Trip planning software

[jcpainter]

There are many trip planning software products on the market. However, most of them are very weak in the POI area.

We are going to take a very long trip this summer and there are multiple routes that we could take to arrive at our destination.

We would like to choose the route based on "things to do and see" along the way.

Does anyone have experience with a trip planning product that does a good job of identifying the POIs that are close to a given route?

Thank you

[fj12ryder]

Delorme Street Atlas 2015, the last year they updated the software. The best trip planning software out there, IMO anyway.

I use it to plan a trip, then use Basecamp to upload the trip to my Garmin GPS. Basecamp is still updated by Garmin so I usually can spot any errors from Street Atlas.

[Tom_M1]

What is SA15?

[Matt_Colie]

I am going to keep beating SA15 until I can't use it at all. There is a newer game in town: Furkot (Free)
It is an online (one strike) but it is pretty good at planning. I have not found how to load additional POI, and it wants you to stop at places it knows. You can tell it to only look for campgrounds, but it does not even come close to knowing about FreeONPs. You can put them in if you know about them. You have to dig into the online (it all is) tutorials to even begin to make it work for you, but it is worth it.
I am still planning to use both SA and the small version of Co-pilot for enroute navigation on non-interstates (where we travel as much as we can).

Matt

[Rover_Bill]

Try this RoadTrippers.

[ktmrfs]

Rolin wrote:
we also use streets and trips and add the POI mega file from POI Factory, Laptop GPS World, or Discovery Owners websites. Works great for planning.

We also use Garmin and can download additional POI into it as well. Ours has the smart phone app which also lists points of interest.

x2 on streets and trips and poi mega file.

[Rolin]

we also use streets and trips and add the POI mega file from POI Factory, Laptop GPS World, or Discovery Owners websites. Works great for planning.

We also use Garmin and can download additional POI into it as well. Ours has the smart phone app which also lists points of interest.

[enblethen]

My method is to get tourism guides from states along route, then input stops manually into Microsoft Streets and Trips 2011. Microsoft no longer has this soft ware but it is available on line. Some come with a USB GPS that can be used.
It has a function "find near by places that lists various activities. You access this by hi-lighting a location.
Route can be loaded onto our Rand McNally GPS.