Rails not visible
  • Vote Up1Vote Down GarfieldGarfield
    Hello,
    It seems like some rails are not visible on the map of mapfactor navigator. E.g. Lines with railway=light_rail, in the German osm.org site it is called "Stadtbahn". For orientation on the city it was quite irritating for me last night ;)
    Regards
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down OldieOldie
    We had that years ago. As far as I remember Mapfactor said, as this is a car navigation, there is no need to show rails.

    But I think Garfield is right.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hvdwolfhvdwolf
    I think so too.
    Especially as they are part of traffic around you and sometimes with special regulations.
    I think it is not right to have car navigation that does not show these rails, even though you won't navigate via the rails.
    In The Hague, where my daughter lives, you have those "tram" rails which separate the road in a left and right lane. Navigator doesn't show that whereas I think it is important for safe driving.
    I occasionally use other nav apps and they all(!) show them. 
    Navigator is the only one who doesn't.
    Edit: Here doesn't either. The other 3 do.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down GarfieldGarfield
    Other rails are visible, too. and that is great for orientation.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hvdwolfhvdwolf
    I might have been too quick with my reaction. The mentioned "tram" rails have a 30-50 cm grass separation between the two lanes. That can never go wrong.

    Still I prefer to have them on the map.

    @Garfield:  For orientation?  I thought that is why you use a navigation app: to find your way without needing orientation points anywhere you go. ;)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down GarfieldGarfield
    I searched for a railway station on the map near my current location - without visiblle rails this is not an easy task ;)
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