Replicating Old Streets & Trips Feature
Sun, 03/22/2026 - 6:36pm
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I really miss a Microsoft Streets & Trips Trip Planning feature. You could schedule a stop every 2 hours or so for a set period of time. It wasn't perfect, since the stops could be away from a rest area or gas station. It gave a decent approximation of where you might end up by the end of the day.
I don't need it to be running in Realtime. I didn't do it with S&T. I only need it to help me approximate about how far I'll get after about 6 hours of driving.
Basecamp's Trip Planner or the Trip Planner app on the Garmin GPS, can't do this, as far as i know. I don't think Google Maps can do this either.
Does anyone have any ideas.
You could try
You could try MYRoute which can be downloaded from www.myrouteapp.com.
I was a long time S&T user and found MYRoute to have many of the features that S&T had. It takes a bit of getting used to but once your comfortable with the app it really is pretty feature rich.
Nuvi 350, 760, 1695LM, 3790LMT, 2460LMT, 3597LMTHD, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, DriveSmart 61, Garmin Drive 52, Garmin Backup Camera 40 and TomTom XXL540s.
Hey Rick
I mentioned you in the following thread...
/node/54630
Boyd popped in as well
nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Streets & Trips
I still use and old copy that i got many years ago. Like the way it lets you do stop overs and plan end of day stops.
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Possible with Base Camp
I could have sworn it was possible to do something like that in base camp. You could just set the drive time to 1hr and I think it should break it up.
Furkot
I believe furkot has a similar feature.
https://trips.furkot.com/ui
Furkot
This is the first time I have heard of Furkot.
Thank you for posting that.
Can Do With Basecamp
Select "Trip Planner" on the top menu bar.
Not as simple as Streets & Trips, but with a little practice, it will do what you want.
How'd You Do It in BC
What approach did you use in BC?
ps
Did you simply guess where to stop somewhere that seemed where'd you want to stop for a rest?
DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)
Trip Planner
First create waypoints in BC for the start and destination of the trip.
Open Trip Planner and enter the number of days you want to take to get there.
Enter the number of driving hours per day you're comfortable with. No computer program can sense when you get tired, so use your best judgement.
Enter the address of the start and destination waypoints.
Trip Planner will then create a list of recommended daily routes with stopping points.
Right click on each route and you can make any adjustments you like.
Save the trip and export to your GPS.
Admittedly, it isn't exactly the same as the Microsoft program, but I find it to be an acceptable substitute.
Thanks bdhsfz6
Thanks bdhsfz6
I've been experimenting with a trip to the East Coast from Kitchener, ON
I'll play with this now and see how it works.
DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)
Lets Try AI Programs
During a family get together, my techie son & son-in-Law got into a discussion of using AI at their respective jobs.
This got me to thinking about using AI.
Check out the following post: /node/54936#comment-583033
The replies get off on a bit of a tangent, so read the first reply and then go down to the second & last reply. This is the way to do this.
DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)
This
First create waypoints in BC for the start and destination of the trip.
Open Trip Planner and enter the number of days you want to take to get there.
Enter the number of driving hours per day you're comfortable with. No computer program can sense when you get tired, so use your best judgement.
Enter the address of the start and destination waypoints.
Trip Planner will then create a list of recommended daily routes with stopping points.
Right click on each route and you can make any adjustments you like.
Save the trip and export to your GPS.
Admittedly, it isn't exactly the same as the Microsoft program, but I find it to be an acceptable substitute.
This was the feature I was thinking of....