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General Discussion / advice for tablet or laptop for planning (rerouting) while on tour
« on: May 08, 2021, 02:16:18 pm »
Hello!
I'm a pretty frequent user of RWGPS. Far from advanced but functionally literate. Probably have 10,000 miles of routes planned & executed.
I typically plan my overall route then break it down to "daily" routes which I load on my garmin. I then also run the rwgps app on my phone (in my jersey pocket) so I can hear the audible input as well as see what the garmin says. Obviously, none of this stuff is perfect but I find the two together help me maintain my sanity when I'm making my way.
I was on a 10 day tour recently and discovered I'd routed myself onto a freeway . . . HW101 in SoCal; parts of it are ok to ride on and parts are not. I routed onto a part that wasnt. Needed to hole up and recalibrate a route. I was fortunate that my buddy was hauling his laptop so we could sort a better plan.
I'm resistant to hauling a laptop (weight.) I've tried monkeying with my ipad mini but without a keyboard/mouse, it's pretty rough. I tried an addon kb/trackpad but it's pretty awful (cant hold the click button down & move the mouse.) Wondering if folks have found a small/light Surface or something they are able to reliably plan routes on rwgps and dont mind hauling. I'm a comfortable mac/ios/windows person but have't spent any time on android. If android is the right answer, that's fine. I just dont have any experience there.
appreciate your thoughts and help!
I'm a pretty frequent user of RWGPS. Far from advanced but functionally literate. Probably have 10,000 miles of routes planned & executed.
I typically plan my overall route then break it down to "daily" routes which I load on my garmin. I then also run the rwgps app on my phone (in my jersey pocket) so I can hear the audible input as well as see what the garmin says. Obviously, none of this stuff is perfect but I find the two together help me maintain my sanity when I'm making my way.
I was on a 10 day tour recently and discovered I'd routed myself onto a freeway . . . HW101 in SoCal; parts of it are ok to ride on and parts are not. I routed onto a part that wasnt. Needed to hole up and recalibrate a route. I was fortunate that my buddy was hauling his laptop so we could sort a better plan.
I'm resistant to hauling a laptop (weight.) I've tried monkeying with my ipad mini but without a keyboard/mouse, it's pretty rough. I tried an addon kb/trackpad but it's pretty awful (cant hold the click button down & move the mouse.) Wondering if folks have found a small/light Surface or something they are able to reliably plan routes on rwgps and dont mind hauling. I'm a comfortable mac/ios/windows person but have't spent any time on android. If android is the right answer, that's fine. I just dont have any experience there.
appreciate your thoughts and help!
