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" <da...@rysdam.org > <mailto:da...@rysdam.org>> wrote: > > On Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:23 -0400, Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org > <mailto:g...@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 > <roz...@geekspace.com <mailto:roz...@geekspace.com>> wrote: > > >> David Rysdam <da...@rysdam.org <mailto:da...@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). > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
