[Map should show current stage instead of starting coords]

On 6/26/2021 at 4:29 PM, dprovan said:

I think that's another conversation. The OP seems to be talking about ALs he's in the middle of, so he's interested in the nearest stage, not the first stage.

 

You're talking about the map in the AL app? If so, I think that map should -- optionally -- show all available waypoints for all ALs instead of only the posted starting point. I say that because while I understand your thinking, I don't see how the map could know what "your next stage" would be, and I don't think it really makes sense to guess and show only the closest stage. That map is outside the pursuit of any specific AL, so there is no next stage active for any of the ALs you've been following.

 

As it happens, I'm very sympathetic to this: just a couple days ago, I was in Monterey where there are 3 overlapping ALs visiting most of the same places. It got very confusing, switching back and forth between the ALs. By the end of it, I missed the last stage of one of them because I forgot there was a waypoint for that AL right where I was standing while answering the question for one of the other ALs.

There are ALs where there's a certain order to visit the stages (we called them linear here, I don't know the official name), and there is no magic required to know what "your next stage" would be in those.
As I said, I agree that showing all the available stages for the non linear ALs (maybe optionally) would be great 

[Map should show current stage instead of starting coords]

I agree with you, but that's currently up to the CO. Sometimes they use it to show a parking lot close to the first stage, other times they place it far away for some reason I don't understand.

But this is a different issue I'm talking about, something I believe can be easily solved 

[Map should show current stage instead of starting coords]

I agree, only for linear ALs. I can understand the issue with showing all the stages of non-linear ALs.

But for linear ALs, I see no point on showing the original coordinates that you have already visited. I personally find it very inconvenient.

[Map should show current stage instead of starting coords]

I couldn't find any topic about this, please let me know if there is.

 

I think the map should show the coordinates of your next stage of each AL, not the starting coordinates.

I've found this specially annoying in 2 situations:

• When playing few ALs simultaneously, you need to remember exactly where each stage of each AL is (or open each of theme every time to check).
• When an AL stages spread along long distances, you need to scroll to the initial point on every stage.

 

I would expect that if I open the app in a place, I can see the stages I can take part in, not the starting coordinates which sometimes are not even the 1st stage (of course, in case I've already started that AL).