[mikewild]

Again, thanks for a very prompt and useful reply! These guys have written quite a nice article on using smartphone navigation
where I think they pre-plan their route (without wifi) by just dropping pins at the intersections and then following the breadcrumb trail of pins.

Most of my route will be preplanned (I use gpsies.com) but it is nice to have the ability to go off-plan at times. Re the lack of digital road info in India, I’m sure it is no worse than the best paper maps : )

I´ll report back on on my PE experience with iPhone 5S when I get back..

Thanks again.

[mikewild]

Thanks jsgblom for the prompt reply which all makes sense. I was thinking of taking my old Edge 705 GPS as a back up anyway. It’s something else to keep charged but I could probably get 2 days out of it with the back illumination off. I´ve only used PE for local rides so far but I love the map display and would find it hard to go back to the Garmin now. Re conserving phone battery, are you saying you only turn on the phone when you want to check your still on the planned route?

Any advice on planning routes within the app? Does using Cycling mode and avoiding unpaved surfaces give you sensible routing i.e.quiet back roads where possible?

[mikewild]

I would like to add my support to requests 1. and 2. of the original post. I know the Garmin Edge 705 could display your current position on the altitude plot using a split screen display and I found it very useful.

Keep up the good work!

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