Arizona Drifter Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 I am looking for a driving direction app that will allow me to input a daily mileage limit and show me where that is. As an example if I were going from Phoenix to Seattle and I only want to drive 300 miles a day it would tell or show me where that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 I think Furkot can do that(free). Not sure about DeLorme Street Atlas(???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gypsies Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Delorme Street Atlas will do that. Full-timed for 16 YearsTraveled 8 yr in a 2004 Newmar Dutch Star 40' Motorhome and 8 yr in a 33' Travel Supreme 5th Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Drifter Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I checked out furkot and they do allow you to customize your settings for driving hours or miles but they do not seem to give driving directions delorme street atlas was discontinued in 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gypsies Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Well...that is truly a big bummer for Delorme being discontinued. We've used it for over 25 years and absolutely love it. https://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtdItemDetail.jsp?item=35148 Full-timed for 16 YearsTraveled 8 yr in a 2004 Newmar Dutch Star 40' Motorhome and 8 yr in a 33' Travel Supreme 5th Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I read that Furkot links to Google Maps for directions. Don't know what that link works on: tablet, phone and/or PC. I haven't played with Furkot yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I became curious and ran a quick test of Furkot and Google Maps. Worked well on my tablet so I will extrapolate that it will work on the phone also. Not on the PC. Apparently you can export the route to Base Camp(not sure what else) and then onto the GPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLghtning Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I haven't used Furkot that much myself, but it's been discussed at length on a motorcycle forum I'm on and the developers seem pretty active on there. These threads may or may not help you, but I figured it was worth sharing. Lots of info in these two threads. Help me improve Furkot, a free online road trip planner FURKOT the Online Trip Planning Tool Dan (Class of 2017) - 2012 Ram 3500 & 2005 Alpenlite Valhalla 29RK Contact me at rvsolarconsulting.com or Two Wheel Ramblin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velos Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 If you are Good Sam Members they have a trip planning program: http://www.goodsamclub.com/travel/freetriprouting/ Good Sam's Trip Planner features tools and information designed to help you have the best road trip - every time. When planning RV or car trips, you can make use of: Point-to-point trip planning Research and add Good Sam Parks to your route Search thousands of Points of Interest and add to your route Calculate fuel costs and travel time Options include avoiding highways and/or tolls Use RV travel filters to see low clearance and tunnel warnings Download trips to your Good Sam GPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Drifter Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 I have found a site called Road Trip America that appears to give me daily start and end times and/or number of miles to drive per day. Has anyone used this site and if so how did it work out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Another way to do this is to set your mph at 50 and the number of hours you want to drive to 6. That would be the equivalent of 300 miles. I believe most of the mapping programs will allow this. Just another way to look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budeneighe Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 RVTripWizard.com lets you set your preferences including start date/time, daily mileage/time preferences, and other costs. Then as you pick your next stop, it gives you target concentric circles away from a point to assist you. In addition to the times, daily miles and estimates of daily costs for food, fuel, and lodging, it does give the arrival dates for each stop. It does provide links directly to RVPARKREVIEWS.COM for places you are investigating. It also uploads to GPS for navigating. Since Undertowsoftware.com discontinued their RV Plan-N-Go program, it is about the next best thing. See this for an example: RVBuddys Journal Our progress into full-timing.Budd & Merrily ===-> SKP# 088936 Other Websites:---> Hub of all my blogsClifford - 2000 VNL64T770 :: DakotR - 1999 C40KS King of the Road :: $PRITE - 2013 Smart Passion w/cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 RVTripWizard.com lets you set your preferences including start date/time, daily mileage/time preferences, and other costs. Then as you pick your next stop, it gives you target concentric circles away from a point to assist you. In addition to the times, daily miles and estimates of daily costs for food, fuel, and lodging, it does give the arrival dates for each stop. That is an app/site that I was not aware of. Thank you very much for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Drifter Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 It would be nice if rv trip wizard would offer a free trial period so that one could try it and see if they like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Warning: I had paid and then decided to cancel and cold not get them to respond. I had used Paypal and had to go through them to get my money back. Agree a 30 day trial would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Drifter Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 I have found a free trip planning site called mysenicdrives.com that has what I was looking for. This site will allow me to input my miles per gallon,my speed as a per cent of normal speed, and split my directions by hours per day or mileage per day. It also has an option to show you campgrounds or motels around the stopping point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWharton Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 My only problem with many of these trip planning sites is that they require the internet to do any planning. Not always available. At least with Streets and Base Camp you don't need the internet. I only enter one day at a time into my gps so it is pretty simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouserl41 Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I just tried the GS software but it doesn't allow for maximum hours or miles driving per day, and although it shows warnings for low clearances etc it doesn't re-route you to avoid them as there is no way to enter your vehicle details. With the GS/Rand McNally GPS it does re-route you but I can't find a way to set maximum miles/hours on it either. It wouldn't calculate a route from Maine to Florida unless I let it use toll roads, just returned an error message "Can't calculate a route" All in all I thing the GPS does a better job because it will tell you the distance/time to your next set point if you want it to. I didn't try exporting the GS route to the GPS. That I suppose might solve the low clearance problems. It's easier just to put it directly into the GPS. BnB 2009 Monaco Cayman DP 38' bnbrv.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al F Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Delorme Street Atlas is still available at Amazon.com for $40, free download or by shipping a CD. May be shipping charges. Even though it is not going to be updated, it will be many years before enough roads change to make it unusable. Also there are overlays available for SA which display an icon on the map for Walmarts, including a separate icon for those which don't allow overnight parking, if that matters to you. Additionally there are overlays for Costco, Sams Club, Days End locations, and many more. I use SA extensively for planning my travels. Al & Sharon 2006 Winnebago Journey 36G 2020 Chevy Colorado Toad San Antonio, TX http://downtheroadaroundthebend.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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