Travel Apps

[Pudsey Bear]

One no one ever mentions is pocketgpsworld.com it had POIs for just about anything you can think of for almost anywhere in the world, it also includes speed camera alerts kept up to date by members, it has a forum and you can download POIS to you devices too, I'm a life member and use the downloads extensively.

pocketgpsworld.com

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I don't think it's censored.

PHOTOS - AIRES SERVICE - CAMPING-CAR - STATIONNEMENT pour CAMPING-CAR visites panoramiques 360° en France

Ami(e)s camping-caristes, retrouvez les différentes aires de service et de stationnement en panoramique 360°. Pour faciliter votre périple, chaque aire de service est visitée pour se rendre compte de la réalité sur place. Ensuite elles sont mise en ligne avec la visite virtuelle, le détail des...

www.aire-service-camping-car-panoramique.fr

Make sure to use the mobile site, not the desktop one.

You need basic French, or a translation thingy. But that should take you to this screen, where you use 'recherche' to search.

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Then enter the town you want to visit, for example, Calais.

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That then takes you to a list of places with Calais in the name, select the one you want.

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That brings up a list of aires, sites, parking etc. There is akey that shows what's free, what's charged but when you choose the one you want, this is where it gets really useful.
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Select the 'visite virtuelle' and you get a 360⁰ sweep of the aire so you can see if it's a good fit for you - in terms of size and quality. For example, is it a pretty, rural, attractive place, or a pot-holed carpark on a run down industrial estate.

It translates to English & shows an option to download an app but it doesn't go anywhere.

 

[Jo001]

It translates to English & shows an option to download an app bu tit doesn't go anywhere.

My French is better than my tech skills! Do you have a translation dictionary downloaded?

I think the app may be very new.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'm on Win 10 running Chrome and it translates automatically.

There is no actual dictionary on my PC

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I saved the URL to my Android phone bookmarks and it opens in French then translates to English, I can't see how to get map view up like on the PC though.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Still no app though ???

 

[Jo001]

Ah, yes it translates if I open it in Chrome.

For the map, I get that shown if I swap from the mobile site to the desktop site.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Yes I get it on the PC, but I have no idea which region or department etc I'm in but I can easily find my location on a map as I have other means to see it.

I've sent a message to ask if it is possible.

 

[TJBi]

It translates to English & shows an option to download an app but it doesn't go anywhere.

Hi Kev,

When I visit the website using my laptop, I see no option to download an app.
When I visit the website using my smartphone, I am served an advert inviting me to download an app that is not in any way associated with the website.
I see nothing whatsoever to indicate that the website has an associated app.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I can't see a legend of what the different colours mean.

I'll do a screen shot tomorrow.

 

[Jo001]

In my second screenshot, there's 'autour de moi' which is 'around me' (my location).

And, I didn't bother screenshotting it, but after entering a town (Calais in my example) you get a list of stopping places, at the top there's a Légende, legend. Payante is payable, gratuite is free.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Hi Kev,

When I visit the website using my laptop, I see no option to download an app.
When I visit the website using my smartphone, I am served an advert inviting me to download an app that is not in any way associated with the website.
I see nothing whatsoever to indicate that the website has an associated app.

Maybe I assume too much but this looks like a app link to me Tom.

PHOTOS - AIRES SERVICE - CAMPING-CAR - STATIONNEMENT pour CAMPING-CAR visites panoramiques 360° en France

Ami(e)s camping-caristes, retrouvez les différentes aires de service et de stationnement en panoramique 360°. Pour faciliter votre périple, chaque aire de service est visitée pour se rendre compte de la réalité sur place. Ensuite elles sont mise en ligne avec la visite virtuelle, le détail des...

www.aire-service-camping-car-panoramique.fr

 

[TJBi]

Maybe I assume too much but this looks like a app link to me Tom.

PHOTOS - AIRES SERVICE - CAMPING-CAR - STATIONNEMENT pour CAMPING-CAR visites panoramiques 360° en France

Ami(e)s camping-caristes, retrouvez les différentes aires de service et de stationnement en panoramique 360°. Pour faciliter votre périple, chaque aire de service est visitée pour se rendre compte de la réalité sur place. Ensuite elles sont mise en ligne avec la visite virtuelle, le détail des...

www.aire-service-camping-car-panoramique.fr

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No mention of "appli" or "application". No Play Store or App Store icon.

No trace of any such app when searching Play Store (on laptop, in order to do a full search rather than one that will yield only results available for installation on the Android device used for the search).

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Nope, weird innit.

 

[TJBi]

I can't see a legend of what the different colours mean.

I'll do a screen shot tomorrow.

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Go to https://www.aire-service-camping-car-panoramique.fr/departements/manche (or any other département) and the icons are explained above the list of aires.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It's certainly a handy website to have, an actual phone app would be even better.


This suggests that there is one.

If I open the original link I get this but no actual phone app, it does translate though.

 

[Jo001]

If I open the original link I get this

I think that's where you need to change from the desktop site to the mobile site (I get the same on my new tablet, the old one was fine).

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Do you have the URL for the mobile site jo?

 

[Jo001]

It's the one I gave earlier - not sure why it works differently but on my old tablet, it gives the mobile site but on my new one, I also need to change it from desktop to mobile. I generally use it on my phone though. I wonder if the app is developed, was possibly released then withdrawn because they found a bug?

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'll use the contact option and ask I think.