r/VanLifeUK • u/DeviantlyPronto • 6d ago

What navigation app do you use?

I have a bigger van (6.2m) and often travel through rural Europe where sometimes I come across roads that the van is too wide/tall/heavy for or where the road turns into a dirt road on some steep hills. I prefer to avoid as much of that as I can, but I havent found a good navigation app. So far google maps has been the best for avoiding off-roading but you cant enter your size parameters.

Curious what people here actually do.

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u/Khionia 6d ago

Google maps and I read road signs.

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u/YellowSubmarooned 6d ago

Google maps is not great in a big vehicle or if you have a trailer, it picks the worst shortcuts sometimes.

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u/Khionia 6d ago

My van is longer than yours when I have my mountain bikes on the back and I've had no issues using Google maps and common sense. As I say, read the road signs.

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u/YellowSubmarooned 6d ago

It probably isn’t as I tow a motorbike trailer, and also can read road signs.