I wanted to start a new thread on navigation for the PAS. The other thread is just way too long, and goes down many paths. I would like to get info an what people are using for nav, both online and off. I currently have Scout navigation installed, as well as google maps and navigation.
Google maps and nav are great when online, but are not really functional offline. I have downloaded an offline map for my city, but when offline trying to do a search, it just hangs looking for places. With Scout, I have an offline map of the central US. It works fine, but the load time is a little annoying.
I have looked into navfree, and waze. I like waze, but I am not sure if it works in any sort of offline mode (maybe it uses some cached data). I installed navfree, and removed it. I cannot remember why. It may have been laggy.
I would also like to know peoples opinios on the tomtom and igo apps. I removed the igo app on the device since I replaces the sd card. But I know there is the ability to purchase it from the market.
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So currently I'm using google maps for my navigation, however I hate its long time searching. It takes almost 10 min for it to find me but once I'm found it stays on while it runs. However I would like to know if there is something better than this?
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I think google is one of the best, they are on top of there game, imo. Hopefully you find something else that suites your phone.
Google...Sprint Nav...
Google maps is great... I have to say (my opinion though) that the new version of Sprint GPS is pretty good too. (but u have to have sprint).
I say both are very average compare to other software: Iguidance, Garmin XT, Tomtom, IGO.....paid but much better, 10 minutes isn't normal Eclipse, you may wanna eclipse Google and try something new...plenty or resources out there
If you just want to know where you are and want to find businesses close to where you are at then google is nice.
If you want to use your GPS for driving directions get a true turn-by-turn app like igo, tomtom, Garmin, CoPilot, etc.. Not to mention you don't need a data play for these apps. Maps are loaded on the phone.
I've got garmin XT and I love it.
I agree with above.. sure the google one is cool for what it does.. so is the new one in Bing for that matter... but really, nothing beats TomTom... it will work even if you have no internet connection...... (assuming you have a map of your entire country on an SD card).... But the voices are cool, the diffrent options for a car icon is cool.... the layout is cool... and the "show off" effect is cool...
"Oh, your phone has AT&T Navigator that only works where you have coverage?, Well, my phone has real TomTom, just like the ones you buy at Best Buy for $200, and it works everywhere"..
lol... sorry, but it is fun... And if you you do have an unlimited data plan, and are willing to pay hte monthly fee, you can access TomTom Plus which offers live traffic (and it can auto-reroute you if it is faster another way), along with gas prices, weather, etc....
That is my 2 cents...
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
does tomtom locate fast? and is it free?
I have started using Waze with my TP. I love it. Its user based so if there is someone stuck in traffic, they report it and you get updated. Im a huge fan.
tom tom locates very fast but is not free. my google maps takes a few seconds to locate me. i would try changing your radio. also use quick gps it makes google locate faster.
Garmin XT
Run it on my Fuze and it works great! It's not free but I was part of www.lg-incite.com forum before getting my Fuze and they have a thread over there dedicated to Garmin GPS. If you have a data plan, you get live traffic and can search a business in your area using the built in Google Search.
Quick GPS
Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Yea I usually do update the quick gps. However it still takes awhile.
where can I get the latest sprint nav?
Off topic but here, read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362745
EclipseTouchPro said:
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
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This is not an application issue. This is a phone GPS issue. You will have this same issue with every GPS application until you resolve the GPS acquisition issue.
I have an issue with the GPS device every few months. Some bad data corrupts the memory location and won't find satellites. To fix it I change some settings and it seems to force overwrite the nonvolatile memory files.
1. Open Quick GPS
2. Tap Menu at the bottom
3. Tap Options
4. Uncheck "Auto download when connected to PC via ActiveSync"
5. Tap OK
6. Close out of Quick GPS and quit the application
Now it may take 30 seconds to acquire satellites for the first time. Each time after you should acquire satellites very quickly.
I need some help with some Nav on my Flyer. It seems there are three (3) to choose from, Car Panel, Locations and Google Maps. I know that Google Maps requires internet connection but not sure if Car Panel or Location requires it. I am not sure if I have a busted Flyer or I am just not using it correctly.
