We put Google Gemini to the test for trip planning: entry requirements, kit, vehicle prep and navigation, what it gets right and where AI hits its limits.
We put ChatGPT to the test for trip planning: entry requirements, kit, vehicle prep and navigation, what it gets right and how to ask it the right way.
What AI means for overlanding: from trip planning and entry rules to vehicle builds, kit advice, translation and driver assistance, and where to be careful.
Our digital navigation courses always come round to the right device, and a genuinely rugged outdoor tablet scores highly. Does it have to cost over 1,000 euros? No. Here's the Samsung TabActive4 Pro 5G.
Locus Map, for years the benchmark off-road navigation app, was Android-only. Now Locus Map Lite has arrived in the Apple App Store, still limited but a real start.
The Locus Map navigation app update brings 16-day weather from OpenWeatherMap, surface-aware routing, turn-by-turn conversion of tracks and what3words.
IGN Mapas de España is a free OruxMaps-based app with hiking-map detail, offline maps and track support, useful for off-road tours in Spain.
Locus Map now offers its own global satellite and aerial imagery (LoSat) from HERE, Maxar and Eurographics, available with the Premium Gold subscription.