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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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        • idefix37I
          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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            • idefix37I
              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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                • idefix37I
                  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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                  • lrlssL
                    lrlss @idefix37
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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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                    • idefix37I
                      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
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • idefix37I
                          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
                            last edited by

                            @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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                            • idefix37I
                              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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                                • lrlssL
                                  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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                                      • idefix37I
                                        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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                                        • jedalleraJ
                                          jedallera | Premium
                                          last edited by

                                          I can't see on android. help

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                                          • idefix37I
                                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @jedallera
                                            last edited by

                                            @jedallera
                                            This feature is not available on mobile devices.

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