Desktop Route planning via Google Maps or Apple Maps

[A900ss]

Hi,

Im planning a 7 day Alps/Monaco trip and I am playing about with various routes on the desktop of Google Maps changing the route to add the roads I want to drive on.

When I then send the link to my phone to use route I have devised on the desktop of google maps to the Google Maps phone app, it shows the route I want to take but the moment you hit the button to start navigating, it then re-routes based upon 'normal roads' rather than the ones I want to go on.

Is there a desktop program/website/app that I can plan the actual route I want and then transfer it to the Google or Apple maps phone app without the app then re-routing and losing it all.

I'm happy to pay for an app if it works.

I used to be able to do this by itinerary planning on my old Tom Tom PND but the maps on that are REALLY old now.

Thanks

[A900ss]

Although not desktop planning, it looks like this will do it for me on my phone.


https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/inroute-route-plan...

[SmilerFTM]

I've got CoPilot on my phone, you can choose a destination then drag the route to the roads you want to go on. Used it when I drove around Scotland's highlands and also around Europe.
I used Google maps at home to mess around with the routes but once I knew exactly where I was going I used copilot as mentioned. I also have a Garmin sat nav which I use as a backup. You can use a programme called tyre on your desktop which allows you to make a route via Google maps and save it onto the sat nav.

[A900ss]

Thanks.

(PS - I hope the FTM in your username is what I think it is. Red and white army!)

[magpies]

A900ss said:

Thanks.

(PS - I hope the FTM in your username is what I think it is. Red and white army!)

presume it is

'something nasty' The Mackems

[Trigbert]

I've been using TyreToTravel a lot over the last few years.

There is a free version to install on windows. When planning the maps I think are google maps and you can drag the route and add waypoints.
The key thing for me is when you've planned your route it allows saving as BMW nav filetype (supports many others like co-pilot, tomtom, garmin). So I can plan my route as you would in google maps but then copy it to the M3. The car nav then always follows my chosen roads.

Looks like there is a new tool out now called MyRoute-app (http://www.myrouteapp.com), haven't tried it yet but might be more what you're looking for as its like Tyre but looks to be targeted for mobile devices. Think I'll going to give it a try for the Scotland trip in April.

[admaraujo]

Problem with Gmaps at this time of the year is that it closes seasonal roads... stupid thing.

[akadk]

I also am interested in this

please could you post up how you find the solutions posted

[plenty]

I swear by ITNConverter (free download for Windows) which allows you to switch map engines hence not reliant on Google Maps.