Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Would I let a device recommend a route otherwise ?, not likely as I don't think the devices are smart enough to make good choices and I KNOW that the bike option in Google cannot do this to my requirements,
Routing for cyclists is hard. Routing for cars is easy.
Usually, drivers of cars only car about getting there the shortest/fastest way. And cars can use "any" roads. If the routing is not quite optimal, the driver might not even notice.
It's easy and fast to develop maps for driving. You just have to drive around recording data.
Also, cyclists have different opinions about what roads are reasonable or preferable to use.
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Routing on the device is almost certainly never going to be ideal. The device is too small and slow to plan the route. It's hard to review the route to make sure there aren't wacky things about it.
I've used device routing (not often) and it's worked OK.