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Offline dougwwolfe

Transferring purchased routes to ACA App
« on: October 14, 2017, 10:51:12 am »
I purchased and downloaded the entire Route 66 gpx tracks to my laptop. At the time I did not realize that ACA had created an App to read/display these files on my iPhone. I typically use the Pocket Earth Pro App to import .gpx tracks I create on Ride with GPX. To import .gpx files to Pocket Earth, I email the file to myself and when I view the email, I hold on the .gpx file attachment icon, it then displays a variety of Apps on my iPhone that are compatible to import the file; I choose Pocket Earth and it imports w/o any problems every time. Since I did not originally download the Route 66 files to my iPhone, they do not appear in the list of "Downloaded Routes" in the ACA App and when I email them to myself, the ACA App dopes not appear as an option to import them. Although I am quite pleased with Pocket Earth, I would like to experiment with the ACA app on a ride from Chicago to St. Louis but cannot figure out how to import them into the ACA App.

Offline JHamelman

Re: Transferring purchased routes to ACA App
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2017, 01:48:49 pm »
Hi Doug,

Unfortunately, the app does not accept gpx files. You must purchase the map sections from within the app. If you want to see how the app works, I believe there is access to a free set of routing to play with.

Jennifer

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Offline dougwwolfe

Re: Transferring purchased routes to ACA App
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2017, 03:00:15 pm »
Hi Doug,

Unfortunately, the app does not accept gpx files. You must purchase the map sections from within the app. If you want to see how the app works, I believe there is access to a free set of routing to play with.

Jennifer
Thanks for the clarification. I purchased the in-App route from Chicago to St. Louis. The tap feature to determine distance and elevation between two points is a very useful feature. One other question: in the .gpx track version that I had previously purchased, is there a list of abbreviations for all Service Waypoints that show up when viewed in Pocket Earth?  For example LIB = Library


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Offline JHamelman

Re: Transferring purchased routes to ACA App
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2017, 09:24:23 am »
Thanks for the clarification. I purchased the in-App route from Chicago to St. Louis. The tap feature to determine distance and elevation between two points is a very useful feature. One other question: in the .gpx track version that I had previously purchased, is there a list of abbreviations for all Service Waypoints that show up when viewed in Pocket Earth?  For example LIB = Library

No, there is not an abbreviation file that comes with the date. For reference in advance, you can view all the abbreviations we use on this page:

https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/digital-data-for-devices/tracks/#services

Jennifer
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Jennifer Hamelman

Adventure Cycling Association
Inspiring and empowering people to travel by bicycle.
800/755-2453, 406/721-1776 x205
www.adventurecycling.org

Follow Routes & Mapping on Twitter: @acaroutes