are their any good route planning apps out their

[Bill-H]

are their any good route planning apps out their at all
to make my question clearer i currently have i phone and a laptop i am trying to save expense of garmin to set up a sat nav or route planner for lejog and back at moment it looks like laminated route cards and map cut outs which i will take anyway but if their is a reliable way to turn i phone into sat nav with preloaded routes to make life a bit easier

 

[mrandmrspoves]

are their any good route planning apps out their at all

Hi Bill,

Cyclestreets is good and free - runs on android. My favourite is Viewranger - of which there is also a free version....

 

[Bill-H]

thanks

 

[MattHB]

Or use mapmyride on a pc, then export the gpx file.

 

[Bill-H]

Or use mapmyride on a pc, then export the gpx file

thanks but being fairly computer illiterate whats a gpx file i currently have i phone and a laptop i am trying to save expense of garmin to set up a sat nav or route planner for lejog and back at moment it looks like laminated route cards and map cut outs which i will take anyway but if their is a reliable way to turn i phone into sat nav with preloaded routes to make life a bit easier

 

[ushills]

Have a look at bikeroutetoaster.com.

 

[Bill-H]

thanks will do

 

[Aushiker]

I use RidewithGPS for both planning my tours and for setting up Audax rides. I find the ability to route sheets handy and if you pay for the premium service you get turn by turn downloads for your Garmin Edge 800 or whatever.

Andrew

 

[Barbelier]

Hi Bill

I use Quo from Mapyx for the route planning on the laptop and then export as gpx files.
It's pretty easy to use and although you pay for the maps you download you only need to buy the ones you actually need for each trip.

There are lots of cycles apps for the iphone and I have tried most of them.
I like Cyclemeter for day rides to track my distance, speed, etc
For tours or longer trips I tend to use MotionX. It's pretty relable and I have used it to successfully to do JoGLE, C&C and other UK tours.

I mount the iPhone in the BikeConsole and it's been outstanding staying perfectly dry in some real downpours. The iPhone also survived without any damage and hardly a mark on the BikeConsole when I failed to clip it onto the mount properly a couple of times and it went flying onto the tarmac!

You will need a battery booster because the iPhone battery won't last a full day with a mapping app running. I have the power monkey and it will give a complete full charge to a nearly flat iPhone (the solar panel is next to useless in this country so don't bother with it).

I've probably done something like 3,000 miles with this set up and I wouldn't change it.
I do also take a paper backup of my route printed out of Quo when on a longer trip, just in case and when I have to/want to deviate from the planned route.

To be honest I'm now very glad I didn't buy a dedictated GPS device and have to carry another piece of kit + charger.

 

[Bill-H]

thanks Barbelier i will give those a go

 

[Bill-H]

struggling with quo i cant see the downloaded maps going to try again tommorow

 

[Seryth]

To be honest with you, I use Google Maps. There's also a nice service called "mapmyride", which is neat, but I find it can be a bit buggy. I tend to use GM to map it automatically, then make my own adjustments and such like. I've not had any problems!

 

[ufkacbln]

My personal coice is CycleStreets

Simply because it gives a variety of three routes, fast, quiet and balanced. Usually a sensible rute can be assembked from the three

 

[steveindenmark]

Andrew, is Ride with GPS, only for the UK or does it cover Europe?

Steve

 

[Aushiker]

Andrew, is Ride with GPS, only for the UK or does it cover Europe?

Steve

Ridewithgps is Google maps based so as long as you have Google maps for the area I cannot see it being an issue.

Andrew