GPS apps for Android

[Trunks0]

What are your favourites? Any a good replacement for a dedicated automotive GPS?

[Tizen]

Navigon

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[taz291819]

Google Navigation works fine for me. Just wish they'd add how fast you are currently going.

[ViN86]

Google Navigation > *

[bill dennison]

i don't know why none of the top ones are out for android

i use these on a ipad i don't want any that don't have onboard maps or need data on to work
Garmin StreetPilot Onboard, Magellan RoadMate and TomTom

i gave my sister my asus transformer because i found no good gps apps for it
but i drive to peoples houses all day

[Roadhog]

Google nav obviously

[Elysian]

Originally Posted by taz291819

Google Navigation works fine for me. Just wish they'd add how fast you are currently going.

Call me old fashioned but I usually use my speedometer for that

[Trunks0]

Now which hold their map data? Because that is kinda important imho if you travelling outside your normal cellular area.

[taz291819]

Originally Posted by Elysian

Call me old fashioned but I usually use my speedometer for that

Two reasons. Most speedometers aren't accurate, they normally show a faster speed than you're actually going (normally by 2mph, not a huge difference).

Also, I like it when a GPS tells you the speed limit, and if you are going over it. Sometimes, I'll drive on a road a not see a speed limit sign for miles, so I have no idea what the limit is.

[ice]

Originally Posted by Trunks0

Now which hold their map data? Because that is kinda important imho if you travelling outside your normal cellular area.

If you lose signal, Google Maps zooms out and shows the place it last saw you and lets you see all the street names and move around the map. Happened to me once and I was able to scroll around to see what street I needed to get to and where it was based on where the satellite last saw me.

[bill dennison]

Originally Posted by Trunks0

Now which hold their map data? Because that is kinda important imho if you travelling outside your normal cellular area.

you can try nav free it has downloadable maps and works ok
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...QuT1NNLkFMTCJd

[Roadhog]

Originally Posted by ice

If you lose signal, Google Maps zooms out and shows the place it last saw you and lets you see all the street names and move around the map. Happened to me once and I was able to scroll around to see what street I needed to get to and where it was based on where the satellite last saw me.

you can also set it to pre load the whole trip.

[ice]

Is it possible to map out a route on Google Maps and send that specific route to your phone for GPS? ****ing thing never takes me the way I want to go so that would be a nice option.

[Roadhog]

Originally Posted by ice

Is it possible to map out a route on Google Maps and send that specific route to your phone for GPS? ****ing thing never takes me the way I want to go so that would be a nice option.

yes.

[Yceman]

Google Navigator, but I wish I could just preload the whole map of the city (or country) and forget about it

[ice]

Originally Posted by Roadhog_

yes.

And how do you go about it? Based on my quick searching before, people had issues with it giving the custom route directions.

[Gator]

Not exactly a replacement gps app, but Beat the Traffic is frigin awesome. It's saved me headache a bunch of times.

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[mabran]

Originally Posted by taz291819

Two reasons. Most speedometers aren't accurate, they normally show a faster speed than you're actually going (normally by 2mph, not a huge difference).

Also, I like it when a GPS tells you the speed limit, and if you are going over it. Sometimes, I'll drive on a road a not see a speed limit sign for miles, so I have no idea what the limit is.

The GPS speed isn't any more or less accurate than what the car is doing. My GPS and my car are always the same or +/- 1 Mph of each other.

[ice]

Originally Posted by mabran

The GPS speed isn't any more or less accurate than what the car is doing. My GPS and my car are always the same or +/- 1 Mph of each other.

Yes it is. There are a bunch of factors that affect what the speedometer shows, my RX-7 is 3MPH off and the Rabbit is 3-4MPH off. Maybe your car is some freak exception, but GPS is more accurate.

[Douglaster]

Anyone knows a gps app that can be placed as a gadget in the mainscreen ?

[VW_Factor]

Originally Posted by ice

If you lose signal, Google Maps zooms out and shows the place it last saw you and lets you see all the street names and move around the map. Happened to me once and I was able to scroll around to see what street I needed to get to and where it was based on where the satellite last saw me.

The satelites for GPS should always see you (unless you are tunneled, etc). It simply cannot update the map in realtime.

