gps recommendations?

[Tom Buskey]

FWIW, I have a garmin.  I set the destination, then I add destinations as
vias working backwards from the destination.  This lets me force the GPS
route on the fly & get an estimate of how long it will take.

I have to go fairly close past the vias or the GPS will try to get me to
turn around.  Then I cancel and redo my route.

Lifetime updates are worth getting.  I like that my GPS works w/o cell
towers (I go into rural VT/NH sometimes).

If Google could come up with Google Maps that functions w/o internet
access, it'd be way better then a GPS IMO.  I think Google would be more
likely to build universal WiFi though.


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> One feature that I was not able to get working on the Android version of
> Google Maps is route manipulation by moving the lines like you can on
> the web version. The advantages of a commercial GPS system, like TomTom
> is the screen size. Also, your maps are all preloaded. In a smartphone,
> your maps are loaded via your data connection, but there is a way to
> preload your maps before going into an area where you may not have wifi.
> It depends on your cache size. Also look at mapdroyd. I once compared
> Google Maps nav with Lexus nav, and I preferred the Google Maps route.
>
> On 05/18/2013 07:44 PM, Mac wrote:
> >
> > My tomtom was stolen a year ago. About that time I upgraded my Android
> > phone. I tried google maps and navigator and found it more than
> > adequate. Haven't bothered with anything else since.
> >
> > On May 18, 2013 2:14 PM, "David Rysdam" <david at rysdam.org
> > <mailto:david at rysdam.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:23 -0400, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org
> >     <mailto:gaf at blu.org>> wrote:
> >     > On 05/18/2013 01:46 PM, David Rysdam wrote:
> >     > > On Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:21 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen
> >     <rozzin at geekspace.com <mailto:rozzin at geekspace.com>> wrote:
> >     > >> David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org <mailto:david at rysdam.org>>
> writes:
> >     > >>> Helpfully unhelpful: But maybe what this proves is that no
> >     GPS has ever
> >     > >>> heard "it's the journey, not the destination".
> >     > >> I think the point of Tilmann's notes in the FoxtrotGPS manual
> >     is that
> >     > >> `the vertices *are* the edges', e.g.:
> >     > >>
> >     > >>      * Do not set your waypoints on crossings. Instead, set
> >     them on the
> >     > >>        road between crossings.
> >     > > I saw that. It's possible that it might function the way you
> >     suspect in
> >     > > some cases. However, having had some inexplicable (and some
> >     > > explicable-by-positing-the-GPS-is-dumb) experiences, I suspect
> >     what
> >     > > would frequently happen is a route that did NOT include that
> edge,
> >     > > except for the one point I happened to stick on there. I.e.
> >     > >
> >     > > 1) a completely unexpected route
> >     > > 2) get on an entrance ramp to My Chosen Highway
> >     > > 3) drive past the point
> >     > > 4) take the next exit
> >     > > 5) continue on with GPS's idea of what I want
> >     > >
> >     > > This is "easily" solvable by putting more points on My Chosen
> >     > > Highway...for someone with infinite patience in trying to
> >     trick software
> >     > > into doing the right thing. From the volume of responses I've
> >     gotten
> >     > > telling me about wayPOINTS, routePOINTS, and
> >     POINTS-of-interest, I must
> >     > > be the only one who wants a feature that lets me input *lines*.
> >     > >
> >     > You can to that with Google Maps. I'm not sure exactly what you
> >     want to
> >     > do, but it is much more flexible than the standard GPS.
> >
> >     Yeah, at one point I was going to say "What I want is Google Maps,
> but
> >     in portable form". That's not exactly true, but closer than what I
> >     have
> >     now. Maybe I need to get an smartphone. But it seems like if this
> >     functionality can exist in a phone, it can exist in a GPS. Or
> >     maybe the
> >     crucial factor is the internet access, in which case a smartphone
> >     wouldn't help me either (since I wouldn't always be in a coverage
> >     area).
> >
>
>
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