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Maps with Me also supports showing a planned route on the map in the KML/KMZ formats.

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(The Ride with GPS offline maps do include Topo maps, but the only the parts near a planned route). Be aware that topo maps are not included. In normal use, you just get to see your dot your map. They use OpenStreetMap data, which is rather complete, at least around the United States. Expect that planned routes may need to adjusted on the fly due to accidents, weather, construction or outdated information, like the bridge on my route that no longer existed.

Maps with Me phone app If you don’t take paper maps, a “paper map equivalent” is highly recommended- a complete offline digital map of the area.

If a few different spot checks on a road all turn up shots of traffic, there’s a reasonable chance you can expect similar conditions. You can check if a road looks newer or worn out, whether there is a shoulder, and see what traffic was around the street view traffic at the time the photos were taken.

Google Street View Just as the Strava Heat Map shows you routes that are actually used by cyclists, spot-checking road sections with Google Street View can show you actual road conditions.

They may also be local loop rides and not longer point-to-point routes. Keep in mind that most Strava data is skewed towards assertive cyclists riding in their local area. Compare the results to routes created by Ride with GPS and adjust accordingly. The “Popularity” option skews the results towards rides Strava users have added to the heatmap. Here you can create routes based roads cyclists actually use. Also note the “Use Popularity” option, which is enabled by default. Click the gear on the left side and enable “Global Heatmap”.

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Create a free Strava account and go to the page to create a new Strava route. You can see the map at the Strava Labs Heatmap page, but this isn’t the best way to experience it. Popular routes appear visually bolder on the heatmap.

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Strava Heatmap The Strava Heatmap is an invaluable asset because it shows you a full map of where cyclists actually record rides.The full set of tools are available for $6/month, and you can cancel the monthly membership when you home from your tour if you like. However, other tools can fill those gaps. The downsides to Ride with GPS is that it it’s bike directions aren’t aways the best and you can’t plan new routes from your the phone app. In offline mode you can still get turn-by-turn audio directions, with the screen waking up near intersections and then sleeping again to preserve battery. This is important both to preserve phone battery and since you can’t rely on having a phone signal everywhere. There’s also a first-class companion phone app that allows for fully offline turn-by-turn navigation. You can make excellent printed cue sheets if you’d like a paper copy. It’s easy to duplicate an route to create an alternate route for the same day, or group together several routes together as part of a tour.

By putting all your daily route plans into an “Event”, you can visualize the entire trip route on a map. Using the “Event” feature, you can group together multiple routes. Like “Turn right here for ice cream stand”. You can add custom items to the “cue sheet”, which could be spoken to you during audio navigation. Beyond just providing “bike directions”, you can add custom waypoints to your maps, like icons for ice cream stands. Ride With GPS is the tool for advanced bike route planning.From my experience bike touring, here are the top tools to use to plan and navigate a bike route: