Burger Van
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Suppose the only issue with phones is that lack of touch screen access with gloves on
That's nearly a positive. I'll now have to stop to modify the route instead of doing it while driving which I tended to doSuppose the only issue with phones is that lack of touch screen access with gloves on
I must take a look at Copilot as a lot of people recommend it. The only problem is I have to connect the phone to a PC to download waypoint and routes. Copilot can't use Dropbox.I’ve used a iPhone with co pilot all over Europe, you download the maps to the phone prior to the trip so no data charges.
Uses combination of GPS and cellular phone mast data so works everywhere.
Just need a waterproof case and a means of charging, with USB sockets I have just permanently attached charge leads using self amalgamating tape, totally waterproof lasted for years.
The phones processor is so much quicker than Garmin so reroutes instantly phone screen is clear, touch screen not as good as Garmin but generally just works,
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I had a quick look last night. I took a route (saved as a .trp file) I created in Tyre which was saved in Dropbox and sync'd/available on the phone. I could save it from Dropbox to the Copilot folder on the phone. For some reason it was saved as a .txt file so I had to remove the .txt so the extension was .trp. Once I did that I could load it into Copilot with no issues.I have never used co pilot with a PC, I’m not sure if it can utilise other people’s routes.
I do all the routing on the phone, use a start point and a finish, then drop waypoints so it takes you where you want to go. You can then save and load the route
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