theshyone
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Post by theshyone on Aug 13, 2015 5:32:54 GMT
Is there a good app that will work as a gps that gives voice directions.
one that you can input co-ordinates in? Not just addresses?
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Post by ntsf on Aug 13, 2015 5:44:03 GMT
I use waze for traffic...voice directons and you can give landmarks or intersections.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 13, 2015 5:44:23 GMT
My daughter uses Wayz- not sure about coordinates though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2015 9:15:08 GMT
I use mapquest or Google maps
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Post by disneypal on Aug 13, 2015 11:06:34 GMT
I agree with using Waze
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Post by eversograceful1 on Aug 13, 2015 11:16:19 GMT
Another vote for Waze
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scrappinghappy
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 13, 2015 11:23:38 GMT
Waze and I think you can put in coordinates.
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Post by renateb on Aug 13, 2015 11:51:25 GMT
I use google maps buy may have to check out Waze now.
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Post by ntsf on Aug 13, 2015 14:01:31 GMT
waze is better than google maps cause it gets real time updates and may change your route midtrip to get to a faster route. it gives alternative routes and if you start on your own route it will suggest a new way to go. it lists the cops, the cars on the side of the road, the potholes...whatever people have reported.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2015 14:05:46 GMT
waze is better than google maps cause it gets real time updates and may change your route midtrip to get to a faster route. it gives alternative routes and if you start on your own route it will suggest a new way to go. it lists the cops, the cars on the side of the road, the potholes...whatever people have reported. Google Maps (and Apple Maps, for that matter), does all of that except the cops and potholes. |
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Post by kristi on Aug 13, 2015 14:20:43 GMT
I use Waze
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Post by micpea on Aug 13, 2015 14:42:25 GMT
Doesn't Waze scare you knowing that all the people driving are also texting the cops, potholes, accidents etc??? I had to take it off of my phone because it was too distracting...all the notices popping up.
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Post by ntsf on Aug 13, 2015 14:49:48 GMT
well--I drive all over san francisco and need to know the information. the driving can be bad...waze encourages only passengers to report issues. I don't report when driving.
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Post by mom2jnk on Aug 13, 2015 14:52:41 GMT
Google Maps changes my route if there is a traffic issue due to an accident or construction. And will alter the route on the fly if I deviate from it's route. It's one of the reasons that I continue to use an Android phone, even though all the rest of my family have iPhones. Google Maps has been much more up to date and reliable than either Apple Maps or our Garmin GPS. It has never gotten me lost. And I can enter locations by coordinates. We do it all the time with soccer fields out in the middle of no-where!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2015 15:00:42 GMT
Google Maps changes my route if there is a traffic issue due to an accident or construction. And will alter the route on the fly if I deviate from it's route. It's one of the reasons that I continue to use an Android phone, even though all the rest of my family have iPhones. Google Maps has been much more up to date and reliable than either Apple Maps or our Garmin GPS. It has never gotten me lost. And I can enter locations by coordinates. We do it all the time with soccer fields out in the middle of no-where! Just FYI - there is a Google Maps app for iOS and while it looks slightly different than it does on Android, it's the same underlying maps, routing, and functions. |
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Post by librarylady on Aug 13, 2015 16:31:43 GMT
I use google maps.
Our car has a GPS system in the dash. Once the grandson was in the backseat with his phone and google maps testing to see if the two systems agreed on where/how to get somewhere. (They did)
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theshyone
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Post by theshyone on Aug 13, 2015 21:45:53 GMT
Thanks.
I laughed at having to enable gravel roads on Waze. It must primarily be urban.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 13, 2015 22:07:50 GMT
I use the Google maps app on my phone. It will tell me when there is a faster route available.
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Post by gale w on Aug 13, 2015 22:12:20 GMT
I use google maps. Waze is a battery hog.
eta: also, with waze I kept getting pop ups and half the time the alerts weren't even valid anymore.
eta again: after reading the replies I just remembered-Waze got me hopelessly lost once. I have no idea what happened but it redirected me and I had to use google maps to get back on track.
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Post by peabay on Aug 13, 2015 22:38:01 GMT
Waze for sure.
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 13, 2015 22:51:07 GMT
Google Maps changes my route if there is a traffic issue due to an accident or construction. And will alter the route on the fly if I deviate from it's route. It's one of the reasons that I continue to use an Android phone, even though all the rest of my family have iPhones. Google Maps has been much more up to date and reliable than either Apple Maps or our Garmin GPS. It has never gotten me lost. And I can enter locations by coordinates. We do it all the time with soccer fields out in the middle of no-where! Just FYI - there is a Google Maps app for iOS and while it looks slightly different than it does on Android, it's the same underlying maps, routing, and functions. This. I used Google maps on my iPhone from Texas to Washington, and it did a good job rerouting me around construction and traffic that I didn't know about. My husband uses Wayz and loves it, but I'll stick with Google maps for now. |
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Post by myshelly on Aug 13, 2015 23:45:05 GMT
I love good old mapquest.
We're on a road trip right now and it has taken us everywhere, even totally out of the way, hole in the wall places.
It talks to me and finds alternate routes when I need them.
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Post by utpea on Aug 14, 2015 6:20:17 GMT
Love, love, love waze. I use it daily!
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Nink
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Post by Nink on Aug 14, 2015 12:19:42 GMT
I either use Waze or Google maps.
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Post by annabella on Aug 14, 2015 14:33:02 GMT
I use waze in taxis, but is there a way to turn off the volume so the taxi driver doesn't know I'm using it?
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Post by likescarrots on Aug 14, 2015 15:53:01 GMT
Google maps. I've also used an off-line gps app called GPS CoPilot when I was traveling in ireland and didn't want to use data.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 14, 2015 18:19:54 GMT
Google Maps changes my route if there is a traffic issue due to an accident or construction. And will alter the route on the fly if I deviate from it's route. It's one of the reasons that I continue to use an Android phone, even though all the rest of my family have iPhones. Google Maps has been much more up to date and reliable than either Apple Maps or our Garmin GPS. It has never gotten me lost. And I can enter locations by coordinates. We do it all the time with soccer fields out in the middle of no-where! Agree with BusyPea. I use Google Maps on my iPhone and it updates as needed. And I don't use Waze because there were too many alerts that were distracting. But I live in a very congested area of northern Virginia and there's a lot of traffic out there! On Tuesday we were driving through Indianapolis. We come in on 74 and head east on 70. But there isn't a direct way via the freeway. The route for west to east takes you off the freeways and onto local streets and through some very sketchy areas. So I used Google Maps to see it was better to take the bypass south or to go north (where you essentially make a u turn on the freeway to go south and east again.) Then there were two accidents in the area as well. Google maps did a good job showing the different routes and the times to get through. The only drawback was that a passenger really needed to be doing the navigating with the app, as my phone is small and my eyes are old. But if I'm just driving, as the driver I can use it just fine. |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Aug 14, 2015 18:53:14 GMT
I use GPS Drive by MotionX. It seems to work pretty well. There is an annual fee for the voice navigation, but it does take coordinates.
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