Android Routing software?

[david1701]

Hi all,

I want to map my routes and then send them to my phone so I can start pushing out onto roads I don't know.

I've tried using google maps and my maps but I get errors if I use anything but googles directions (and I want to pick routes) also it won't let me map off road paths.

I can make .gpx files from the internet (completely forgotten site name) but I can't find an app that reads them only ones that write them.

Tried a forum search too but no joy

 

[Rouge Penguin]

Tried mapmyride? Or endomondo

 

[Crackle]

A quick search revealed this

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/travel_and_local/velox-pro_oem.html

There's probably a way of getting gpx files into my tracks too. If you want OS mapping for offroad you need a different device.

 

[david1701]

I can't get my head around map my ride at all :s

and i have no history as my laptop is dead and I'm using a spare

 

[david1701]

I think being in German would eventually drive me nuts (or just improve my German ) I've been fiddling with mytracks and I think I'm gonna try a long route tonight with it

 

[Crackle]

I'm pretty sure it's in English as well. Might download it and have a look.

 

[Hacienda71]

Endomondo

 

[Crackle]

Yeah it's in English. I didn't download the pay version which will import gpx files and I've never used Endomongo so can't compare.

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Hi David1701

I've been playing with google maps on my HTC Wildfire, trying to import GPX's but to no avail. I tried importing GPX into google maps online as I have a GPX of the Dunwich Dynamo, think I might need it in the middle if the night when I get lost!

Read on a forum that google maps can't handle enough waypoints and the route gets truncated, not very good. Also tried emailing the map link to my phone but it's just too small a screen to be viable.

I see there's a few route apps but I'd like someone esle to "guinea pig" it before I waste my cash too

Hope you can sort it, don't now what phone you're using but I'd like to make the most of mine. If I have any luck I'll post someting.

If this is a bit wordy it's my newbie exuberence overflowing!

 

[Dan B]

You can import GPX files into Google Maps on the desktop (go to My Maps -> Create new map), then add them as "Layers" on the Android bundled google maps app. I've also seen the truncation problem, though

 

[david1701]

You can import GPX files into Google Maps on the desktop (go to My Maps -> Create new map), then add them as "Layers" on the Android bundled google maps app. I've also seen the truncation problem, though

my issue is every map I've made a layer it won't show as it has 'errors'

I'm with you on not wanting to waste money on paid apps that aren't good enough, looking into my tracks with a file manager atm

 

[david1701]

oh ok me being dense, will ogle Endmodo

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Been playing with google maps, and what I did was plot a route in My Maps in Google Maps on the 'pooter. Following a map on Mapometer, I placed Placemarks on the GoogleMap creator to correspond with the Mapometer route.

I saved this in My Maps. Then using Google Maps on my Android phone I went Menu>Layers>More Layers>MyMaps and then selected the saved route.

What I then got on the phone was a route of placemarks. This is ideal for me as I want to use it to check my route while doing the Dunwich Dynamo, not really wanting to use it as a "satnav".

Realised I had to be logged into my maps online with the same login used on the phone.

Any help to you? Anyone else had any luck?

I had a look at trying to import GPX into Google Maps, only options seem to be KML, KMZ, or GeoRSS???

Also looked at Endomondo, seems to be a tracking app, i.e. you'd have to do the route first?

 

[Dags11]

http://www.worksmart...m/products.php#

Well worth a shout, retrospective routes plus a shed load of other stuff which edmundo fails at the 1st hurdle.