Share route with Google Maps

[DolomitesTom]

I have seen that some planning apps, for example "A better route planner" for tour planning with electric cars can directly share the planned tour in Google Maps. Can you develop such a feature for the long press context menu of a route in Cruiser? For motorcycling there is nothing better than Cruiser. I would also like to use Cruiser for planning and then share the tour directly in Google Maps for a E-Car Tour.

[devemux86]

Do you mean switching from Cruiser to Google Maps?
Why not navigate using Cruiser?

[DolomitesTom]

Yes, from Cruiser to Google Maps. There is obviously an interface if other apps can use it. Because Cruiser doesn't support Android Auto. For Cruiser I need a separate holder, but with the car I want to use Android Auto without having to adjust a separate holder which only disturbs me in the car. Also Google Maps supports traffic announcements. On a motorcycle I don't care for that, but with a car I want to use the quickest route without traffic jams. And additionally with Google Maps I can insert a near loading station by voice command.

[DolomitesTom]

maybe only its points.
Google Maps then recalculates the fastest route between these points.

This would be sufficient. For E-Car driving I prefer extactly this.

If want to use Google Maps, better plan the route with Google Maps.

No, Cruiser is much better for planning. I can use my favorites, save the route for later and so on. Then share the route points with Google Maps and start. This would be great.

[devemux86]

Then export the route from Cruiser and import it in Google Maps.

[DolomitesTom]

Then export the route from Cruiser and import it in Google Maps.

How should this work? Google Maps doesn't understand Kurviger, Json, gpx or csv Format. In the app ABRP it is a direct share, no export and import.

[MotoUKRider]

ITNConv does this - once you've loaded a route file or plotted your own with the Editor - it calls a GoogleMaps URL but there are obviously limitations with regard "fastest" routing and the number of intermediate points (is it 9?). Adding a "route" of your own into GoogleMaps is difficult by design. The "MyMaps" area would have to be used and it was deliberately user un-friendly.

Loading any old GPX/KML direct in their App just isn't supported.

The kind of routing/stops we use within Cruiser is very similar to courier route planning, so you can see why they try to keep it annoyingly simple.

[DolomitesTom]

The "MyMaps" area would have to be used and it was deliberately user un-friendly.

very unfriendly, even more on a smartphone, almost impossible to use there.

It should anyway not be navigation replacement for Cruiser. I would never use it for a motorcycle tour. For a e-car tour you just need some interims points for the charging stations and that's it. So up to 9 points is completely sufficient. It would be a nice additional feature if Cruiser could support this. The benefit in Cruiser is that the preferred charging stations can be stored and grouped in Favorites and then easily be used in a tour.

[devemux86]

Google documentation describes how to call the Google Maps app on the phone.

Then probably you can use the Google Maps app to connect with your vehicle's Android Auto for further actions.

[DolomitesTom]

I am sure Google supports some more waypoints, maybe undocumented. In the ABRP app (you can use it for free in a basis version) it works in this way. I have not tested much, but just tried with start and destination points and 3 charging stations as waypoints and I can share the tour with Google Maps and directly start driving.

[devemux86]

We can call the Google Maps app on the phone with start+destination and maximum 9 intermediate points.

[devemux86]

[devemux86]

Share route with Google Maps is available in Cruiser 5.9.16:
(available in the routing menu and my collection / routes or long press on the route on the map)

• Cruiser 5.9.18 #901 (comment)

[DolomitesTom]

I am fully flashed, absolute excited. Just tested this feature on an e-car trip in Tirol, round trip via Roßfeld Panoramastraße, Salzburg and Chiemsee. Comes at the right time for tomorrow's tour. It's just perfect, thank you ☺️.

[Martin-W-HH]

100% agree. This is so cool. Never saw this feature on n any other nav app.

[devemux86]

We can also add the same action in the main routing menu and the favorite routes menu in my collection.

[umpfmpf]

That's a great feature.
Now, after planning in Cruiser, I can simply open the route in Maps and see if there are any route closures nearby.

[DolomitesTom]

It works great. Sometimes Google Maps loses the route, or you have to stop it because you're looking for something else or taking a different route than the one you planned. Just open Cruiser, adjust the waypoints, and resend the route.

[MotoUKRider]

It's very handy. The thing to remember is that, when "online", GoogleMaps will often find a better/quicker route between 2 of your points based on live traffic. It's happened with a few of my test routes - you just need to ensure that you don't try a too adventurous route of leave big gaps between ShapingPoints.

[Martin-W-HH]

The thing to remember is that, when "online", GoogleMaps will often find a better/quicker route between 2 of your points`

Yep - and that exactly fits my main use case with this feature: running Cruiser and GMaps in parallel when navigating.
This way, I can easily switch between my original curvy route and a faster option that takes traffic into account. Super handy for shortcuts or if I have to cross an area with dense traffic.