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iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

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    iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    Stumbled upon this free app in the App Store. Essentially it's a map that shows various routes that other riders have posted and their comments about them. Shows potential, but there hasn't been much use of it in the North East.

    The app itself is kinda "meh", but the more people use it the better it could be, so I figured I'd throw that out there for shits & giggles to see if there's any interest.

    Here's what it looks like. It only shows 7 routes at a time.
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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    That's a great idea. Could turn into an awesome resource if enough people start using it.

    If you could re-route around the slab using preferred motorcycle routes, mmmmmmmm.....

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    Somebody had posted about this when it came out. I'm pretty sure I downloaded it, then deleted it after multiple attempts at uploading roots failed. If I payed for it, I should be able to get it back, no?

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    If you paid for it, you paid too much. It's a free app!

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    Wouldn't be the first time I've thrown money away like a turd face...
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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    I think I saw in the description it said free "for a limited time" or some such shit.

    I pulled it down just in case it doesn't suck. No fookin' way I'm paying for it.
    Maybe it wasn't free before, the devs realized they couldn't charge for it.

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    I DL'd it awhile ago...

    I plan on using it. Only one way to make it better!

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    iGot iT on my iPad a while back.
    Checking it out now.

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    The developer of this app is on ADVrider... or at least he was a while back. A bunch of us downloaded it when he first released it to give it a try. Cool little app, but the problem it's faced is poor adoption/participation. I've plugged in a bunch of great rides in northern New England, upstate NY, and Canada, and there seems to be a fair amount of other stuff listed in Vermont now too, but it would definitely benefit from better participation.

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    i tried to use it last year but found the online sites stuff way better. had a hard time figuring it out, cool ides but not user friendly. atleast for me.

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    Crowd sourced data. Quality will always be a function of what is contributed.

    I can't figure out how to see other stuff. I added a local mini-route. But I see nothing else in southern NH.

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    I ride something similar to one of those in the OP freqently (don't know if it is exactly the same). Worth checking out. Is it iStuff only or available for Android too?

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    Re: iPhone app - "Greatest Road"...

    Played around with this app..as others have said I do not really feel like it is user friendly. Great idea but needs a lot of improvements.

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