Adios Rand McNally

I have an RVND 7735 and use the Good Sam road trip planner to create the route which can then be exported to my device.

The Good Sam software (and their discontinued GPS) are made by Rand McNally. The software doesn't have some of the features I want and the GPS units will only allow imports from Good Sam or Rand McNally TripMaker.

I know of no GPS unit that allows you to import from other than their own proprietary trip planning software

Google maps can import various formats, which then link to the Android or Apple version

GordonThree wrote:
Google maps can import various formats, which then link to the Android or Apple version

It also has an offline mode so it works without cell service if done properly.

quasi wrote:
I think I'm finished with the Rand McNally RVND 7730. I'm looking for a GPS that will allow me to plan my trip with a 3rd party software and import it into the GPS. Rand McNally will only accept imports from their (crappy) software. We travel in places that don't always have cell service so no apps please. Suggestions?

Thanx,

Jim

I won't mention it, but just in case someone does, Google Maps does not require ANY cellular connection to work as a GPS.

A tip for downloading offline maps, smaller areas work better. Trying to download a large area that's 100s of MB tends to confuse or plug up maps. Downloading the same as several 20 MB maps is more reliable.

You will need to connect to the Internet every so often to redownload as the offline maps automatically expire. Maps does alert you when it's time.

Nothing simple about it.
BaseCamp (free) for Garmin works but has a non-intuitive operating process.

Whichever way you go, it will take some brain power to ascend the learning curve.

bighatnohorse wrote:
Nothing simple about it.
BaseCamp (free) for Garmin works but has a non-intuitive operating process.

Whichever way you go, it will take some brain power to ascend the learning curve.

After the "learning curve" I love my BaseCamp plus my very old Streetpilot 2720. eBay has SP2720 for a few $. I paid $$$$$ in 2006

Be aware, the memory on the SP2720 will no longer hold all the US and CN maps. I only load about 80% of the USA that I travel in.

I have not used it for this, it is a web app and the learning curve is very steep. But a website called Furkot.com can plan a trip and then export it in a number of different formats. I have only just started using Furkot and some of the features are almost easter eggs, but they are in the help files - Which are real good. It is still a web app and we are often out of web access.

I am still working Street Atlas 2015, and I take the time to reload the drivers GPS with the next day's plan each evening. That may be a monumental PITA, but until something better shows up, that is what I will do.

Matt