Help!:
Notes on overlapping routes don't work.

Thanks Guys -- There's been some recent issues with overlapping notes and note deletion stuff that we're working on.  I'll post a follow-up when we get to the bottom of it. I apologize for it not being perfect for your use right now...

Cheers,

-Kevin

MMR/Kevin - more examples of the problem:

Demo Stage B
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/us/il/116124710393479458
0.00 mi  Start
0.21 mi  Turn right at Saratoga Ave
0.35 mi  Turn left at Palmer St
0.59 mi  Turn left at Dunham Rd
0.93 mi  Turn right at Concord Dr
1.18 mi  Turn left at Springside Ave
1.48 mi  Turn left at 71st St
1.71 mi  Turn left at Dunham Rd
2.51 mi  Turn left at Palmer St
2.65 mi  Turn right at Saratoga Ave

The  2.51 mi  "Turn left at Palmer St"  is the correct instruction for that location for the outbound portion at 0.35 , but not for the return.  also:

The 2.65 mi  "Turn right at Saratoga Av"  is the correct instruction for that location for the outbound portion at 0.21 , but not for the return.

So the instructions are getting mixed up at points with the exact same coordinates.  The return instruction is missing and the outbound instruction appears twice.  Also clicking on "View" for  2.51 miles  gives the 0.35 instruction (The "Info" tab also gives 0.35 even when the 2.51 "View" is clicked).

The 2.29 mi instruction is missing.

I think I also had cases where the outbound instruction got replaced by the return instruction for the exact same location (revere error compared to the above).

MMR - you need to fix this.  Auto-turn-recording is the only reason I use MMR.  There are many free sites that are better in most respects, but they don't have auto-turn-recording.  It's your ace in hand!

====== meanwhile, folks: =====

If you rely on auto-notes and if your route retraces any segment, even for only one road, split it into two routes that don't retrace anything.

I have developed an INCREDIBLY PAINFUL workaround that would overcome the bug of out-and-back routes, or those with some overlapping sections and the associated auto-notes corruption:

CAUSE:  best I can tell, the issue happens when you have "Follow-Roads" enabled.  Going over the same road sections with "Follow-Roads" turned on will cause both routes to share those auto-generated square route markers.  If one of those square, yet unlabeled markers, is shared between both routes, adding a note (with AutoNotes or manually) will permanently corrupt the notes list.

WORKAROUND:

1. Enable Follow-Roads and Auto-Notes for all non-overlapping sections of your route.
2. On overlapping sections, enable Follow-Roads up to sections and turns where you'll want to have notes (this can include before/after a turn, before after any other makers you'd like to add like food, climb, etc).
3. Turn off Follow-Roads and Auto-Notes.
4. Manually plot the overlapping section where the Note will need to be assigned.
5. As you manually plot these small turn sections, separate each overlapping route so you'll later be able to tell which pass is which.  What I do is plot along the driving lane instead of default middle of road.  The result will be two visibly distinct route lines when I zoom into the map.
6. Manually add the notes to these sections by slowly approaching the square markers with your mouse pointer until you get the pointing hand.  To make sure you're annotating the correct marker, once you get the pop-up dialog for the marker, click on the "info" tab, which will display the distance to that point.
7. Click on "View Notes" to validate this was added correctly.
8. If your manually-entered notes follow the syntax and case convention of Auto-Notes (i.e. "Turn right..." instead of "Turn Right..."), you'll also get the correct icons assigned to your notes.
9. On overlapping sections where you don't need any notes (i.e. just going on same road, or going a second time around same loop), you can turn "Follow-Roads" back on, but leave "Auto-Notes" off to avoid corruption.
10. Once you're back plotting non-overlapping sections, AutoNotes can be enabled again.

How about fixing this one.  It's still screwed up.  Another example:

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/us/il/199125565570022665 .

It's pretty trivial to demonstrate and test.  Your programmers should plot some test routes (with auto turn notes) now an then  :-)

BTW   RideWithGPS.com gets it right - see:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11397

Saving editted notes doesn't work.  The online video tutorial is out-of-date. Can you help?