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Postby Ron Dickey » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:45 am

What apps do you use when you go camping,

What apps do you use when traveling

what apps do you use for discounts

what apps do you use for best gas price

what apps do you use for camping supply deals

Wifi finder app

can you suggest any not worth getting??
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Woodbutcher » Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:48 pm

I use the "Rest Area" app and "Allstays"
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby tony.latham » Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:38 pm

I too use Allstay's Camp & RV app.

I also use the Gaia map app for land status - BLM and USFS– for boondocking.

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Postby QueticoBill » Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:34 pm

Im quite gond of All Trails
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Ron Dickey » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:07 am

Thank you for your imput.

http://www.route66rv.com/blog/post/50-b ... mping-apps

ofters some that I have. KOA and iExit

interestingly enough one offer makes your phone into a
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Ron Dickey » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:09 am

QueticoBill wrote:Im quite gond of All Trails


here is what All Trails offers
https://www.allstays.com/apps/camprv.htm

thanks for the info
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby coyote » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:09 am

"RV Parky" works very well for me. And of course my Geocaching app. is ever ready for adventure. Coyote
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Shadow Catcher » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:39 pm

Waze for highway updates
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Winegard TV antenna locator
Cell tower locator
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Bill n Robi » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:39 am

I keep a lot of state's highway apps on mine. Mostly use western states = Caltrans, NMRoads, ADOT AZ Hwy, Nevroads, UDOT- good for planning ahead. Had an accident that closed a hwy on our route when I was checking road conditions, made it an easy detour to get passed it.

I also keep the forest service wildfire incident app handy.
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Sparksalot » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:49 am

tony.latham wrote:
I also use the Gaia map app for land status - BLM and USFS– for boondocking.

Tony


Do you happen to know of any GOOD tutorials for GAIA? I'm very frustrated with it, especially the route creation functions. None of the tutorials I've found, including the GIAI website are of any help at all. I've used web/tablet/phone apps with no luck.
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Ron Dickey » Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:36 am

Sparksalot wrote:
tony.latham wrote:
Do you happen to know of any GOOD tutorials for GAIA? I'm very frustrated with it, especially the route creation functions. None of the tutorials I've found, including the GIAI website are of any help at all. I've used web/tablet/phone apps with no luck.


are you referring to https://www.gaiagps.com/
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby QueticoBill » Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:10 pm

Alltrails is indeed hiking. Allstays seems more trailer and rv oriented. Unfortunately not available for android.

In poking around I found Freecampsites, which itself is free and while certainly not complete, had some interesting finds. I had just driven to Utah on I80 and found a bunch of Nebraska wildlife managment areas that offered free camping. No details.
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby tony.latham » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:23 pm

Ron Dickey wrote:
Sparksalot wrote:
tony.latham wrote:
Do you happen to know of any GOOD tutorials for GAIA? I'm very frustrated with it, especially the route creation functions. None of the tutorials I've found, including the GIAI website are of any help at all. I've used web/tablet/phone apps with no luck.


are you referring to https://www.gaiagps.com/


Yep that’s the one I use. I have not used it for creating a route in over a year. I mostly use it for land status and dropping a pin for a planned boondocks camp or junction to get there.

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Re: camping app for phone

Postby Sparksalot » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:23 pm

Ron Dickey wrote:
are you referring to https://www.gaiagps.com/


Yes, that's the one. I swapped some messages with tech support, and now the same actions I was doing before mysteriously work. Over all, I like the planning ability with it, just a pain to get it all working at first.
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Re: camping app for phone

Postby KTM_Guy » Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:04 pm

Waze on road

I've been using Gaia for a few years off and on. I had the trail premium for 6 months and will upgrade before our next trip. I like how you can stack maps and there are a ton of useful maps. I was using the motor vehicle use map as a layer, it helps to know which trail/road is open. It's easy to plan trips and manage POE's, maps and waypoints on the computer and everything shows up on all your devices. I have been using an iPad in the Jeep and am going to add the app to my iPhone for Mt biking.

It seems hard to use at first but have to keep with it till you figure it out. There is a guy out of OR I think that has some good videos.

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