Also, in the options I've found that if you map your trip when you are in cell coverage area, it will pre-download all relevant data for the trip.

[mabran]

Originally Posted by ice

Yes it is. There are a bunch of factors that affect what the speedometer shows, my RX-7 is 3MPH off and the Rabbit is 3-4MPH off. Maybe your car is some freak exception, but GPS is more accurate.

I know over the years my old impala speedo got a little off over the 8 years i had it but was only 3 to 4 miles at the end when i traded it. I know my neighbors speedo was all out of wack when he went larger on the tires.

1 to 2 Mph is not a big variation heck even 3 or 4 and is not that big a deal where there is any benefit even though the difference is negligable.

If our consumer GPS was military accurate I would agree with the GPS but they are not so both are prone to not 100% accurate readings.

[necropimp]

Originally Posted by Trunks0

What are your favourites? Any a good replacement for a dedicated automotive GPS?

there are some decent apps that are as good as a dedicated gps unit... but it all depends on the gps in your phone...

my optimus v was excellent... gps never failed to quickly get a location fix and rarely ever lost it... even inside buildings

my captivate was AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL... the one huge issue i had with the phone was how awful the gps was... took forever to get a fix while outside almost never while inside and using it for navigation is a joke... would constantly lose my position even when i was stopped

my inspire is meh... sometimes it gets a quick accurate fix, sometimes not so much, horrible inside buildings

[mabran]

Originally Posted by ice

Yes it is. There are a bunch of factors that affect what the speedometer shows, my RX-7 is 3MPH off and the Rabbit is 3-4MPH off. Maybe your car is some freak exception, but GPS is more accurate.

Well I decided to see how off acording to what you are saying and I spent the weekend trying 3 different GPS units and 3 smartphones and here are my results with my 2012 Cruze

-Galaxy S2 and old Droid with Sygis app was = to 1 mph off
-Garmin Nuvi was +/- 1 mph
-Mio Moov m300 +/-1 mph
-Windows phone 7 with Garmin App was = to 1 mph off same as my Android phones
- Old Tom Tom was +/- 1 to 2 mph.

open highway 80% of the time and rest was local around town.

[Roadhog]

Originally Posted by mabran

Well I decided to see how off acording to what you are saying and I spent the weekend trying 3 different GPS units and 3 smartphones and here are my results with my 2012 Cruze

-Galaxy S2 and old Droid with Sygis app was = to 1 mph off
-Garmin Nuvi was +/- 1 mph
-Mio Moov m300 +/-1 mph
-Windows phone 7 with Garmin App was = to 1 mph off same as my Android phones
- Old Tom Tom was +/- 1 to 2 mph.

open highway 80% of the time and rest was local around town.

It's illegal for a speedometer to read slower than you are actually going. They will always read above your actual speed.

[mabran]

Originally Posted by Roadhog_

It's illegal for a speedometer to read slower than you are actually going. They will always read above your actual speed.

Just posting the numbers I have in front of me and the differential was on the GPS while the speedo showed the same speed. +/- 1 mph is well within a margin of error as no device is perfect. The analog speedo is hard to get a direct reading but the digital speedo was the same number throughout. I was also driving flat surfaces and no hills to keep as close to same speed as possible.

[lumpyhed]

http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...cation-Android

**** just got real

[Thr0tt]

Vvveeerrrryyyyy interesting.... google navigator is one thing but tomtom we coild rule the world! Well at least drive round it safely.

[Ego]

Google navigator for when I need GPS guidance inside the borders of my own country, otherwise the data connection while roaming would bankrupt my Vodafone bill. It's too bad the new offline maps feature doesn't work for navigation yet, otherwise all other GPS software manufacturers would go out of business, in my region at least.

Copilot 9 for when I'm abroad, it takes advantage of the resolution of my phone, and has been very accurate so far. A bit pricey though: 25 pounds for full Europe maps and (obviously) the navigation feature.

[Perky McGiggles]

Since my phone updated to ICS, and I think Google Navigation updated as well, it's been really kind of crappy. It use to work flawlessly and really fast. Now, it takes 5 minutes or so to find my GPS location. Then, once it has it, it can sometimes lose it. I use it for delivery driving and it's ****ed me a few times. Fortunately I can zoom out and see where the actual location is, but still... you have to pull over or pray for a stop light to do that.