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    And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...

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    • sartoricS Offline
      sartoric Moderator @Audaxjoe
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      @Audaxjoe said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

      There is no shortage of memory on the Vertical, it would be so much easier say France and Germany was divided into two or three maps. Or just one…

      Or better … multi selection and “download all” option for the country.
      I guess we’ll get it, sooner or later

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      • AudaxjoeA Offline
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        @sartoric Yes that would work. But why they need to divide country without providing a map of the maps 🤔 I don’t know. Even using current system but chosen from a map would really help
        It like the team who have implemented it seem to think people don’t travel🤣🤣🤣

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          A Former User @Audaxjoe
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          Map management on the Suunto Vertical and Race is a nightmare.
          Why can’t I just choose to download an entire country? Or even better, just let me download all of Europe in one click like I can do on Garmin’s watches.

          I just finished downloading all of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark on to my Vertical. To do so I had to let it sit for about 10-15 hours on the charger next to my router… Hopefully I won’t go traveling across Europe this summer.

          And yes, all of Europe on any Garmin watch with map support is just ONE map for the entire Europe, which maybe takes 10-15 minutes to download and sync onto the watch!!! Quite different experience.

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          • AudaxjoeA Offline
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            @neonix yes that was my experience with Garmin and also Wahoo. You really don’t have to think about the maps they are just there.

            And obviously with Garmin you can load custom maps and overlays.

            Still prefer my Suunto Vertical however ☺️ And when the maps are on the Suunto they are super smooth and always seen to point in the correct direction. I think the mapping is great, just so complicated to load!

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              duffman19 @Guest
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              @neonix said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

              Why can’t I just choose to download an entire country? Or even better, just let me download all of Europe in one click like I can do on Garmin’s watches.

              Just a guess here, but I believe that Garmin’s maps are all vector based, while Suunto’s (and Coros’) are image based. So when you download Suunto’s maps, you’re actually downloading a large image file for every zoom level. That’s six zoom levels (I think?), so six images per area downloaded.

              Vector based imagery is much more efficient size-wise. For instance, an entire USA vector map on Garmin is ~4GB, where just one state on Suunto is ~4GB.

              The downside of the vector-based map system is that it must redraw the map every time you rotate the screen or zoom in and out. This is where the Suunto maps have the edge in that they are simply displaying a background image with far less processing.

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                A Former User @Audaxjoe
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                @Audaxjoe said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

                @neonix yes that was my experience with Garmin and also Wahoo. You really don’t have to think about the maps they are just there.

                And obviously with Garmin you can load custom maps and overlays.

                Still prefer my Suunto Vertical however ☺️ And when the maps are on the Suunto they are super smooth and always seen to point in the correct direction. I think the mapping is great, just so complicated to load!

                Agree! The Garmin topo maps are OK/good, but I rarely bother to use them because they are so slow and sluggish on the watch. And small trails are like 1 pixel wide and difficult to see. Zooming in and out and panning is so slow. The usability of the maps on the Veritcal is superb by comparison, it’s just sad that they miss on-device routing and names of lakes and paths and pre-loaded POI’s. And the map management is horrible.

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                  A Former User @duffman19
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                  @duffman19 said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

                  @neonix said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

                  Why can’t I just choose to download an entire country? Or even better, just let me download all of Europe in one click like I can do on Garmin’s watches.

                  Just a guess here, but I believe that Garmin’s maps are all vector based, while Suunto’s (and Coros’) are image based. So when you download Suunto’s maps, you’re actually downloading a large image file for every zoom level. That’s six zoom levels (I think?), so six images per area downloaded.

                  Vector based imagery is much more efficient size-wise. For instance, an entire USA vector map on Garmin is ~4GB, where just one state on Suunto is ~4GB.

                  The downside of the vector-based map system is that it must redraw the map every time you rotate the screen or zoom in and out. This is where the Suunto maps have the edge in that they are simply displaying a background image with far less processing.

                  Maybe allow us to choose what zoom levels to download then? I don’t need all zoom levels personally. Garmin’s maps were initially designed for car GPS units and stuff, and it shows, they are horrible slow and sluggish to use on a watch. But they do have preloaded POI’s, on-device routing and stuff like that. Pro’s and cons with both!

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                  • cosme.costaC Offline
                    cosme.costa @Olaf Gottschalk
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                    @Olaf-Gottschalk said in And it happened again... Forgot to download a map...:

                    @Kramble said in [And it happened

                    So basically, you go in the mountains for a trip, you forgot your map at home and it is your dentist’s fault ? 😅

                    This is proof enough for me that fanboys are thinking they are always right to shoot when somebody dares to explain how bad some things are… 🤷🏻‍♂️

                    It’s none of your business, you are wrong, you are not at all willing to discuss anything at the right level - why are you even here? To tell Suunto how wonderful their products are?

                    Can’t believe how some people tick …

                    Sorry to intrude here but I disagree here with you and most of your posts.
                    When you went on your trip you knew beforehand how your watch works related to maps, didn’t you? So, instead of saying that the designers are very bad you could ask for some help and then open a request for improvements in this area.

                    Most of your posts are only complaining, saying that all done is bad and even saying that is done on purpose. But here you are, still using Suunto. If you are so good designing things why you do not send your CV to Suunto?

                    I would like to see you as designer with limited time and resources. Do you know the limitations of the hardware or patents that Suunto faces with their products? For your comments I see that you never have worked in a company doing designs or products with a defined specs and budget.

                    IMHO you should chill out a little and enjoy the views in your trips.

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                    • AudaxjoeA Offline
                      Audaxjoe
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                      My view on the maps are I don’t mind the slow sync, it annoying but no real big deal.
                      The maps themselves are brilliant, when I lift my wrist they are clear and updated very rapidly and looking in the correct direction.

                      I would just like when I have to down load a map it was clear what region I need. This could be done by putting the downloads on a ‘map’ to click. Or simply allowing a download all button as mentioned above.

                      I have came from Garmin, and although on paper the maps are better, things like names etc on the map and so much choice of mapping, in my experience the speed and smoothness of the Suunto maps are far more user friendly when you need them.

                      If only it was simpler to choose the regions… Owe and the contours coming back when you zoom out would be lovely 😍 😃

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                      • cosme.costaC Offline
                        cosme.costa @Audaxjoe
                        last edited by cosme.costa

                        @Audaxjoe I agree, everything is improvable and we should ask for this improvements, as features request. People should remember than one year ago Suunto didn’t have maps. The times that I have used the maps, the experience has been very good but I would like them to have some names to have references (like summit or town names) and contours lines in all zoom levels.

                        On the other hand, if you read here and there, there are some hints that the map experience will be improved quite a lot.

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                        • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
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                          Just an idea. Maybe go outside and explore and add the maps later since you forgot to?

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