Several navigation issues (feedback)

[Joaquin]

@maszop this is good improvement/feature I’ll pass this on to the team in case we can do something about it in the future.

Super thanks!!

[maszop]

@Joaquin Thanks. Komoot does that mainly for staying on roads and trails, whereas with Suunto it would be more about adding missing elevation and TBT.

From what I’ve seen, only Komoot (online) – using the phone’s computing power – can generate a logical route.
Garmin is just okay at best. The Hammerhead Karoo is pretty weak. Google Maps, apart from driving, is rubbish. Mapy . com is okay at best. And I’m mostly talking about using the phone’s processing power and usually having an internet connection.

So I don’t know if it’s worth putting so much effort and resources into adding routing to Suunto watches, knowing it’s going to be very unreliable, except maybe in cities.

[Joaquin]

@dreamer_ I think there might have been a small misunderstanding, so just to clarify my point.

I was simply referring to the brands you mentioned as examples, not trying to say one approach is better or worse. Each brand has its own philosophy, and this is just ours.

Of course, we are actively working towards improving things like GPX-based turn guidance or routing directly on the watch, but we want to do it in a way that we believe is robust and reliable for the user. That’s why, for example, offline maps in the app combined with routing to the watch is part of what I’d call the “Suunto way” of building a routable map experience.

I really appreciate your feedback and the level of detail you’re bringing to the discussion. It’s genuinely valuable for us ️‍