Route alternatives

[1aschroe]

Right now OsmAnd only calculates one route to a given target. Assuming this is the perfect route, this is fine, but at times the user might have more knowledge about the conditions or might have a preference for one way or another.

I see Google Maps' alternative routing and incorporated traffic information to be the two features in which it is superior to OsmAnd.

A quick search for an appropriate algorithm was not really successful. I only found BRouter, who claim to have an implementation for this: http://brouter.de/brouter/alternatives.html

[jfburke3]

I agree, this would be nice to have.

[OpenSourceForEver]

What about it? It would be very nice option

[Logicuth]

Me too. To have this feature of alternatives routes will be very nice!

Brouter can do alternative routes. Osmand can be configured to use Brouter as routing engine. To have the alternative routes in OsmAnd you have to generate Brouter the 4 .gpx files and import them to Osmand.

But maybe it will be possible to do this in the user friendly User-Interface of Osmand. Without ex- and import of .gpx files in Osmand from Brouter manually.

[alex9099]

As the tag says, this would be nice to have, what I do right now is put "road blocks" where I don't want to go, but sometimes the routing engine is stubborn and just gets a smaller road to go around

Wouldn't this be offline routing though?

[silverflo]

sometimes fuel efficient route is better than default route . may be that can be used as an alternative.

[anastasiia936]

It would be useful to show alternative routes on the map when asking for directions and user could select between few variants.
Suggested alternative routes could be ones that 1. avoid highways, 2. least distance, 3. route with least amount of traffic lights, 4. more direct route (fewer turns).

[ghost]

It would be useful to show alternative routes on the map when asking for directions and user could select between few variants.
Suggested alternative routes could be ones that 1. avoid highways, 2. least distance, 3. route with least amount of traffic lights, 4. more direct route (fewer turns).

These are the kind of alternatives that I've been looking for. Sure you can find other routes with options in settings like fuel-efficiency etc. but that is time consuming. OsmAnd should show alternative routes along with the default suggested route, like all other navigation apps do (Google Maps, Apple Maps and so on).
Showing alternative routes on the map is a very important, time-saving feature. How come this issue exists since 2015 and after 6 years it hasn't been implemented yet? It would make OsmAnd a lot more user friendly.
For the last 1-2 years I've been using OsmAnd but I have to admit that very often I had to quit OsmAnd and use another app for navigation because the suggested route wasn't always the best one and having to configure OsmAnd to offer alternative routes throught various options like fuel-efficiency or avoid specific roads etc. each time was time-consuming and a struggle. Not only that, but even though I went a different route, OsmAnd kept giving me directions to turn back and follow its own route.
Please do something to prioritize this feature, it's not just a "Nice to Have" feature but it's an important one that the lack of it often makes OsmAnd unusable. I've been waiting for this kind of a feature since I first discovered OsmAnd but now I decided to join this discussion because there hasn't been any development.

[seniorm0ment]

Really really wishing for alternative routes. I don't know how many times OSM has just decided to take me through tons of back roads with lights and stop signs instead of just throwing me on the damn highway. It's so frustrating.
If I know the area, I can get on the highway and figure it out and the gps recalculates, but that kinda defeats the purpose because I use the gps when I DON'T KNOW the area.
Also if I rely on it recalculating, I still don't know if it's going to take me where I want, or get me off at some stupid exit and recalculate. I can't check the route as I'm driving.

If we had the option for alternative routes, I can just pick which one, see the route in entirety, then drive safely and accurately.
I mean I even notice OSM choosing neighborhood roads, instead of just going onto the main road two roads over. Very annoying.