It also seems that in Car Panel when I click on Get More and try to download US- Northeast Map it takes forever. Anyone else having these issues?
Car Panel is just an interface really... not a navigation program. It can use either HTC Locations or Google Maps.
Google Maps (Navigation) is free, but requires a data connection
HTC Locations will do offline Navigation from what I've heard but it is not free.
If you think it is taking forever to download, keep it mind it is about 900MB to download.. make take awhile. Plus the HTC server's have been pretty slow lately since most of it is still Beta.
I have several questions about the built in GPS on the Motorola Atrix.
1. Do I need to have a data plan for the GPS to work?
2. Why is that the navigation doesn't work outside the US?
3. Is there any way to use the phone like a regular GPS?
Thanks!
1. Yes. You need a data plan for the phone anyways to work on your phone's network.
2. Google Navigation
3. Yes. Google Maps (or any other third party gps app)
Is there any workaround on the data plan? Like preloading the maps or anything like it?
you can get an app that has maps already on the phone, like sygic or sygic aura 2, i saw that tom tom is going to release an app for android really soon too
i think mapquest has a 3rd party apk as well with gps
There are quite a few apps already out with downloadable maps which you can use to avoid data usage, (Navigon is a decent one, but my map download in Massachusetts was 1.6GB, so you'll need WiFi for that). If you download the maps you need, you should be fine just turning off data and using GPS. If you do not download maps, you will use data to download positions on the fly, and also if there is no clear "line of sight" to a satellite, your GPS system can use data to triangulate your position off cell towers.
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There are quite a few apps already out with downloadable maps which you can use to avoid data usage, (Navigon is a decent one, but my map download in Massachusetts was 1.6GB, so you'll need WiFi for that). If you download the maps you need, you should be fine just turning off data and using GPS. If you do not download maps, you will use data to download positions on the fly, and also if there is no clear "line of sight" to a satellite, your GPS system can use data to triangulate your position off cell towers.
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I agree and can confirm Navigon has pre-loaded maps and works great but you have to shell out some preety pennies for the app unless you know your way around that ;p and is a very big file and takes awhile to download...but works like a champ!!!
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1. Yes. You need a data plan for the phone anyways to work on your phone's network.
2. Google Navigation
3. Yes. Google Maps (or any other third party gps app)
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DATA is required if your using google navigation but if you use something like copilot that has the maps preloaded on sdcard ...copilot uses data when downloading the directions for you
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The GPS signal is free. There are plenty of free gps apps too, so it's all free as the breeze.
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Ummmm the best option would be to download a offline gps navigation app because you dont have 3g. Do a google search for something along the lines of 'best offline gps app for tablets'. Some of the apps cost though but its not very much
It depends on your needs. Navigation I take it? Google Maps is the best I've found but you do need a net connection for the navigation part. I have a Nook Color (no 3g either) and use a mobile wifi modem. You can also tether your phone for internet access I believe.
If you have no internet and don't need navigation, ie: you're happy to just see your point moving along maps which you've stored on the device, Google Maps lets you cache map areas and do this to some degree. Locus is worth a try too.
And yasin covered the "no internet but do want navigation" angle. I haven't tried any of those.
Hope that makes sense!
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I've used OSMand a couple of times and while they offer a paid version now, the free version still works very well. It lets you download maps for offline use while you're connected via Wifi. Only problem: Routing doesn't work while you're offline.
Is there a way that we can Pre-Load the Google maps with map info and POI info, perhaps in the pre-caching directory.
There must be a way.. right now it allows you to pre-cache small areas (under experimental mode) which is garbage I must say, half the time the place isn't even fully cached and info is missing.
If the maps are available surely they can be added to this directory, as long as they're in the right format. Im sure everybody would love to have REAL offline Google maps support.
Try the app on market. Pre*cache maps.
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In my experience, the pre-cache maps feature works, but it doesn't cache all the data. For instance, in my city each subway station may have 2-20 exits. To force my phone to cache the location of the exits, I connect to the internet and zoom in on a subway station until the exits appear. Then I move the view around until all the exits have appeared (and the names of nearby buildings and parks). After that, google Maps remembers all those details.