Route Mapping
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Route Mapping
Hello All,
For Christmas one of my offices gave me a great gift knowing I am new to this area of Florida. It is a book detailing some of the best ride routes in my area. I am excited to get on the road and ride these routes and visit the biker friendly spots along the way.
1 problem, how in the hell can I load these custom routes into my phone so that I can use my map GPS to guide me through these routes so I don't have to photo copies these pages or memorize the route?
Is there not an easy way to load custom routes into the phones map app?
I assume this is a common thing. What are you guys doing to create your custom route maps? I don't want the shortest distance, I want these custom routes.
Thanks everyone.
For Christmas one of my offices gave me a great gift knowing I am new to this area of Florida. It is a book detailing some of the best ride routes in my area. I am excited to get on the road and ride these routes and visit the biker friendly spots along the way.
1 problem, how in the hell can I load these custom routes into my phone so that I can use my map GPS to guide me through these routes so I don't have to photo copies these pages or memorize the route?
Is there not an easy way to load custom routes into the phones map app?
I assume this is a common thing. What are you guys doing to create your custom route maps? I don't want the shortest distance, I want these custom routes.
Thanks everyone.
Road Master
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From: Southern Maine / Seacoast NH
You'll need a navigation app on the phone that allows importing routes. I'm not sure if there's a way to do that in Google maps or apple maps, but there are nav apps out there that do this.
If you have the custom routes on an electronic format you just need to make sure it's a format you nav app can read. There are free route format converters available on the web.
If you need to build the route electronically yourself, you can use Basecamp, or www.myrouteapp.com (I like this one) and build it by setting waypoints. Then export in a format your nav app can read. I use the CoPilot app, so I build on myrouteapp, then export as GPX, then convert to .trp for Copilot.
If you have the custom routes on an electronic format you just need to make sure it's a format you nav app can read. There are free route format converters available on the web.
If you need to build the route electronically yourself, you can use Basecamp, or www.myrouteapp.com (I like this one) and build it by setting waypoints. Then export in a format your nav app can read. I use the CoPilot app, so I build on myrouteapp, then export as GPX, then convert to .trp for Copilot.
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You could also see if the book has an accompanying website with the routes already programed and ready for downloading/importing into the app of your choice. They may even have an app that goes along with the book.
If you're at all technologically challenged and have some $$ to spare, the Garmin family of products is still leading the GPS pack, IMO. You can get "just" a GPS that you can hook to your computer to download, or get a GPS with builtin wifi for wireless downloading, all the way up to a GPS with Satellite phone that gives you a small allotment of data and texting, and can alert people automatically if you crash.
If you're at all technologically challenged and have some $$ to spare, the Garmin family of products is still leading the GPS pack, IMO. You can get "just" a GPS that you can hook to your computer to download, or get a GPS with builtin wifi for wireless downloading, all the way up to a GPS with Satellite phone that gives you a small allotment of data and texting, and can alert people automatically if you crash.
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Sounds like a good excuse to buy a Garmin Zumo. One of the nicest bike purchases I have ever made. As a bonus if you search for a discontinued 660/665 they can be found for nearly half price. I honestly prefer the Zumo over the infotainment on the new bikes.
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