MyRoute-app web
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 3:21 pm
For those of you who hate Basecamp for planning routes and I'm one of them, have a look at https://www.myrouteapp.com/en
Its a web based route planning site. The really neat thing is you can use maps from Google, TomTom and Garmin. You save the routes on their site and can then be exported directly to your device via USB. You can try the Gold membership for free for 30 days or stick with the basic membership.
If you want to use a phone for navigation then you have to pay for Gold membership. I have tried this with my ancient iPhone 4s and it works rather well. Basically any route you have planned on the web is instantly available in the MyRoute app on your phone. The route from this free app can then be imported into either Sygic or Navigon app for turn by turn navigation. I have tried it with Sygic and it works well.
If you try this with BMW Nav V then export using the BMW motorcycle 1.1 gpx via USB. I have found that when this is imported into my Nav V, I get straight lines between waypoints ! Solution is very simple. When asked to import by device decline. Then open the tracks app. You will see the file there, select it and it shows track on the map. Top left spanner menu item open, select convert to route, give it a name and bingo it will convert and pop it into you route planner.
As always check the route to see it hasn't been changed by your device. This can usually be fixed by using extra waypoints when planning. If there are two ways of going between two waypoints then device software may calculate route differently to what you have planned. Just add another waypoint to force the software to go the way you want. Hope this makes sense.
This IMHO beats using Google MyMaps which was my alternative to Basecamp. The MyRoute-app web is much easier and very quick.
Its a web based route planning site. The really neat thing is you can use maps from Google, TomTom and Garmin. You save the routes on their site and can then be exported directly to your device via USB. You can try the Gold membership for free for 30 days or stick with the basic membership.
If you want to use a phone for navigation then you have to pay for Gold membership. I have tried this with my ancient iPhone 4s and it works rather well. Basically any route you have planned on the web is instantly available in the MyRoute app on your phone. The route from this free app can then be imported into either Sygic or Navigon app for turn by turn navigation. I have tried it with Sygic and it works well.
If you try this with BMW Nav V then export using the BMW motorcycle 1.1 gpx via USB. I have found that when this is imported into my Nav V, I get straight lines between waypoints ! Solution is very simple. When asked to import by device decline. Then open the tracks app. You will see the file there, select it and it shows track on the map. Top left spanner menu item open, select convert to route, give it a name and bingo it will convert and pop it into you route planner.
As always check the route to see it hasn't been changed by your device. This can usually be fixed by using extra waypoints when planning. If there are two ways of going between two waypoints then device software may calculate route differently to what you have planned. Just add another waypoint to force the software to go the way you want. Hope this makes sense.
This IMHO beats using Google MyMaps which was my alternative to Basecamp. The MyRoute-app web is much easier and very quick.