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Trip planning software....
Does anyone know of road trip planning software that will automatically plan a rest stop every so many miles?
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Microsoft Streets and Trips will do it based on time or do it based on gas mileage. The Harley Davidson online Trip Planner also plans fuel stops, but I don't remember the method it used.
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Don't know..!!
google maps gives you the route and you can pick your stops. Figure you can get 120 miles till you need gas. Triple A can route you as well. They also have great tour guides. Not sure what you really need. Good luck and have a great trip..!!
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Your GPS software has a great program for that. I've actually used it for a trip to Arizona and it was quite helpful. That is if you have the Garmen GPS.
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That's only for those who use windows, anyone on a Mac needs to go to the Harley mapping system. While Streets & Trips is really good, it's not worth running windows to get it.
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What about for the IPhone 5?
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You can't input "fun" to an application; I prefer the "organic approach" to an adventure!
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Street Atlas USA by DeLorme. I've used it for years. I'm about 3 years behind on updates but it still does a good job. If you want back roads etc you can tell it you're bicycling or walking and it avoids the slabs.
Ride and ride safe,
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I solved my problem by using Google maps. I hate to do this because now the NSA knows where I plan to stop for gas on my trip this week. BUT Google has a nice way to drag and drop points along your trip, then tells you how many miles from one point to the next. The only downside is that I had to use my desktop. The drag and drop would't work on my iPad.
It would be nice if some trip planning software would say: here is the route. And then let me put in some parsmeters for gas stops...like "I gotta stop ever 120 miles for gas." Then it would pick gas stations no further apart than 120 miles, and plot those on the map. The HD software came close to this, but it made me choose between riding from the West coast to the East coast, or vice-versa. Since, I want to go someplace else, this wouldn't work for me. Google maps came the closest, but planning gas stops was not automatic.
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The NSA isn't looking for you; the government is at least partiallly shut down...
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Originally Posted by CurtG
Street Atlas USA by DeLorme. I've used it for years. I'm about 3 years behind on updates but it still does a good job. If you want back roads etc you can tell it you're bicycling or walking and it avoids the slabs.
Ride and ride safe,
I loved this program, and used it quite a bit, but I can't put the data into my GPS, and it's really hard to mount the laptop in the
There's a program out there called Tyre, that I have used to plan trips, and also Garmin BaseCamp. I'm not sure if they will figure in fuel stops like Delorme used to do, but I don't think I could go by those on the Bike. We usually take the roads less travelled, and sometimes gas stops are dictated by the road, rather than the odometer.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
The NSA isn't looking for you; the government is at least partiallly shut down...
oh good. (double entendre)
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Originally Posted by Dan_Ashley
oh good. (double entendre)
I just hope that they don't wake anybody up, and tell them to keep an eye on you...
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I use Tyre maps for trip planning. It is compatible with TomTom and Garmin. You can set waypoints directly on the map. It is free for download at
http://www.tyretotravel.com/. it allows you to measure distance between waypoints so you could set waypoints based on mileage.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
The NSA isn't looking for you; the government is at least partiallly shut down...
Somebody in the area go look. I would bet a beer, the parking lot is still full.
i still use the which way medoth" at interesection, right or left according to what looks okay.
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Originally Posted by Dan_Ashley
I solved my problem by using Google maps. I hate to do this because now the NSA knows where I plan to stop for gas on my trip this week. BUT Google has a nice way to drag and drop points along your trip, then tells you how many miles from one point to the next. The only downside is that I had to use my desktop. The drag and drop would't work on my iPad.
It would be nice if some trip planning software would say: here is the route. And then let me put in some parsmeters for gas stops...like "I gotta stop ever 120 miles for gas." Then it would pick gas stations no further apart than 120 miles, and plot those on the map. The HD software came close to this, but it made me choose between riding from the West coast to the East coast, or vice-versa. Since, I want to go someplace else, this wouldn't work for me. Google maps came the closest, but planning gas stops was not automatic.
Microsoft Streets & Trips lets you put in your gas tank size and average fuel mileage under various conditions, as well how low you want the tank to be when you want to stop. The fuel warnings can be toggled on or off. It then includes "Stop for Fuel" warnings at the appropriate place in your route. If you use fruit to compute, it is not available, but it works well if you suffer with Windows.
As long as we are wishing for things in trip planning software (or GPS's), how about being able to put in a trip from say Chicago to Detroit, and then select a road, like US-12? I can't tell you how many times I have longed for that kind of feature.
Last edited by NancysToy; 10-01-2013 at 07:59 PM.
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Originally Posted by NancysToy
As long as we are wishing for things in trip planning software (or GPS's), how about being able to put in a trip from say Chicago to Detroit, and then select a road, like US-12? I can't tell you how many times I have longed for that kind of feature.
Garmin's MapSource has a crude stab at this under Preferences which allows you to select your preferred road-type with a sliding scale, narrow country roads at one end of the scale and inter-state highways at the other. My biggest gripe is being taken off route onto a minor road, or track, in order to save a few yards in total distance traveled. Grrrr!
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Only the Garmin option works on a Mac. Otherwise the Harley "Road Planner" is the best option, if you don't need to up load to your Zumo…..
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Originally Posted by NancysToy
Microsoft Streets & Trips lets you put in your gas tank size and average fuel mileage under various conditions, as well how low you want the tank to be when you want to stop. The fuel warnings can be toggled on or off. It then includes "Stop for Fuel" warnings at the appropriate place in your route. If you use fruit to compute, it is not available, but it works well if you suffer with Windows.
I have been using Streets&Trips for years too as it has very good quality maps and is easy to use, plus it does not require online access and can be used anywhere on a PC. They issue an updated version every year but you can usually buy the previous edition of the package on eBay really cheap...
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Originally Posted by Dan_Ashley
I hate to do this because now the NSA knows where I plan to stop for gas on my trip this week.
They don't need Google Maps to do that. They have much better resources. Like tracking your cell phone location and your heat signature...
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