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I have used OSMAND+ on and off for hiking.
It is OK and can use Garmin GPX files.
For driving it is OK for short trips.
If I were you I would spend some money on a Garmin Stand alone unit.
Now a days they come with everything you need.
Life Time Traffic
Life Time Speed Cams
Life Time Map updates.
All in one price with out the need of a data connection.
The Traffic comes over a DAB+ receiver built in to the unit.
Pick one up when you get to the states.
Bring you GPX files with you and add them to the GPS
Spoiler: Garmin Nuvi units
This is a good website to convert routes into GPX files.
Spoiler: Maps to GPX
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29th November 2019, 04:24 PM #1Master
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Thanks for the comment asprin624 but my frustration started 10 months ago when I was planning a three week drive through UK. I purchased a Navman thinking I would be able to plot each days drive and then load it into the GPS but the only way that I could find to do this was to enter the coordinates for each waypoint. I communicated with the Navman support in Australia and he suggest I buy another model which ended up be the same so each night I would manually enter each turn.
It worked out reasonably well except we were directed over the Erskine Bridge in Glasglow 3 times so I can only guess that I stuffed up the entry and put it in twice - we had a good laugh about it.
This is when I thought that there must be a better way to layout a sight seeing drive and be navigated along my customised route so I have spent the last 6 months or so trying various Android apps and OSMAND+ seems to me to be the best app for what I want to do.
Part of what I like about OSMAND+ is that I can load the gpx file at home in Western Australia and the check the route to make certain I will be going exactly the route I have planned.
One of the early apps I tried was Sygic but it will not show the route unless I am in USA which means I can not try them out until I arrive and that will not give me time to correct them.
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