- The first major new update is Apple Watch support. That's right. You can now create, start, and stop drives directly from your Apple Watch. The watch will also show your current location on a map and show all of your previous drives with details. It's a great new way to interact with Map My Drive and provides a lot of new convenient ways to start and stop Drives.
- The second major improvement to Map My Drive is the ability to generate a KML file of your Drive. Use the share icon in the lower left of the map screen to access this option. A KML file is an XML based file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth or Google Maps. The KML file generated from Map My Drive will draw a line of your route when it is imported to Google Earth or Google Maps. This is a great way to share your Drive with your friends or family. It is also useful for viewing your drive from a desktop computer. There are currently two ways to share the KML file of your Drive. You can either email it to anyone or upload it directly to your Google Drive account. After signing in and authenticating with Google, the KML file of your Drive will be directly uploaded to your Google Drive folder.
- Last but not least, you can now merge Drives together. From the map screen, you will find a new "Merge" button in the upper right corner. Here you can create a new Drive and enter in a new name. This will essentially copy your Drive. The second option is to merge with an existing Drive. This will present you with the entire list of your Drives for you to select from. Merging with an existing Drive will copy your route to the existing Drive. BE CAREFUL as this action CANNOT be undone.
I really hope everyone enjoys the new update and the new highly requested features. If you have a new feature idea, comments, questions, or concerns, please email me at jjring31@gmail.com or leave a comment on my blog. More great updates to Map My Drive are coming SOON. Look for them.
Map My Drive for iOS can be downloaded from iOS App Store.
Tried the app on an iPhone6. Started recording but it stopped recording after a few miles.
ReplyDeleteWhat can cause it to automatically pause or stop recording?
It seems to have stopped recording near the top of a steep hill when I was driving my camper out of a steep-sided valley so was just under 30mph.
My wife uses it without any problems on the same model of iPhone but she's in a Golf so isn't as slow.
There are some memory problems with it that I'm working through. It may help if you close some of the other apps or stop other things that may be running in the background. Also, please make sure you have the latest version (1.13).
DeleteHow do you get those dang ads for other software to go away? Is there a pay version? The ads totally ruin what would be a great app.
ReplyDeleteThere is currently no way to remove the ad's. That's how I make money to cover the development costs.
DeleteOnce I've recorded a drive, can I then use the recorded route to follow the next day.
ReplyDeleteYou can use the recorded route and position the map to stay centered on you. This will allow you to follow the route. It will not provide turn by turn directions. You'll need to keep an eye on the map to make sure you're following the same route.
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