Escort Route

Quick-start guide for beta testers

1. Install it (2 minutes)

1. iPhone: open escort-route.pages.dev in Safari → tap Share → Add to Home Screen → Add.
2. Android: open the link in Chrome → tap the ⋮ menu → Add to Home screen or Install app.
3. Open it from the new home-screen icon (not the browser) and read the safety notice.

2. Load a route

Best: from the route sheet with your phone's text reader

1. Open the route sheet photo in Photos.
2. iPhone: tap the Live Text button (small box with lines, bottom right) → Copy All.
   Android: open the photo in Google Lens → Text → Copy.
3. In Escort Route, Directions tab → Paste → Build route.

Or type it, one leg per line:

Start at Division St & Spokane Falls Blvd
North on Division St
Right on Francis Ave
Left on Market St
End at Market St & Hawthorne Rd

• Route sheets with a mileage column work as-is (e.g. 3.3 – Left on Wall St).
• The Area box is optional; the app works out the city from the streets. Type a city (e.g. Spokane, WA) if it guesses wrong.
• If a street is skipped, fix its spelling in the box and tap Build route again.
• Read directions from photo also works, but is less accurate than Live Text / Lens.

Or ride it once: Drive tab → Start recording → ride the route → Mark point at turns or block points → Stop → name it → Save.

3. Check and fix the route

1. Look the yellow line over against the sheet. Street names show where each street begins.
2. Tap the pencil button to edit:
   • Drag a white dot to move the line (follows streets; tap Freehand for lots, wrong-way runs, closures).
   • Tap the line → Start route here / End route here to pinpoint the exact start or end.
   • Tap the line → Select a section from here… → tap the other end → re-route it, straighten it, or delete it (if it's at the start or end).
   • Undo anything; Done when finished.

4. Save and share

• Tap Save route (under the directions) or use the Routes tab. Same name = update.
• The list button on the map opens your saved routes; tap Open.
• Export route file sends one route to another motor; they tap Import.
• Back up all saves every route in one file. Do this now and then: routes live only on your phone.
• Route color is in the Routes tab.

5. Ride mode

1. Before rolling: Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock → Never (iPhone). Mount the phone and plug in a charger.
2. Tap the target button. The top banner shows NOW (your street), NEXT (the next street and how far), and ON / OFF ROUTE.
3. The N UP / TRAVEL button switches between north-up and direction-of-travel-up.
4. Keep the app in front with the screen on. If the screen locks or you switch apps, the phone pauses GPS for the app until you come back.

6. Updates and feedback

• Updates arrive by themselves. If something looks old, close the app fully and reopen it (twice).
• Found a problem? Routes tab → Send feedback. Tick “Include the street list” if it's about a route. Please leave out details of sensitive escorts.

What we want to learn from you

• Did the route land on the right streets? Where was it wrong?
• GPS accuracy downtown, under overpasses, in dead zones
• Battery drain per hour with the screen on
• Readability in direct sun; using the buttons with gloves
• What you wish it did