Thread: Planning a scenic drive, not the fastest route. Google Maps hates me !

Gee, where did those 2 months go, I guess a lot of it was spent trying to get my head around the various apps.

My final choice comes down to Locus Map Pro. It does so many goodies but I probably will never use most.

The best thing I found is to navigate using "My Points", with this it will use all your way points to follow your chosen route which for me will be the scenic one along the lake shores etc.

I now have 5 months till we hit USA so should be able to sort out my daily drives and detours to the places to see.

Another month gone by and had to dump Locus due to it not having lane assist which I believe is essential for driving in another country never-lone on the wrong side of the road

My final choice (until I change my mind again ) is OSMAND+. Biggest problem and it is the same with many other, is the total lack of a user manual. If you have the manual in pdf it is easy and quick to do a search for key words but not easy when the manual is online using WIKI.

I created a bit of a training manual so I can visit it later to remind me how to use it so will post it back here later in case others might want to use it.

I have managed to upload GPX files for drives in USA and checked the route out, when I tried Sygic months ago, it crashed when I tried to load the same file.

I also found when I tried to create GPX files that GPSBABEL crashed, same with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] but I have had no problems using [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] which even shows the route on a map so you can verify it is working properly.