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    • RE: Windy launches Route Planner

      Thanks Windy for developing this. The change came along while i was using it to route a sailing vessel on a long passage. I have a few suggestions.

      1. please add possibility to change the model view (GFS/ECMWF) or show a comparison in the bottom bar. This is very useful to get a better handle on forecast reliability.
      2. it would be good to keep the normal slider bar with the forecast timeframe still useable in this mode. There is a slider bar but it does not show the days/time until you click.
      3. (mentioned by others) Add the absolute wind direction. this is important as it's the way every sailor refers to wind
      4. (mentioned by others) Show the coordinates live when dragging points, this takes away
      5. bug 1: the line and route points sometimes disappear when zooming. They come back after some more zooming and panning
      6. bug 2: There's a bug when removing a point. I usually start with setting the destination as a first point, then set the current position of the vessel as second point. This gives me the course to sail. I then add another point on that line for every 24h for easy referencing of where the vessel will be day +1, +2, etc. I then remove the first point and then i'm left with a position point per day. However, this is not reflected in the bottom bar.
      7. Having a functionality to change moving speed, and then show weather along the way as it is forecasted along the track, would be helpful as this is what we're eventually after.

      Thanks!

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    Latest posts made by bartbart

    • RE: Windy launches Route Planner

      Thanks Windy for developing this. The change came along while i was using it to route a sailing vessel on a long passage. I have a few suggestions.

      1. please add possibility to change the model view (GFS/ECMWF) or show a comparison in the bottom bar. This is very useful to get a better handle on forecast reliability.
      2. it would be good to keep the normal slider bar with the forecast timeframe still useable in this mode. There is a slider bar but it does not show the days/time until you click.
      3. (mentioned by others) Add the absolute wind direction. this is important as it's the way every sailor refers to wind
      4. (mentioned by others) Show the coordinates live when dragging points, this takes away
      5. bug 1: the line and route points sometimes disappear when zooming. They come back after some more zooming and panning
      6. bug 2: There's a bug when removing a point. I usually start with setting the destination as a first point, then set the current position of the vessel as second point. This gives me the course to sail. I then add another point on that line for every 24h for easy referencing of where the vessel will be day +1, +2, etc. I then remove the first point and then i'm left with a position point per day. However, this is not reflected in the bottom bar.
      7. Having a functionality to change moving speed, and then show weather along the way as it is forecasted along the track, would be helpful as this is what we're eventually after.

      Thanks!

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