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Hello forum people

MNF Version 1.5.22 from Google Playstore
New Zealand OSM
Huawei U8652 Android 2.3.4

I wanted an offline turn by turn navigator so decided to try MNF because of general popularity Also forum discussions suggested pretty reasonable maturity
Even with my rubbish phone it has not crashed, the display looks good and recorded directions are near enough to find my destination (but Google Navigator with street names is much better if you have the data connection)

But - I have consistently found poor route selection in the city and suburban areas  With Profile set to Car/Fastest each time MNF sends me on an indirect route which is longer and slower than the obvious route The direct route can sometimes (but not always) be obtained by using one or more waypoints or using Car/Shortest  Sometimes Reverse does the trick but directions are then no good!  Restrictions such as One way and No turn are not the problem

Example #1   Inner city (0.7 km direct route)
Selection 1A Fastest  (1.3km 1min 32s)

Selection 1A Shortest (1.0km 1min 13s)
Selection 1B Fastest with one waypoint (1.0km 1min 17 s)
Selection 1B Shortest with same waypoint (0.7 km 0min 57s) Finally but what a mission!


Example #2  Suburban (2.5 km out and back circuit route using waypoints)

Selection 2A Fastest two waypoints (3.2km 4min 02s)

Selection 2B Fastest three waypoints (3.0km 3min 50s)
Trial of 2A and 2B Shortest profiles did no better
Selection 2B Reverse (2.5km 3min 17s)


The "Fastest" selections clearly do not give the quickest route so I assume the detailed Car speed profiles are not the problem

If interested see other screenshots in the album on the link below  - not sure when/if access expires Sorry forgot to reduce file size

https://imageshack.com/a/PxW4/1

These are just two examples of what I have found to be persistent bad selections of a similar type   It seems that if there are multiple options (very common with urban local routing) then MNF just does one selection and spits out the answer without any optimising checks

Long distance routes are generally OK but the urban sections of these often have the same trouble as above

Have tried Google Navigator on same routes and did not have the problem  Even OruxMaps with BRouter offline gave me the direct routes (but no turn by turn directions)

Do other users have a similar experience or is there something I'm missing?