Best cycling navigation app
Turning your mobile phone into a navigation system for cyclists is a breeze with various mobile apps. There are several apps available that can help you navigate on the bike. The apps have or preset bike routes that you can load, but there are also apps where you have control over the entire cycle route. Personally we still prefer a bike navigation system , because these usually have more possibilities and function longer on one battery, but for those who do not cycle every week, a navigation app is obviously a good solution. Below an overview of apps for iOS and Android: Google Maps If you have an Android smartphone, Google Maps is installed by default. This user-friendly app is very easy to use to let you navigate on your bike. The app displays various Points of interest during cycling. You can also view height differences with it. You can enter an address or a restaurant in the search
query. Then click on the 'cyclist' icon, so that the fastest route is mapped out for cyclists. Unfortunately the app can not load GPX files, so importing a predefined rout can not. The app always assumes the fastest route. It is therefore in particular a handy app to navigate you to a specific point, possibly with an entered between point. In terms of ease of use, Google Maps is the easiest to use from all bicycle apps.
Review: Handy navigation app for cyclists. Tip: download maps offline, for mobile data saving. OsmAnd maps & navigation (Android) The OsmAnd (OSM Automated Navigation Directions) app is among Android users one of the favorite navigation apps that is also very suitable for the bike. The app uses the free maps from OpenStreetMap with worldwide coverage. Very useful is that the maps on the device can be stored for offline use, making the app very suitable for use abroad. The app navigates you on the right roads with Dutch voice indicators and a clear image display. It has many dozens of functions that you are used to from a good navigation system. There are also many bike paths included and you can indicate that you want a cycling route.
Review: Great app car-bike-hiking navigation! BikeGPX A lesser known but very good bike app is Bike GPX. The best bike navigation app for importing GPX files with a marked cycle route. It is also possible to use routes of other cyclists from Strava, RideWithGPS, Dropbox or Garmin Connect. The
Review: Great app for importing GPX files Maps 3D (iPhone) This app retrieves its data from Open Cycle Map, a worldwide site that displays all kinds of cycle routes and nodes. You indicate from where you want to go cycling and plan the route. The app shows height differences by means of 3d route maps. Occasionally the information is a bit more difficult to read because you can not zoom in and out properly.
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Another advantage is that you can download maps in advance so that you do not have to have your internet on while cycling.
This is particularly relevant if you are abroad. The app also displays an odometer of your current performance on the bike. There is also a free lite version, but with the full version you obviously have more options and you can download unlimited maps and plan routes.
Review: Fine bike navigation app! Bikenode (Android) BikeNode shows the cycling hubs in the Netherlands, Flanders and a small part of Germany. Very useful if you're on the bike on the road. The routes between the nodes are available for about 90% of the area. The routes come from Open FietsKaart.nl, which in turn involves the data from OpenStreetMap.org. Everyone can help complete the route network here. See the help in BikeNode for more information. You can switch between the standard map view and the satellite view in BikeNode. Car and bicycle navigation are integrated and you can look around with street view at a junction.
Recommendation: Do a lot of improvement, but continues to work fine Phone holder on your bike Of course you have nothing on these apps, if you do not have a good phone holder on your bike. At Bestbikeus.com have a handy phone holder for the bike for different types of smartphones . Tip: Take a power bank with you If you go cycling for more than two hours, you will notice that most smartphones do not save navigation on a charged
battery. With a power bank you can charge your smartphone on the go. Bicycle navigation Just as the TomTom helps you find the way by car, there are also devices available that have been specially developed for use on the bike. These bicycle navigation systems can be purchased at Coolblue . Coolblue has compiled a top 10 bicycle navigation of the ten best-selling bicycle navigation systems. Read also our article on bicycle navigation, in which we have compared various bicycle navigation systems and give advice on which navigation system fits with which type of cyclist.