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      Lipa1979 | Premium
      last edited by

      Hi, I have a problem with route planner. Every time when I try to plan the route I can see on the map only waypoints and no route details are shown. Could you please advise how to display route details with weather parameters? Please see picture below. Windy Route Planner.jpg

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      • KorinaK
        Korina @Lipa1979
        last edited by

        @Lipa1979 Your device is being recognized as mobile, that's why you see mobile UI. Did you try different browser?

        Korina

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        • Евгений РоскошЕ
          Евгений Роскош @idefix37
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          @idefix37 I'm a seaman and we were crossing Atlantic Ocean by rhumb line instead of great circle to avoid low pressure area

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            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Евгений Роскош
            last edited by idefix37

            @Евгений-Роскош

            So, now have you tried to plot your route along the rhumb line as I explained to you in my previous post? that is to say in a straight line as one does on a paper nautical chart with Mercator projection? Which are your ports call?

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              andras 1
              last edited by

              hello!
              I purchased the premium access today and unfortunately the route planner does not work neither on my phone or my computer. What am I doing wrong?

              Thanks in advance.

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                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @andras 1
                last edited by idefix37

                @andras-1
                Route planner is not available in the mobile app, and therefore not on your phone.
                Have you ever got Route planner on your computer. It does not work on those with a small screen size.
                Could you show a screenshot ?

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                • lrlssL
                  lrlss
                  last edited by

                  Why in Distance and Planning, the direction of the wind in the wind graph does not match the direction shown in the progress graph below?
                  Is it because the wind map is not updated within 6 hours?

                  The sun shines into the darkness,the wings can fly

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                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lrlss
                    last edited by idefix37

                    @lrlss
                    Very likely because of a wrong setting of wind direction reference.
                    See:
                    https://community.windy.com/topic/24867/problems-between-maps-and-meteograms?_=1683541988492

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                      lrlss @idefix37
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                      @idefix37 f54e6341-a67e-4e83-875d-f24d75c2b6fc-image.png
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                      Changing to absolute orientation also seems to have no effect

                      The sun shines into the darkness,the wings can fly

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                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lrlss
                        last edited by idefix37

                        @lrlss

                        It works perfectly for me. The wind directions in the Route planner panel are identical to those in the map.

                        Capture d’écran 2023-05-08 à 17.46.57.png

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                        • lrlssL
                          lrlss @idefix37
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                          @idefix37 Well, there might be something wrong with this place. At least I debugged the wind barbs and failed to guarantee the consistency of the two data. I can ignore one of them, so which would be more accurate, the wind chart above or the wind direction indication below?

                          The sun shines into the darkness,the wings can fly

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                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lrlss
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                            @lrlss said in How to use a route planner:

                            Well, there might be something wrong with this place.

                            I don’t think your bug is due to the location. Note I made my screenshot in China too. I suggest you make a try far in another place of the world. Let’s say in Europe, Berlin to Paris, and post a screenshot of it.
                            I would be more confident in the wind direction in the map than in the Route planner panel.

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                            • lrlssL
                              lrlss @idefix37
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                              @idefix37 Tested servers in both South Korea and the United States, and initial findings indicate the following: 1) It is independent of the selected language. 2) There is randomness involved, sometimes results are consistent, while other times they are not. If this is related to the loading of the wind chart, how can I determine whether the wind chart has finished loading?

                              The sun shines into the darkness,the wings can fly

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                                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @lrlss
                                last edited by idefix37

                                @lrlss
                                Sorry I can’t give you further explanation about your issue. May be a developer can do it ?

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                                • SutyS
                                  Suty Administrator @lrlss
                                  last edited by

                                  @lrlss Hi, could you please send short example of the route where this is happening, so I can test the functionality on the same piece and potentially forward this to colleagues?

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                                    lrlss @Suty
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                                    @Ondřej-Šutera
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                                    A and B use servers in South Korea and the United States respectively. After refreshing, the wind map and the direction indicator below are basically consistent. Both pictures have a phenomenon that the circled local wind map is inconsistent with the wind direction indicator below.

                                    The sun shines into the darkness,the wings can fly

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                                    • SutyS
                                      Suty Administrator @lrlss
                                      last edited by

                                      @lrlss Thank you for this detailed info. I will investigate it and discuss it with colleagues and let you know.

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                                        pierre sals @Fairplay-31 | Premium
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                                        @Fairplay-31 said in How to use a route planner:

                                        Hi,

                                        is it possible to enter speed and the startpoint of the voyage. Otherwise it is not very helpful.

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                                          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @pierre sals
                                          last edited by idefix37

                                          @pierre-sals

                                          As a Premium user, you can access the route planner on the Windy website. You will see that it is possible to enter the average speed and the starting point of the trip. And also to choose the best departure date during the following days according to the weather forecast.

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                                            jedallera | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            I can't see on android. help

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