The GPS feature in the RV LIFE App provides quick point-to-point navigation tailored specifically for your RV. This ensures that your routes are safe and suitable for your RV's dimensions, avoiding low clearances, weight limits, and propane restrictions.
To use the GPS feature, tap on “GPS” on the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen.
Choosing Your RV and Route Preferences
On the top of the RV Safe GPS screen, you will see two key options: “Your RV” and “Route Preferences”.
Selecting Your RV
- Access Your RV: On the RV Safe GPS screen, tap on "Your RV".
- Choose Your RV: A bottom sheet will appear with a list of your saved RVs. Select the RV you will use for the trip to ensure the route is tailored to its specific dimensions and weight.
Setting Route Preferences
- Access Route Preferences: On the RV Safe GPS screen, tap on “Route Preferences”.
- Adjust Preferences: A bottom screen will appear, allowing you to toggle various route preferences:
- Avoid Tolls: Toggle this option to avoid toll roads on your route. This can help you save on toll fees.
- Avoid Highways: Toggle this option to avoid highways. This is useful if you prefer scenic routes or want to avoid high-speed traffic.
- Avoid Ferries: Toggle this option to avoid routes that include ferry crossings. This is helpful if you want to avoid additional costs or potential delays.
- Avoid Tunnels: Toggle this option to avoid tunnels. This is particularly important for RVs carrying propane or other hazardous materials.
- Avoid Unpaved Roads: Toggle this option to avoid unpaved roads. This ensures a smoother and safer journey, especially for larger RVs.
Once you close the bottom screen, your changes will be automatically saved.
Adding Your Stops
After setting up your RV and routing preferences, you will find options to Choose Starting Location and Choose Destination.
Choosing Starting Location
By default, the Choose Starting Location box will be set to your Current Location. To change the starting location:
- Tap on the Choose Starting Location (Current Location) box.
- You will see your recent searches on the screen. You can either select one of these or enter a new location.
- To enter a new location, type the name of the place or a specific location/address in the search bar.
- Once you find the desired location, tap the ‘+’ sign next to the location name to set it as your starting location.
Choosing Destination
To add your destination, tap the “Choose Destination” box and follow the same steps as for choosing the starting location: search for your destination and tap the + sign next to the location name to add it as your destination.
Adding Stops
You can customize your trip by adding stops along the way. To add a stop:
- Tap on the Add a Stop button.
- This will bring up the same screen as above, allowing you to search for and select additional stops.
- You can add as many stops as you want by repeating this process.
Navigating with RV Safe GPS
Once you have added your destination and other stops, you can begin navigation by tapping the red “Start Navigation” button.
NOTE: Using a VPN while navigating could cause routing errors. Routes cannot be calculated without accurate location services and VPNs can interfere with this.
Once you tap Start Navigation, you will be shown a message asking you to verify the information that we have provided. Since road conditions can change unexpectedly, we would like you to be informed. Tap Agree to continue navigation.
You will then see a preview of the journey on the map. At the bottom of the screen, you will find the following:
- Trip Information: Includes the ETA and the distance between the starting location and destination.
- Route Preferences: Set your routing preferences to avoid tolls, highways, ferries, tunnels and unpaved roads.
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Turn-by-Turn Directions: Select this option to view detailed navigation for every turn. Tapping this
button next to the directions will show you that turn on the map
Starting Navigation
Tap the Start Navigation button to start navigating. If you have changed the starting location from your current location to another, you will receive an alert indicating that your start location has changed.
Once navigation has started, you will see the main navigation screen.
Navigation Screen Overview
The navigation begins from your starting location.
On your screen, locate the "Add Route Feedback" button. Click it to open a menu and select your feedback type. While we encourage you to leave feedbacks to the routes, this is optional.
At the bottom of the screen you will find the Route Details along with the "End" button that gives you an option to end the navigation. You will also find an arrow icon that opens a menu.
The menu consists of "Navigation Settings" and "Turn-by-turn Directions". These are the available navigation settings:
- Voice Navigation: Toggle voice navigation on or off.
- Voice Volume: Adjust the volume of the voice navigation.
- Map Options: Choose between auto, day, and night modes.
- Speed Limit: Toggle the display of speed limits on or off.
- Speed Alerts: Toggle speed alerts on or off.
- North Always Up: Toggle the map orientation to always keep north at the top.
- Show Landmarks: Toggle the display of landmarks on or off.
- Unit of Measurement: Choose between Imperial (US), Imperial (UK), and Metric units.
Closing the settings screen will save your preferences.
Navigating Your Trips with GPS
The RV Safe GPS also navigates your planned trips from Trip Wizard.
- Tap on “Trips” on the bottom screen to open a list of trips you planned on Trip Wizard.
- Open the trip that you wish to navigate.
- Find the “Navigate” button below a park name. This will open the RV Safe GPS screen, where you can use the above information to start navigating.
To learn in detail about finding your planned trips, check out the Accessing Your Trips document.