I've heard nothing but good reports on WAZE, I guess the only problem would be in an area with no cell coverage, there is where the satellite GPS is needed
John Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Got rid of my Magellan GPS. I use the WAZE app. It also gives you alternate > routing when traffic is backed up. Its interactive and lets you know when > other WAZE users are on the road with you. Users can report accidents, cars > on the side of the road, and police. WAZE then alerts you as you approach > these events. If the car on the side of the road has gone, you tell WAZE and > it will remove the notice so other users don’t get it. > > You can also search for restaurants you like. > > It is continually updated with route changes like the reconfiguration of > Spaghetti Junction. > > It’s a free app. > > > > >> On Oct 10, 2016, at 1:10 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Traveled to Florida and back, using Maps on the Jeep, a Garmin stand alone >> GPS and the iPhone. >> >> I updated the Garmin, new firmware and new maps. >> >> The Jeep update was close to $600.00, at those prices of the maps will >> remain the 2014 vintage. >> >> The iPhone is always updated, just upgraded to iOS 10.0.2 >> >> We are ready, lets hit the road…. >> >> I’ll try to keep this short but the results were humorous …. >> >> The Jeep would give me one distance and tell me to turn left, the Garmin >> would give me another distance and tell me to turn right, the iPhone would >> tell me yet a third distance and tell me to go straight… >> >> I learned that the Garmin and the Jeep were more sensitive to small road >> changes, thus the differences, so if a road would split from my road they >> would tell me miles in advance to be sure and take the main road, the iPhone >> knew I was an Apple Geek and could figure these things out…stay on my road >> until she said to turn…and boy with the new update on the Apple Watch the >> physical turns really shake your arm, so if the phone is in the console I >> don’t even have to look at it, with Siri’s voice and the watch beating up on >> my wrist I knew when I was to turn or had arrived at my destination. >> >> One caveat for the Jeep and the iPhone. In parts of Alabama the folks >> think a Cell Tower is a place of incarceration of solitude high off the >> ground….my AT&T cell phone and my wife’s Verizon Cell neither had service >> for miles…so now the reason for the Garmin GPS which uses Satellite….I was >> still connected… >> >> The iPhone was marvelous, not missing a beat and I also learned what most of >> you may already know…about time to eat, we tried to have lunch at Panera >> Bread where possible…so going along with the map doing it’s thing we ask >> Siri where is the nearest Panera Bread…she brings to screens the >> closest….touch it and now a NEW map appears, I can dismiss it or allow her >> to take me to lunch….If I don’t want the one she suggest I wait and she goes >> back to the original map. >> >> When finished eating we are back to the original map and puttering along >> with our Captain in charge of getting us where we want to go. >> >> While in Destin wanting to go to a restaurant or whatever most sites when >> you click on “map” it takes me to Google Maps, and I wait and wait for it to >> load…..wish Apple could fix the default from these sites to Apple Map so I >> copy the address and enter into Apple Maps and instantly they load and never >> miss my destination. >> >> I also listen to books as I drive and the book pauses when Siri wants to >> tell me something, maybe it’s the Bose earbuds but the Siri voice sure >> sounds much younger, personal and quite lovely…I was starting to need more >> conversation with this lady, she was very soothing…. >> >> >> Finally, Siri would come on and say that 25 miles ahead there was a traffic >> jam, if I took the route she suggested I would save 25 minutes…really? Was >> this old data? Was it real? This had NEVER happened before so I didn’t >> listen to her and sat in traffic at least 2 hours…on the two different >> occasions that were traffic jams…oh, will I learn? >> >> It’s been awhile since I have revisited Maps, I thought this might help >> someone on the list…you never know. >> >> >> John >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
