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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Massachusetts
I use Harley Ride Planner from the HD web site. It's better now than ever. That said, I've found that even with Harley Ride Planner, I need to be careful about where I put my Way Points. I have to enlarge the screen so I know I'm putting them on the route, not along the side of the route.
A lot of the guys I ride with use MyRouteApp. I tried it and found that it didn't work well.
A lot of the guys I ride with use MyRouteApp. I tried it and found that it didn't work well.
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On the bike I'm trying to stick with HD Ride Planner app on my iPhone since it integrates so well with the GTS. I like simplicity when it works. For long trips it has been working quite well setting up routes with the best scenic and twisty roads. When planning I use the HD Touring Handbook or other paper road maps to find the best scenic roads and put them into the HD Planner to create trips. The iPhone app makes it dead simple to get them onto the GTS. All other maps apps fail for planning in my opinion since the roads disappear when you zoom out which makes paper maps indispensable for the initial planning steps.
Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze come into play for local use to locate campgrounds, motels, and good food. When I want to conserve cellular data while roaming I rely on Maps.me. Maps.me allows for downloading maps data on wifi and I have found it has a very good data base for gas, motels, campgrounds and restaurants even when offline.
Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze come into play for local use to locate campgrounds, motels, and good food. When I want to conserve cellular data while roaming I rely on Maps.me. Maps.me allows for downloading maps data on wifi and I have found it has a very good data base for gas, motels, campgrounds and restaurants even when offline.
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From: Virginia
I don't have a Harley with the nav system. So I use Rever to plan and track my rides. Plan them on the computer at home and just use the phone on the handlebars for my rides.
Rever premium account lets you export in a .gpx file format for Harley nav systems. I've planned several rides for our Legion Riders and given the .gpx files to Harley riders.
Rever premium account lets you export in a .gpx file format for Harley nav systems. I've planned several rides for our Legion Riders and given the .gpx files to Harley riders.
So a month and a half after I wrote this the Sportster was sold and a 2019 Ultra Classic with the Boom GTS replaced it in the garage.
Rever doesn't work with with the Harley GPS. When it's ..gpx files get uploaded to the Harley there are just individual way-points, not a route.
I have been using the HD ride planner software and it works pretty well. As others mentioned previously, put in plenty of way-points to make sure you go on the route you want.
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From: Saskatchewan
For local travel in Canada where I don't need to worry about my data usage I'll use Google, Apple Maps and mostly Waze.
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I have used Google Maps in offline mode, it works OK when you have a sporadic data connection but only downloads a limited amount of data for the area around the route. Then you have no map data if you decide to take a long detour while following a route. It doesn't come close to the functionality of a good stand alone GPS app like Maps.me that allows you to select and download the states or provinces you will be travelling in before you leave for a long trip. Cellular data is not all that cheap using a Canadian cell phone roaming in the USA.
For local travel in Canada where I don't need to worry about my data usage I'll use Google, Apple Maps and mostly Waze.
For local travel in Canada where I don't need to worry about my data usage I'll use Google, Apple Maps and mostly Waze.
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