Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Can someone maybe guess why RWGPS (which is great for creating/exporting routes for Garmin unit use thru a PC) it isn't possible or available to plan or create a route thru the phone app?
It's not like the phone's processor really does any of the work, nor rely on maps already resident on your phone. It's all done in the cloud, right?
Originally Posted by
maartendc
I guess it would be too cumbersome to plan a route by putting waypoints on a phone screen with your finger.
My guess is they don't have the expertise on staff to do it in Android and iOS, or the revenue to hire for this.
Garmin's mobile app can do route planning, automatic or manual. Which shows that the phone had sufficient hardware to do it. The experience isn't bad at all in practice, and it's nice not to have to bring the laptop on bike trips in unfamiliar places.
Has anybody tried route planning on RWGPS on a mobile browser? I use CalTopo in Android Chrome for hiking and it works fine.