Is there a mapping program for bike trips?
#11
04-05-2011, 09:46 PM
+1 one for Streets & Trips. Gps's are good but this lets you map it out, plan your overnight locations. It also checks for road construction along your route and closed roads. Better than guesstimating. Bets the crap outta a program just gets you from point A to point B. That is unless of course you know where you want to spend the night.
#12
04-05-2011, 09:53 PM
Here's what I do when I want to ride my own route. I use Google maps and look at the map at a level (use the slider bar) to get where I can see my starting point and the towns along my visual route that I have in mind. I put my starting address in and then pick a town farther along that route so Google maps will use those roads then click "get directions. I then add a destination and then pick the next destination town and click "get directions"...so on until I have a route mapped along roads I want to take. At any point along the way you can manually drag the route to a new road as needed as well.
Thats what I do......
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I like BingMaps. Punch in start point and destination and it will highlight the route. Then zoom in and you can pan thru the route dragging the orginal higlighted route over to points or side roads you want to take and the higlighted route line will adjust automatically. Then i print out a few zoomed views. Pack the printouts and review each morning for the area you are in for the day.
My favorite rides have been to check the radar map each day and head for sunshine!
My favorite rides have been to check the radar map each day and head for sunshine!
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Good route
I agree with everyone on the best ways to create the route. I use Google Maps and then input destinations into my Garmin.
But I think you were also looking for a route. I live on Long Island and have done this trip to Myrtle twice. From NH not sure best route to New Jersey (though via LI ferry out of New London, CT might be a good choice) but this is how I did it from NJ.
Take the Garden State Parkway to Cape May, NJ. They have a great ferry to Lewes, De. Then shoot down 13 all the way to Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel, right into Virginia Beach. From VB, just hop on 17 south until you are in Myrtle Beach.
Decent roads with not too much stop and go but also not like being on I-95. GSP in Jersey is a nice tree lined road, very good as highways go.
But I think you were also looking for a route. I live on Long Island and have done this trip to Myrtle twice. From NH not sure best route to New Jersey (though via LI ferry out of New London, CT might be a good choice) but this is how I did it from NJ.
Take the Garden State Parkway to Cape May, NJ. They have a great ferry to Lewes, De. Then shoot down 13 all the way to Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel, right into Virginia Beach. From VB, just hop on 17 south until you are in Myrtle Beach.
Decent roads with not too much stop and go but also not like being on I-95. GSP in Jersey is a nice tree lined road, very good as highways go.
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