1. • CommentAuthorMates
   • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008

    
   I had auto follow rd work once, but now it does not seem to work, if I set 2 pts I just get a straight line between them, the other day it would jump directly onto the rd once I left it there a second or two. What is the trick?
   
   Thanks
   
   Richard
2. • CommentAuthorSkewer
   • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008 edited

    
   Works for me...
   Win XP SP2
   Firefox 2.6
   Mapping Melbourne Aust
   http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/119941
   Are you sure you've got "Auto-follow the road" selected? ;-)
3. • CommentAuthorkarl j
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2008

    
   does the same to me Mates, but seems if you just carry on plotting points and finish the route, then leave it, it works itself out in the end
4. • CommentAuthorMichaleR
   • CommentTimeApr 23rd 2008

    
   Just leave it? As it updates the "follow road" when you save? I had the same problem today and ended up adding lots of extra points manually to approximate a follow road.
   
   Because Bikely follows roads and sometimes there's a very good bike path alternative I'd like to have follow road and not follow road sections on the same route. Is this doable?
5. • CommentAuthordmacmurc
   • CommentTimeApr 25th 2008

    
   Absolutely: say you start with auto-FTR on, click your start point and then click a point where the pavement stops and the bike path is about to begin. Click auto-FTR off, place the next series of points manually until you're back on pavement, and then click auto-FTR back on again.
   
   For example, see this route. Started at 68th Street and 60th Ave with FTR on, clicked point just north of Hwy 99. Set FTR off and clicked at start of pavement again just south of Hwy 66, then set FTR on again and clicked at end of 62 Avenue.
   
   The real world situation is that there's an agricultural tunnel under Hwy 99 that's not available to vehicles, but I rode it last weekend, so I know it's there.
6. • CommentAuthorrruotolo
   • CommentTimeApr 25th 2008

    
   Well.... I have XP also, and I've just mapped a few routes. The autoFTR will usually work, but sometimes it just quits on me. From that point on I have to click each individual point all along the way. Works great, and a great time saver.. when it works...
   
   AND- the elevation also quits. Anyone know what's up with that? When I finish a route I click on the elevation, and it follows the route for a certain distance- say 18 of the 44 miles, then flat lines on me.
7. • CommentAuthorADAcache
   • CommentTimeApr 27th 2008

    
   I have another question about the FTR feature, I have been uploading GPX files from my GPS and the default seems to be to load it as FTR. This is causing a bit of extra work when the track I have taken is right next to the road and I have to manually correct it. is there a way to upload the track without FTR turned on?
   
   I have only been using this website for the last week and thought I would post my training runs for the "bay in a day" ride coming up in Melbourne in October.
   
   
   Thanks.
8. • CommentAuthorkiso
   • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008

    
   Mates,
   
   This bug happens from time to time - "Follow Roads" stops working, and toggling the check box has no effect. Best workaround I have found is to save the route, restart your browser, then reload the route from "My Routes", then continue plotting.
   
   You may not have to restart the browser, but I do just to make sure.
9. •  
     CommentAuthorPeter-DG
   • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008

    
   I don't think "Auto-follow the road" on/off is relevant when uploading GPX files. It's only relevant when you click with your mouse while plotting a route on a map. When you upload a GPX it just uploades your coordintes and doesn't care if any point is near a road or in the middle of a lake. I'm just speculating, but it's the only way it makes sense to me.
10. • CommentAuthorjohnstevenson
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2008

     
    Peter-DG is right. A trace from a GPS device may be out by a few metres and that can be enough to stop it from coinciding exactly with the map feature you're following. But follow the road has no effect of the 'drawing' of an uploaded route.
    
    We're aware that FTR is sometimes buggy as other posters in this thread have mentioned but it's one of those bug's that's proven extremely hard to replicate. If anyone can give us a description of a route and position where it consistently goes haywire, we'll try and track the problem down and fix it.
    
    John
    BikeRadar/Bikely staff

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