How can I follow a state-issued route permit?
Below are the recommended settings for following state-issued route permits.
Permit Route Planning Summary
- On the “Route” screen, use the default Driving route type at the top of the screen (not Motorhome or Walking).
- Also on the “Route” screen, use a fixed Departure Time (not “Now”). This ensures when the route is later reloaded or shared, the route will not change due to travel time differences based on departure time.
- In the advanced settings (“More” > App Settings > Advanced), “Ignore Closed Roads” should remain Off (the default).
- See below for steps to create your route.
Permit Route Navigation Summary
- Start navigation of a route by tapping “Go”.
- Tap the “More” button > “Disable Recalculation” (this will ensure the route you set does not change, e.g., if you temporarily go off route).
Creating a Route From a Permit
inRoute doesn’t have a feature to scan permits directly. However if you have a specified route, you can create a custom route to match it with the examples below. You can also import routes from GPX and KML files (standard navigation formats), as well as XLSX files.
First, there is a Tutorial button under the map’s “More” button (or Help menu on macOS) to help getting started adding points to your map and creating a route with inRoute. It is also available in PDF format. For customizing a route to match a permit, there are two options:
1) You can show all available alternate routes for each leg of your route (one point in your route to the next) by selecting the green Start pin or any waypoint on the map, and selecting the ALT button on its Name/ETA popup (alternates may not be available on some legs). Some alternates may use your preferred route, but they’re commonly used alternates so they generally don’t add more than about ~25% to the leg time. After selecting an alternate (if available), tap the “Next” button and repeat for the next leg, building up your route.
2) If the ALT button does not have a route along your preferred road, then you can drop a pin at a midpoint along it by long pressing on the map. You can drag dropped pins (purple) as needed to place them along your preferred road (the pin lands where the pin’s pointy bottom is positioned when released). Finally, add the pin to your route by setting its WayPt checkbox.
Using both options together helps reduce the number of pins needed to get your preferred route. It may also help to designate any of these dropped waypoints as “Vias” so they are not announced during navigation: under the Route button, tap the waypoint to access the Via setting, or to change multiple points at once, use map’s Draw button to select them all and use the top-right 3-dots menu to set them to Vias (it does not matter if the Start/Destination is selected since those cannot be set to Vias).