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| Thread ID: 138340 | 2014-11-14 22:39:00 | Car Sat Nav recommendations please | catspyjamas (15614) | PC World Chat |
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| 1388119 | 2014-11-16 03:10:00 | I don't understand what's wrong with a good old fashioned paper map. I use one when I'm going to an unfamiliar place. They come free (you can't do better than that!) from the AA and are simple and easy to use - nothing to download and nothing to pay for. I navigate while SWMBO drives. It can't be easier than that. Can't understand why you would want to pay good money for something that you can get for free.:waughh: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1388120 | 2014-11-16 03:21:00 | I don't understand what's wrong with a good old fashioned paper map. I use one when I'm going to an unfamiliar place. They come free (you can't do better than that!) from the AA and are simple and easy to use - nothing to download and nothing to pay for. I navigate while SWMBO drives. It can't be easier than that. Can't understand why you would want to pay good money for something that you can get for free.:waughh: That would be because paper maps are so last century :) |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1388121 | 2014-11-16 03:28:00 | I don't understand what's wrong with a good old fashioned paper map. I use one when I'm going to an unfamiliar place. They come free (you can't do better than that!) from the AA and are simple and easy to use - nothing to download and nothing to pay for. I navigate while SWMBO drives. It can't be easier than that. Can't understand why you would want to pay good money for something that you can get for free.:waughh: So very true what Roscoe says. If getting a map is a problem, and you know your destination, do what I have done in the past. Before you go, get Google Maps to sort your route out and print it out. A bit like the old AA route maps from the 50's and 60's, If you can remember back that far. :nerd: Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1388122 | 2014-11-16 03:55:00 | That would be because paper maps are so last century :) That may be true, but paper maps still work. Being last century does not make them no good. And I repeat - they are free, one of the best reasons I can think of. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1388123 | 2014-11-16 04:02:00 | Can't use a paper map to navigate while driving solo ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1388124 | 2014-11-16 04:08:00 | Can't use a paper map to navigate while driving solo ;) +1 Also can't do a search for street addresses and can't get turn by turn audio instructions. I never wanted one, thought they were a gimmick. Then I got a smart phone and started using the navigator. Total convert now. When someone tries to give me directions on how to get somewhere now if it starts getting complicated I just ask for the street address and use my phone instead.w |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1388125 | 2014-11-16 04:19:00 | Can't use a paper map to navigate while driving solo ;) This. I usually drive solo and I have an absolutely appalling sense of direction. If it is just a short and uncomplicated distance I'm going in familiar territory I can remember a map route just fine (off either a paper map or google maps), but if it is a longer trip or I don't know the area well then I either need to pull over constantly, or take my eyes off the road too much to look at the map or my written instructions. Sat nav, be it with an app on my smartphone or with a separate device would help enormously. I've learned about sat nav options for smart phones which look plenty adequate on this thread, and they are free - including the map updates in many cases. Bonus! |
catspyjamas (15614) | ||
| 1388126 | 2014-11-16 09:13:00 | If you do decide to get a "proper" GPS unit as opposed to a smartphone, make sure you get one with free map updates. I have heard stories of hundreds of dollars to update some models. |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 1388127 | 2014-11-16 09:19:00 | I am the phone GPS user too . I have a Navman from 2009 nice GUI, a few I recall like it also PcTek and BillyT . But I guess one get used to that relatively quick, if again I might get a TomTom . Navman not so much optional maps - mainly N America and Europe, NZ / AU and don't think there is a user community where self made maps are done / shared etc . Car GPS is better for extensive driving if you do that but for the normal user I am fine with a phone and it is a one piece you take anyway, no need to buy the 2nd device . For NZ user there are free maps with voice guidance works offline without data - Nav4Free I think it is . A phone you can google it if the database don't have also and get street views also maybe overseas when data is cheaper . When I go overseas for a short holiday, a car GPS is just too expensive . A diff map rented or purcahsed for each trip unless I repeat visit a or two country . Whereas with a phone I could just use a post paid $5 or $9 all day data or pick up a local SIM . Many people these days want that anyway for other uses too . Gone are the good old days where a notepad/pen and a paper map was the way . . . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1388128 | 2014-11-16 09:22:00 | Like others here, I use the Navigation feature of my smartphone. I used to use a TomTom, but the inaccuracies on the maps used to drive me nuts. Roading seems to be changing much faster than their map updates, if you can update them at all. That goes for paper maps too. At least the maps in the smartphone use Google Maps which are updated regularly and even navigate areas that only open up weeks before I need to go there. The only downside I can think of, is the voice directions, but I believe it's only a matter of time until someone comes up with a way to solve that problem. |
Krakka (17266) | ||
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