll need to improve them, feedback is welcome

[Egika]

@sky-runner said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:

@pavel.samokha This is great! Now we need the low limit for the number of routes on the watch to be lifted so that we can always start navigation on the watch from the app.

This is especially important considering that routes tend to somehow reappear on the watch after they have been removed on the app. Perhaps that is a result of syncing multiple watches.

I also don’t understand the limit, but for me it is not really an issue. You can always switch off and on the routes on the watch.

[Stefano M64]

@pavel.samokha said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:

@Stefano-M64 we decided that it’s better to have explicit control for various reasons. A few of them:

I understand, nevertheless I believe that at least a warning would be useful: “no data connection available, please switch to offline map/routing”. The fact that to use the offline routing the offline map must be selected isn’t clearly stated, I guess that many users could be confused by that.

In any case, this feature is really great, a must have for outdoor adventures, many thanks!

[maszop]

@Egika Before that, you have to upload/remove them to the watch, and this is a big problem sometimes when using two watches/applications.

[pavel.samokha]

@Stefano-M64 said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:

I understand, nevertheless I believe that at least a warning would be useful: “no data connection available, please switch to offline map/routing”. The fact that to use the offline routing the offline map must be selected isn’t clearly stated, I guess that many users could be confused by that.

Thanks. Yeah, I agree that it can be confusing at first and we may need to suggest switching to offline mode

[Egika]

@maszop said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:

@Egika Before that, you have to upload/remove them to the watch, and this is a big problem sometimes when using two watches/applications.

today yes. tomorrow no

[Stoke80]

@Egika

So I have to charge my watch tonight…

[suzzlo]

Edge Case: No offline maps if no device is linked

Makes sense? probably. Just mentioning

[Egika]

@Stoke80 better not take this literally

[Stoke80]

@Egika

[Gunnar]

@Stoke80 right before the Easter public holidays would not be the greatest idea…

[isazi]

@Gunnar let’s be honest, when the app gets updates, new features in the backend/app are released, a firmware update cannot be that far in the future…

[safari]

An app update has just arrived. The Maps section now says “Update available.” “Download to watch time” and “Offline download” options have also appeared.