Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Hobbes stated "app has to ping the cloud - meaning data/wifi is required", so while the use of "ping" likely isn't really what's happening, we know that the device needs data service.
Staying that it needs data service is how it should have been described. ("Pinging" is jargon and not even being used properly.)
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
But begs the question of how would the Wahoo smartphone app generate a route with no on device map data base ?. Or, do you (Hobbes) essentially want a method to view maps and generate a route with no data service to access the web based mapping software ?. I think that might work on a tablet, where the screen size is sufficient to use the course generating software, but I have no luck trying this on a iPhone as the mobile app for RWGPS is just hard to use for route planning (IMO).
RWGPS is hard to use even on a 7 inch Android tablet. RWGPS has mobile/small-screen mode that makes route planning harder. It might work better with a mouse.
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
So I would want to have data service to plan routes. I would then plan a lot of routes and port then to the device.
For traveling, it's useful to be able to plan routes without internet access. One can use Garmin's Basecamp on a Windows tablet.
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
EDIT, The iPhone RWGPS app doesn't even have a Plan option and of course there's no method to get a course created on an iPhone to a Garmin, so moot issue (for my Edge 1000). The Garmin Connect iPhone app does let you plan a course and you can then get it to a device, but only when it has cell data or WiFi, as it accesses the web to generate the map data
RWGPS doesn't need route planning on its app. You should be able to use the website (though, iPhones are still too small for that). Getting routes onto a Garmin from an iPhone is a problem (that's one reason I have an Android tablet ).
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
So as far as I can see you need cell data or Wifi to generate routes/courses and if using a smartphone to create a RWGPS route, you will need to access to the website.
The maps.me does routing off line (it just needs to allow multiple points). "Brouter" is an Android app that does bicycling routing that can be called from OsmAnd. One can use Garmin's Basecamp on a Windows tablet.