Škoda Journey Atlas

I’d only had my new car for a few days when I found myself building software to work around one of its shortcomings. Not the car itself, which I’m enjoying driving, but the journey history recorded by the MyŠkoda app. The MyŠkoda connected car app records useful statistics about each journey, including distance, duration and energy consumption. It also displays each journey on its own small map, with intermediate points where the car has stopped. Unfortunately, the data can be rather sketchy. In the first few days I’ve encountered incomplete location information, missing journeys and inconsistencies between what the app displays and what it exports to CSV. In particular, intermediate stops visible in the app aren’t included in the export. Some journeys only appear after MyŠkoda has processed them overnight, so what initially looks like missing data may simply be delayed. And sometimes, getting a complete and reliable export from MyŠkoda is less straightforward than it should be. I…

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