Winter Road Closures / Tyre Route Mapping Software / Workaround Solution

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I hope this may be of some assistance to :ukgser? :nenau

:( :comfort :)

For your reference and consideration, please be advised:

Situation.
Problematical Winter Road closures / Tyre Route Mapping Software Ignore Function / Workaround Solution.

Investigation.
Please kindly refer to the attached files which detail Tyre screen-shots of the Grand Ballon, France:

1 of Two – Utilising Google Maps
a) If utilising this map in the wintertime, winter road closures always take precedence;
b) Consequently, it is often not readily possible to create routes in wintertime, in readiness for preferred summertime touring routes;
c) Tyre does provide an option to ignore winter road closures, however, this function doesn’t operate.

2 of Two – Utilising Open Street Maps
a) If utilising this map in wintertime, winter road closures are completely ignored;
b) This is ideal when creating routes in wintertime, in readiness for preferred summertime touring routes.

Resolution.
Utilise Open Street Maps for a pragmatic solution to the often problematical “Winter Road Closures”.

Root Cause.
There is no function in Google Maps to ignore “Winter Road Closures”.
 

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