Trip Question

[josiah.hurt_imp]

I'm going on a fairly decent ride tomorrow. I'm leading our group. I basically know the route but it would be nice to gps it. My question is..does anyone know of any programs/apps that lets you put a distinct route in?


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[LongRanger_imp]

Google Maps can be very useful for route planning. I also use a ten-year old version of Microsoft Streets and Trips software on my PC.

[mjpark_imp]

I used [url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scenic-motorcycle-touring/id1089668246?mt=8]Scenic for my 8 day trip down to the Dragon a couple weeks ago. I planned each day's route the night before on my iPad and it synced online with my phone. You can do the route planning on your phone too, but it's a little easier with a tablet. You can also use it to just track your unplanned routes too.

[tinboatcapt_imp]

I use the GPS itself to create a list of towns I wish to pass through or near, in order, but to pass around a major city I will bring up the next town or city in the list just before I get to the one I want to avoid. The GPS will route me around the first city without taking me to the center of it.

It is not perfect, but with a close look at a map at the start of each day I can have a good idea of what the days trip will be. It does help to have hard copy maps to carry for when the GPS decides to get creative.


If I get off on a tangent, it is not a big deal. After all, To me it is the journey, not the destination that is important.

jim

[4 Paws_imp]

Garmin has several free add ons that allow you to plan a route and input it to the gps.
Me, I use a post-it note and scotch tape for short rides with just a few reminders.. My tank bag has a map pocket where I can print out a route, I use 16 font for longer rides.

[flynrider]

On my Phoenix to Boise trip last week I just used Google maps on the tablet. Each night I'd go over the route options for the next day's ride and jot a few notes on my phone's notepad. Probably not very high tech, but it did the trick quite well.

[the Ferret]

Im more like 4 Paws pouring over AAA paper folded maps to figure my route then I write it down and put it in my tank bag case. Not sure what font I write in lol

[Rocky_imp]

Im more like 4 Paws pouring over AAA paper folded maps to figure my route then I write it down and put it in my tank bag case. Not sure what font I write in lol

I'm old fashioned that way too. I have a GPS, but really rely on the old paper maps and notes to myself.

[emptysea]

I have not found an app/program that works very well. Scenic is probably the closest, but it failed me once on my last trip to West Virginia. A friend of mine recently told me about a program that takes your route set on Google and downloads it in tact into a Garmin or TomTom device, but I have not seen it.

I cannot read most paper maps, so I do the following:

1. create my route on my PC in Google Maps (usually a new route for each day of the trip, but if there are a lot of deviation from Google's recommended route, I may break a day into 2 or 3 legs)
2. I share the link to that route via email to myself and any other interested people.
3. I print the turn by turn and then copy them by hand in my own shorthand, large enough to read, and keep both the google printout and my notes in my map pocket on my tank bag. (Transcribing them has the added benefit of reinforcing the directions in my mind). Sometimes I use loose leaf paper, but I found a spiral notebook that fits in my map pocket which I use and keep as a log of the ride.
4. I keep all the links for the routes in a single email and in a designated folder in my email. I use this for reference in case I screwed something up in the transcription or so I can open Google Maps to see my way around a detour (only works if you have a cell signal, though)

I break my notes up into one leg per page so that I can keep it readable. I turn the page to the next leg after the stop, although sometimes this is a mile or so after we take off on leg 2 LOL.

If I'm leading in an unfamiliar area, I try to use Google Street View on my PC to see what important intersections or other landmarks look like; I may make a note about them on my directions, e.g. "turn right just past the post office".

This all sounds complicated when it's typed out, but it really doesn't take much time and it works very well for me.
Addendum....The original post was yesterday and he indicated he's leaving today so I think I just may have wasted 10 minutes of my life typing this out. LOL

[Cormanus]

It was interesting MTC.