Not one bit; in fact, it makes things easy.
@EricV post immediately preceding this one explains it better than I tried to in his first paragraph. @rneal55555 has also provided some pertinent pieces of info as well (as in the don't overthink it part...), and that is VERY easy to do - I'm personally a big offender of this myself.
I've never used Apple Maps, so I can't vouch for validity, but when I check miles on a thousand mile ride with Google Maps, it's usually pretty darn close - especially if you're gonna go along a single road (Interstate highway) to accomplish it.
'Margin for error' is what we're all trying to help with. The old paper map days this was much more common for this to happen...plan a ~1000 mile ride, ride a ~1000 mile ride, your odometer claims you've done a thousand mile ride, and one ends up being a few miles short. Nobody wants that to happen, and all we're doing is providing our (collective) insight on how to avoid that.
My personal 'tightest' ride distance was 1517 certified miles for a 1500+ mile ride. Now, this is a VERY common route (Jax Beach FL to Van Horn, TX) and many others have certified that distance before me.
So, though it can be done, doing something that tight on a first ride is discouraged.
@EricV post immediately preceding this one explains it better than I tried to in his first paragraph. @rneal55555 has also provided some pertinent pieces of info as well (as in the don't overthink it part...), and that is VERY easy to do - I'm personally a big offender of this myself.
I've never used Apple Maps, so I can't vouch for validity, but when I check miles on a thousand mile ride with Google Maps, it's usually pretty darn close - especially if you're gonna go along a single road (Interstate highway) to accomplish it.
'Margin for error' is what we're all trying to help with. The old paper map days this was much more common for this to happen...plan a ~1000 mile ride, ride a ~1000 mile ride, your odometer claims you've done a thousand mile ride, and one ends up being a few miles short. Nobody wants that to happen, and all we're doing is providing our (collective) insight on how to avoid that.
My personal 'tightest' ride distance was 1517 certified miles for a 1500+ mile ride. Now, this is a VERY common route (Jax Beach FL to Van Horn, TX) and many others have certified that distance before me.
So, though it can be done, doing something that tight on a first ride is discouraged.