in planning » MyRoute Vs BaseCamp ?

I currently use Basecamp to do my route planning that will be downloaded to my Garmin GPS's (BMW Navigator VI, Zumo XT, Montana, and 595).
Planning on a lot more international travel and curious what the opinions are of MyRoute vs Basecamp.

The one feature I see as a plus for MyRoute is that it has world wide maps included.

Thoughts/opinions?

TIA,
Bill

I have used MyRoute a lot, including in the past with a BMW Nav V, though transferring the routes to that device was a bit of a PIA. However, I was so impressed with the ease of use of MyRoute that I bought a lifetime license when offered one a few years ago. These days I use a smartphone with Quadlock mount as my satnav and have a second phone bought specifically for this use, and also to be a backup phone on trips in case my main phone breaks or is stolen. I tend to pre-plan most parts of tours with separate routes and hotel bookings via booking.com for each day, but sometimes leave parts of the trip open and plan the next day's ride the previous evening. Although routes can be planned on the phone I always take a mini laptop on trips for this purpose and also other general uses.

I use the MyRoute Navigation app which I also recently bought a lifetime license for, and also use the TomTom Go app. Both satnav apps allow maps to be downloaded so don't rely on the phone to have a data connection, and the MyRoute Navigation app interfaces seamlessly with the MyRoute routing app which stores its routes on the MyRoute cloud service, and like the maps, pre-planned routes can also be downloaded to the phone very easily. Use of the Myroute route planning app with TomTom is a little more difficult, but the routes can be transferred to the TomTom My Routes facility via a browser on PC or laptop, and from there can be imported into the TomTom phone app.

I have used both satnav apps because at times while MyRoute's Navigation app was undergoing continuous development I found TomTom a bit more stable, though more recently the positions seem to be reversed. No major problems, but both apps are prone to the occasional crash and the route then has to be restarted and resumed from the last waypoint which is not too difficult. I have now replaced the satnav phone with a more recent one with double the RAM (now 8GB) which will hopefully reduce this problem.

I now use a Samsung S10 5G for both my main and satnav phones which makes it easy to keep them set up identically. This was Samsung's flagship phone only about 3 years ago but only cost me about £250 used but in pristine condition, so much cheaper than a dedicated satnav, and can also be used in our car and camper van in preference to their built in nav systems which cannot be used for pre-planned routes.

Zitat von Unkgd im Beitrag #1

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I currently use Basecamp to do my route planning that will be downloaded to my Garmin GPS's (BMW Navigator VI, Zumo XT, Montana, and 595).
Planning on a lot more international travel and curious what the opinions are of MyRoute vs Basecamp.
The one feature I see as a plus for MyRoute is that it has world wide maps included.l

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Like freddyfruitbat I could never get my head around basecamp but know people who think it is excellent. I find myrouteapp very easy to use. I produce routes for a group of friends and two advantages of MRA are:- You can allow others to be friends, which means if you open the route to friends (as opposed to private or public) they can see your route. Secondly if you allow others to lead part of the route MRA allows you to overlay TomTom and Garmin routes so you can add extra waypoint to ensure both satnavs route the same way. If you do not do this Garmin and TomTom routes can be significantly different. It may be that Basecamp has the same options.

Zitat von fred_jb im Beitrag #3

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I use the MyRoute Navigation app which I also recently bought a lifetime license for

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Never used that my route thing but perhaps I should consider adopting it.
I invested a bit of time in learning to use Basecamp and can make decent enough routes for my Nav-6. But it is only installed on my elderly desktop PC (win-7 but decent hardware) and what I could really use is a way of planning routes for the Nav-6 whilst "in the field" because I only have my phone with me then.

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #10

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I take a 10" Android tablet on trips. If I want to knock up a day trip whilst away I just do it directly into my Garmin Zumo. I use the tablet to do the research, utilising Streetview to check the road if needed and google maps to select the waypoints. For a 200 mile lap in the Pyrenees you probably only need 6 waypoints for the day, assuming you have a decent sense of direction.

I only use a mapping programme if I need to share a route with others. However, they all use different devices from satnavs of different makes, iphones and Android phones so I have largely given up, and just give them a lunch stop as I'm not keen on riding in a group anyway. Most don't actually find out how to use their devices and enter a single destination, often missing the best road!

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