@maszop said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:
I always thought that people buy Suunto watches with maps to use them mainly outdoors, not to find the nearest café in city.
I know you’re just kidding, but I’d argue that it’s important that the maps function equally well in both remote and urban areas. For instance, when I visit a new city, if possible, I begin my trail runs in town to avoid having to drive to a faraway trailhead. Often I’ll need to re-route my course through the city because the streets I initially routed are either too busy or inconvenient to run down. Having a simple, easy-to-read map is preferable in this situation.
@pavel.samokha said in Offline Maps and Routing in Suunto App:
Maps is a particular area where feedback is important.
I’d vote for the elimination of both private driveways (tag service=driveway) and all building outlines. In the US, most driveways are just to people’s private homes. Suunto includes them on both the watch and app maps and gives them the same priority as residential roads (same color and line width). The result is streets that look like crazy tree branches.
As for building outlines, I’d argue they are unnecessary, causing too much visual clutter and (I’d assume) processing bloat, especially on watches. Locations and POIs (bars, banks, service stations, shelters, toilets, etc.) can still be shown as points, but the actual size and shape of the buildings, I think, is overkill. This is one area where Garmin’s TopoActive maps are actually better and simpler since the do not include building outlines, only POIs.
