18Specifications
The facts and figures: where the app works, what it runs on, where its information comes from and its limits.
18.1Where it works
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Area | All 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii, and Washington DC. |
| Not covered | Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. One Alaska map card also takes in the Yukon strip of the Alaska Highway. |
| Plan with AI | Trips in the US only. |
| Offline maps | One download per state, with the map, 3D hills and routes. Satellite photos per state are optional. |
18.2Phones, tablets and computers
Motocamp runs in the web browser. You don't get it from an app store.
| Device | Use |
|---|---|
| iPhone or iPad | Safari. Add it to the home screen from Share. |
| Android phone or tablet | Chrome. Add it from the three dots menu. |
| Laptop or desktop | Any up to date browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox. |
| Facebook's own browser | It works for a look. Offline maps, the home screen icon and Google sign-in don't work there. Open it in Safari or Chrome instead. |
NoteOffline maps need a browser that can keep files. They work in Chrome, and in Safari on iPhone and iPad.
NoteThe dash is made for a phone. On a computer it says so.
18.3Units
| Measure | Unit |
|---|---|
| Distance | Miles, or feet when close |
| Speed | Miles an hour (mph) |
| Height and vehicle size | Feet and inches |
| Temperature | Degrees Fahrenheit |
| Rain | Inches |
| Air pressure | Inches of mercury, on the dash |
NoteThere is no switch for units in this app.
18.4Vehicle types
The app plans routes for 8 types of vehicle. The short name is what shows on the Vehicle button.
| Vehicle | Short name |
|---|---|
| Enduro Bike | Enduro |
| ADV Motorcycle | ADV moto |
| Side-by-Side / UTV | SxS |
| Truck / 4x4 | Truck / 4x4 |
| Van / Truck Camper | Van |
| RV / Motorhome | RV |
| Truck + Travel Trailer | Travel trailer |
| Bicycle | Bicycle |
You can turn on towing for a Truck / 4x4, a Van / Truck Camper or an RV / Motorhome. Truck + Travel Trailer always tows.
You can set your vehicle's height in the Account panel, from 5 feet to 14 feet. Width, length and weight come from the vehicle type.
18.5Where the information comes from
| Information | Where it comes from | How often it updates |
|---|---|---|
| Road closures | State road agencies in 13 states, plus Maricopa County in Arizona. Full closures only. | Every 5 minutes. |
| Closed Roads & Tracks | US Forest Service road maps. | Every week. |
| Weather Alerts | The National Weather Service. | The app checks every 10 minutes. |
| Fire hotspots | NASA satellites. NASA is the US space agency. It shows heat seen in the last 2 days. | Every 15 minutes. |
| Known fires | Fires our team adds by hand. | The app checks every 10 minutes. |
| Live Hazards | Wildfires from the National Interagency Fire Center. | Every 10 minutes. |
| Weather forecast | Open-Meteo, a weather service. | Every 15 minutes. |
| Rain radar | NOAA weather radar. NOAA is the US weather agency. | Every 5 minutes. |
| Campgrounds and places | OpenStreetMap, a map made by volunteers, plus Recreation.gov, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and state parks. | Map places every week. Park lists every month. |
| Street and topo map | OpenFreeMap, built from OpenStreetMap. | Kept up to date by OpenFreeMap. |
| Satellite pictures | Esri, a mapping company. | Kept up to date by Esri. |
Closed Roads & Tracks are kept on your phone, so they still show with no signal. Radar, weather, fires and live closures need signal.
NoteThere are no fuel prices in the USA.
18.6Limits
| What | Limit |
|---|---|
| Plan with AI | 15 messages a day for each account. Each follow up counts. The count starts again at 5 in the afternoon on the West Coast, or 4 in winter. |
| Plan with AI message length | 500 letters in the box |
| Stops in a trip from Plan with AI | Up to 12 |
| Trip plan emails | 5 a day. A plan can cover up to 30 days. |
| New places added | 5 in any 24 hours |
| Everything shared with campers | 20 in any 24 hours |
| Reports to us | 10 in any 24 hours |
| Review length | 800 letters |
| Sign-in buttons in our emails | Work for 7 days |
| Message us if you can't sign in | 3 an hour |
| Stops in a route you plan yourself | No limit |
| Saved routes and Saved Spots | No limit |
| GPX files | Only .gpx files. A GPX file is a saved track from another app or device. A file that goes outside the area covered isn't loaded. |
| Free trial | 14 days |
18.7Offline packs
Packs are maps and route data you keep on your phone, so the app works with no signal.
| Pack | What it holds | Size |
|---|---|---|
| One state | Topo map, place names, 3D hills and routes for that state. Alaska and Hawaii have no 3D hills. | About 17 MB for Hawaii to 500 MB for Texas, as shown on each row |
| Satellite for one state | Sharp aerial photos for a state you downloaded. You choose them. | Large. The size shows once saved. |
- A state downloads in this order: the map, then the routes, then the 3D hills.
- If the signal drops, nothing is lost. Tap Get the rest and it carries on.
- The only size limit is the free space on your phone.
- On a phone, the app may offer to download the state you're in.
- States next to each other join up, so a route across the line plans as one.
- When a newer pack is ready, the app asks. Tap Update or Later.
With no signal, these still need it: live weather, radar, search beyond town names, bicycle routes and Plan with AI.
Step by step, with pictures: Keep the map with no signal