16Settings and personal choices
Every choice you can make in the app, where to find it, and what it remembers.
16.1Where your choices live
There is no single settings screen. Each choice sits next to the thing it changes.
| Place | How to get there | What you set there |
|---|---|---|
| Layers tab | Tap Menu, then Layers | What shows on the map, voice, alerts, arrow size, base map and camp filters |
| Route tab | Tap Menu, then Route | Your trip date, the vehicle for one route, the kind of roads, and Home Base |
| Weather tab | Tap Menu, then Weather | Rain radar and wind |
| Offline tab | Tap Menu, then Offline | Map source |
| Account panel | Tap Menu, then Account at the bottom | Your usual vehicle, password and subscription |
| Map buttons | On the map itself | Vehicle, Radar, Topo or Sat, 2D or 3D, and Height |
| Navigation bar | Along the bottom while you navigate | Voice on or off, 2D or 3D, topo or satellite |
The app remembers your choices on the phone you made them on. Each phone and computer keeps its own.
A few things go with your account to every device: Saved Routes, Saved Spots and Home Base.
16.2Units
The app uses kilometres, km/h, metres, tonnes and degrees Celsius. There is no switch to change them.
16.3Your vehicle
Your vehicle decides the roads the app plans. It also decides which low bridges it warns about. And it decides which camps you can reach.
- Tap Vehicle on the map.
- Tap the vehicle you travel in.
You can also set it in the Account panel, under My usual rig. There you can tick Towing a caravan or trailer, and set its height.
To use another vehicle for one trip only, pick it under Vehicle for this route in the Route tab. This isn't remembered. Tap Use my usual rig to go back.
Step by step, with pictures: Keep your rig clear of low bridges · Gentler roads when you're towing
16.4Arrow size and route line
Make your position arrow and the line you follow easier to see.
- Open Menu, then Layers.
- Scroll to Arrow and route line.
- Under Arrow size, pick Standard, Large or Extra large.
- Under Route line, pick Standard, Thick or Extra thick.
The arrow size works on the map and in navigation. The route line size is for the green line in navigation.
16.5Base map, 3D and Height
The base map is the picture under everything else. Topo is a drawn map with roads, hills and place names. Satellite is photos taken from space.
- Tap the Topo button at the bottom left of the map to switch to Satellite. It then reads Sat. Tap it again to go back.
- Or open Menu, then Layers. Under Base Map, tap Topo or Satellite.
- The app remembers which one you used last.
3D shows the hills standing up, so you can see the shape of the land. Tap 2D at the bottom left to switch to 3D. The app always opens flat, in 2D.
In 3D, a Height slider shows above those buttons. Slide it to make the hills taller or flatter, from 1x to 3x. 1x is their true height. It starts at 1.3x, and the app remembers where you leave it.
Under Layers, 3D Camera has four switches: Invert up / down, Invert left / right, Invert pan (two-finger scroll) and Invert zoom (pinch). They flip which way the 3D view moves. All are off to start.
Step by step, with pictures: Plan and drive with 3D maps
16.6Voice
- Open Menu, then Layers.
- Scroll to Voice Guidance.
- Turn Speak turn directions on or off. It starts on.
- Pick a voice from the Voice list.
- Tap Test to hear it.
The voices are the ones built into your phone, so they work with no signal. Which ones you get depends on your phone.
In navigation, the VOICE button in the bottom bar does the same as the switch. Tap it and it reads MUTED.
16.7Speed Limit Alert and other alerts
| Section in Layers | Switch | What it does | To start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed Limit Alert | Alert in navigation | A soft chime and the limit when you are over a posted limit by more than your chosen amount. It comes again every 90 seconds while you stay over. | On |
| Speed Limit Alert | Alert when over by | Pick 5, 10, 15 or 20 km/h. | 20 km/h |
| Speed Cameras | Show on map | Shows known speed and red light cameras. | Off |
| Speed Cameras | Alert in the drive dash | Warns of cameras near your route, in navigation and in the Dash. | On |
| Worth a Stop | Alert in navigation | Tells you when you pass something worth seeing, like a waterfall. | On |
| Toll Roads | Show on map | Shows roads you pay to use. | Off |
The camera warning works even when the camera pins are off.
Step by step, with pictures: A quiet heads-up when you're over the limit
16.8Camp filters
Show only the campsites that have what you need. Under Layers, scroll to Filter Campsites. Tap one or more: Toilets, Water, Showers, Power, Kitchen, Free Only, Dogs OK.
The app remembers your filters. Tap a filter again to turn it off.
Step by step, with pictures: Find a place to stop for the night · Find campsites that take your dog
16.9Route choices
These sit in the Route tab, above Plan Route. The app remembers them for your next route.
| Choice | What it does |
|---|---|
| Leaving on | Your trip date. Closed roads are checked for this day. It goes back to today when the day passes, or when you tap Clear. |
| Prefer Unsealed Roads | Leans the route toward unsealed roads. |
| Prefer Twisty Roads | Leans toward winding roads. |
| Avoid Highways | Keeps off the main highways where it can. |
| Avoid Toll Roads | Keeps off roads you pay to use. |
| Caravan-safe roads | Shows with a caravan, a motorhome or towing. It reads Motorhome-safe roads for a motorhome. On to start. |
| Easiest roads, even if much further | Shows with the same vehicles. It avoids steep roads, even if the trip is a lot longer. Off to start. |
With a caravan, a motorhome or a trailer, two choices hide. They are Prefer Twisty Roads and Avoid Highways.
Home Base is lower in the Route tab. Type your home address and tap Save Home. The Home button on the dash then takes you there.
Step by step, with pictures: Choose the kind of road you want
16.10Rain radar and wind
Radar shows where rain is falling now. Open Menu, then Weather. Rain Radar (live) is on to start. The Radar button on the map turns it on and off too.
Wind Speed shows the wind instead. Only one of the two shows at a time.
The Forecast Time slider moves the weather ahead, up to 7 days. It goes back to now each time you open the app.
Step by step, with pictures: See the weather on your trip
16.11Map source
Map source decides whether the app uses the map over the signal or the map kept on your phone. Open Menu, then Offline. It sits at the top.
| Choice | What it does |
|---|---|
| Auto | Uses the map over the signal. Switches to your downloaded map by itself when nothing gets through. This is the start setting. |
| Offline only | Always uses your downloaded map, even with signal. |
| Online only | Never uses the downloaded map. On weak signal the map may be slow or blank. |
The line under it says which map it is using right now. One choice covers the map and navigation.
Step by step, with pictures: Keep the map with no signal
16.13Layers and other things it remembers
Every switch in the Layers tab is remembered. If you turn on Fuel Stations today, they're there tomorrow.
- In a Plan with AI trip, tap None, I have my own to hide places to stay. Tap Show them to bring them back. This is remembered.
- On a computer, the Menu can fold away to the side with the arrows at its top. This is remembered.
- A card asks you to keep Motocamp on your phone. It comes back each time until the icon is on your home screen.
There is no switch for the usage counting. See Your privacy in the account chapter.