Best RV route map
I use Google maps in my work daily. However, I'm about to retire, and we're headed out for a few months of RV travel out west. I noted from YouTube videos some of the roads, do not allow RV's, or they...
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I am still looking for planning software that:
*Is not dependent on internet so it can be used to modify the route when underway. (Yes, we co-drive.)
*Can be adjusted for the speeds we actually drive.
*Can suggest where to start looking for fuel and can be adjusted underway if we stop earlier.
*Can suggest where to start looking for an overnight place. (Not just crampgrounds and hotels.)
We do have an exterior antenna and a repeater, so if there is cell coverage at all we have it. This still leaves us with Zero Bars a lot of the time when we are off interstate. This is the way we like to travel.
I tried the RV Trip Planner demo, but it did not even begin to entice me to subscribe for a year.
The Furkot program/website, is better at much of this, but is still web dependent and while versatile, it does have a very steep learning curve that I have not yet fully climbed.
I am trying to learn Co-Pilot RV, but have not had a lot of success.
Google Maps on a smartphone or a tablet does not even get close and if you forget (again) to pre-load data.....
Garmin Basecamp comes very close to useless on all accounts, but it is good for putting waypoints into the driver's GPS.
We are still beating a copy of SA2015, but at 5 years out of date, the usefulness is getting very limited.
Is there any hope out there? If I could figure out how to update the charts in SA, that would be it.
Matt
*Is not dependent on internet so it can be used to modify the route when underway. (Yes, we co-drive.)
*Can be adjusted for the speeds we actually drive.
*Can suggest where to start looking for fuel and can be adjusted underway if we stop earlier.
*Can suggest where to start looking for an overnight place. (Not just crampgrounds and hotels.)
We do have an exterior antenna and a repeater, so if there is cell coverage at all we have it. This still leaves us with Zero Bars a lot of the time when we are off interstate. This is the way we like to travel.
I tried the RV Trip Planner demo, but it did not even begin to entice me to subscribe for a year.
The Furkot program/website, is better at much of this, but is still web dependent and while versatile, it does have a very steep learning curve that I have not yet fully climbed.
I am trying to learn Co-Pilot RV, but have not had a lot of success.
Google Maps on a smartphone or a tablet does not even get close and if you forget (again) to pre-load data.....
Garmin Basecamp comes very close to useless on all accounts, but it is good for putting waypoints into the driver's GPS.
We are still beating a copy of SA2015, but at 5 years out of date, the usefulness is getting very limited.
Is there any hope out there? If I could figure out how to update the charts in SA, that would be it.
Matt
