...if it's a yellow road it will be surfaced (at least to the local standard) and if its a white road it probably won't be...
I've had some excellent comedy off-roading experiences recently on yellow roads.
Just because it's an adopted public road doesn't mean the council are maintaining it to the standard they demand roads be in before they will adopt them!
Hmmm, Interesting routing issues. I wonder if that's an issue with the router, or the way it's put in the underlying OSM data...
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R_nger's investigation suggests to me it's the way they're using OSM data.
OSM may do whacky shit when set to cycling liek send you into bus stops and parking areas, but I've never had it send me down a track marked as a footpath even though it's perfectly legit to do so in these parts.
My cock up in Ramboulliet forest that saw IroIroMono and I wading through sand when there was a sealed path about 100m to the west was nothing to do with OSM maping and everything to do with me remapping a section after it in walking mode.
It's either subscription or it's a feed full of advertising like in Facebook, I'd rather pay some small change to avoid the latter
For a system that's basically a pusjotter for cycling/running based willy waving, oddly I'd prefer adverts, that I generally gloss over
I'm just wary about paying now because of they are struggling then I'll be paying into something that may well disappear.
Who says they are struggling? They have been losing money for the years, like most other internet companies. Doesn't mean they are going to disappear any time soon. Just seems like DC Rainmaker taking comments out of context and making up a story.
With a likely recession coming, VC funding will increasingly involve having a plan for profit or exit. Maybe even one that's not quite as speculative as before. I assume that the previous premium features being paid model wasn't getting the right numbers.
My reading of the announcement was basically; we're betting on you, its our last roll of the dice to make this product viable despite the fact we've driven people away with shite paid for features that our competitors give away for free.
“As a commercial venture, it has to make money at some point” what a quaint notion.
As a commercial venture, it has to produce something that (enough) people are willing to pay for.
I spent a couple of years wondering why I was paying for it, and this hasn't changed that.
I spent more than that wondering if I was willing to pay for RWGPS and ended up deciding I was willing to pay for one or the other.
RWGPS won that.
I presume Strava monetise the sponsored challenges in some way.
Giving Le Col and Strava etc free advertising wouldn't exactly be clever...