Euro Road Trip Best Route Planner/Live Navigation App 2024
Discussion
This Summer I'm organising a Euro road trip down through France,over the Vosgses Mountains into Germany and the Black Forest area then into Belgium en route back to Blighty.
There wll be a group of 10 cars or so.
Obviously Waze/Google maps etc are great for getting from A to B, but when you want to plan a more scenic route, create a .GPX file and import to a turn-by-turn nav app, those are no good.
Google 'My Maps' is great for planning and saving a planned route but wont let you then use this as a live turn by turn route!
Is there a free or cheap app that the whole group can use which will import a GPX file ( I know this is possible with Garmin and some subscription apps)to then be shared amongst the group ?
There wll be a group of 10 cars or so.
Obviously Waze/Google maps etc are great for getting from A to B, but when you want to plan a more scenic route, create a .GPX file and import to a turn-by-turn nav app, those are no good.
Google 'My Maps' is great for planning and saving a planned route but wont let you then use this as a live turn by turn route!
Is there a free or cheap app that the whole group can use which will import a GPX file ( I know this is possible with Garmin and some subscription apps)to then be shared amongst the group ?
I would take a look at MyRouteApp – https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/home – and the moblie-based 'MRA Next' which handles the turn-by-turn navigation. The router-planner software (desktop browser is best) allows for unlimited waypoints which is very useful for specifying exactly the road you want to take, and you can (with the paid upgrade) use the Google Map layer for planning, and export to .GPX and other common files if needed.
This is the go-to software for my Caterham owners group and we have been using it for over three years. It originates from Holland and was aimed at Bikers… but works very well for all types of vehicles. Being EU based I expect it to work seamlessly across multiple nations, although I have only used it in the UK (extensively) and briefly in Canada.
It may look expensive at first… but the bundle prices are good, and once registered for free via email you will be offered many different upgrades at very reasonable rates. Try it for a month or three, then cancel, or go in for the 'lifetime' and pay no more.
One key aspect is the ability to download the base mapping to your mobile for navigation. Do this at home on wifi, then once on the road the mobile data use is minimal as the GPS chip in the phone does all the hard work. You will need the map for each country you are visiting though.
This is the go-to software for my Caterham owners group and we have been using it for over three years. It originates from Holland and was aimed at Bikers… but works very well for all types of vehicles. Being EU based I expect it to work seamlessly across multiple nations, although I have only used it in the UK (extensively) and briefly in Canada.
It may look expensive at first… but the bundle prices are good, and once registered for free via email you will be offered many different upgrades at very reasonable rates. Try it for a month or three, then cancel, or go in for the 'lifetime' and pay no more.
One key aspect is the ability to download the base mapping to your mobile for navigation. Do this at home on wifi, then once on the road the mobile data use is minimal as the GPS chip in the phone does all the hard work. You will need the map for each country you are visiting though.
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