Straight lines

[UKenGB]

Trying to plan some routes yesterday and I kept seeing just straight lines between some or all of the waypoints. Sometimes the full route would be shown, but then a simple change like zoom in one step and half the route would become straight lines. In the end I gave up and then returned later when it was much better, but still occasionally I'd get the problem. However, another small change and I'd see the full route again.

Under what circumstances does RC draw a straight line between the waypoints instead of a real route and does this affect what is saved?

[routeconverter]

Under what circumstances does RC draw a straight line between the waypoints instead of a real route and does this affect what is saved?

A red straight line is drawn for routes if Google Directions doesn't deliver a result. The most frequent cause for this is that the query limit for the day is reached.

[UKenGB]

Is there any way to avoid this? So if a route has already been calculated, don't query again when e.g. just zooming to a different level. Currently it severely limits RC's usefulness since once you hit this brick wall, it's pointless trying to continue.

One thing though, would I be correct in thinking that it does not affect what is saved in the file? That is just a list of waypoints and no routing information, so whether Google has allowed the full route to be calculated or not, the file contents would be the same either way?

[routeconverter]

Is there any way to avoid this?

yes

• pay Google
  
• use a free of charge Online-RoutingService
  
• use the Offline Edition
  

So if a route has already been calculated, don't query again when e.g. just zooming to a different level.

That is already happening.

One thing though, would I be correct in thinking that it does not affect what is saved in the file?

That is correct. It's just a display issue.

That is just a list of waypoints and no routing information, so whether Google has allowed the full route to be calculated or not, the file contents would be the same either way?

yes

[UKenGB]

Is there any way to avoid this?

yes

• pay Google
  
• use a free of charge Online-RoutingService
  
• use the Offline Edition
  

So if a route has already been calculated, don't query again when e.g. just zooming to a different level.

That is already happening.

I tried the off-line edition and it was unusable due to massive gaps in the map coverage of Europe - I mean more gaps than maps. I gave up.

That cannot be the whole story regarding zooming. I keep having the same straight line problem when I simply zoom once from a fully routed plan (i.e route between all waypoints has been calculated) but which results in straight lines replacing all or part of the route. If as you say there is no Google query when just zooming, surely the full route would never be lost just from zooming.

[routeconverter]

That cannot be the whole story regarding zooming. I keep having the same straight line problem when I simply zoom once from a fully routed plan (i.e route between all waypoints has been calculated) but which results in straight lines replacing all or part of the route. If as you say there is no Google query when just zooming, surely the full route would never be lost just from zooming.

RouteConverter is Open Source. Checkout the code, analyze the problem and provide a patch or pull request if you have a fix.

[UKenGB]

RouteConverter is Open Source. Checkout the code, analyze the problem and provide a patch or pull request if you have a fix.

One day maybe