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toronado455
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 Posted - 12 mars 2011 : 23:06:17
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| Can GMN automatically re-route around planned construction and freeway lane & on/off ramp closures? Can any GPS nav system (hardware and/or software) do that? |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 13 mars 2011 : 04:11:57
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| I've seen no evidence (or claim) of GMN being able to reroute dynamically if something comes up on your route after the initial route has been calculated. For that to happen Google would have to track your progress, which could raise a few questions...All the other modern AIOs (local route calculation ) with traffic can do that, including your nuvi 660...as long as they get the proper traffic information of course. That should not be taken for granted as I recently found with my nuvi 1695, see its topic for details. |
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toronado455
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Posted - 13 mars 2011 : 10:11:51
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OK, but what about non-dynamically? I mean in regards to avoiding scheduled lane closures? I'd like my GPS to take that into consideration when doing the initial route calculation. Of course I'd also like dynamic updates, but I'll take what I can get.
For those of you who use Navigon for iPhone, how does it compare with GMN? |
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offthegrid
USA
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Posted - 16 mars 2011 : 03:07:39
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Given the vast amount of traffic data that Google has at their disposal their first attempt at a real time/historical routing algorithm may not be the equal of either TomTom or Garmin but they are tenacious and they keep coming and coming so I look for improvements to continue as they release newer versions.
The more data they have the more complex the algorithm is.
I also wonder whether they are causing traffic jams on the routes they are sending people on as alternatives.
150 million google maps mobile users worldwide and 35 million miles per day of data being compiled into historical data and its just a matter of time.
TomTom had layoffs last year. I can imagine that some went to Googles mobile maps division.
At some point they will be the best and at zero cost. |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 05 mai 2011 : 06:30:06
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Version 5.4.0 of GMN is now out. No major change. They really need to add the speed limit signs and a live display of the actual GPS speed would be nice too.
Been running it recently on a Barnes & Noble Nook Color with a special ROM with Bluetooth activated to allow connection to an external Bluetooth GPS. Works pretty well!
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toronado455
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Posted - 07 mai 2011 : 11:15:53
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| Wow! GPS on the Nook Color! Do you have a post somewhere detailing how you got the special ROM working? Which external Bluetooth GPS does it connect to? |
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gpspassion
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gpspassion
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Posted - 10 juin 2011 : 20:33:04
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New v5.5.0 version available and I could swear I've been hearing "dongs", but maybe it's in case of a recalculation rather than a prompt for an upcoming turn.
Rumors have surfaced (source : All About Phones) of GMN working in "on-board" mode with no requirement for a server connection. While that sounds intriguing it would also mean that the great "off-board" features of GMN would be lost (trafic, alternate routes, street view, etc...). |
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jeffcarp94
USA
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Posted - 11 juin 2011 : 02:03:15
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| There is no way Google is going to remove features like traffic, street view, etc. Navigon and ALK clearly know how to store maps offline and go online for the traffic, search and other content. Google will certainly bring a new twist to this I am sure, but no way will we lose features. |
Nav experience: Garmin SP III, SP 2710, SP 2730, Garmin i5, Garmin c330, Garmin 760, Garmin 885T, Dash Navigation, TeleNav for Sprint, TomTom 740 Live, CoPilot Live v8, Navigon for Android, Navigon for iPad, Google Navigation, Waze, Garmin Nuvi 3490LMT, Garmin 3590LMT, TomTom for Android, Rand McNally 7725LM |
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toronado455
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Posted - 11 juin 2011 : 08:58:23
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| Right, they're not going to remove features like traffic, etc. I think what gpspassion was saying is that (only) while in "on-board" mode, traffic, etc. would be unavailable. |
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gpspassion
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Posted - 12 juin 2011 : 09:54:31
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Yes, what I was pointing out is that you can't expect GMN to be as useful, or even to look much like it does now, without any network access. In fact if you have $7 to spare there is no need to wait for this rumoured update to navigate worldwide on the cheap with navdroyd that let's you navigate with OSM maps.
I'd be more interested in seeing Google add the much needed speed limit signs to the existing GMN and also a better ETA as it's often very pessimistic. |
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jeffcarp94
USA
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Posted - 07 juil. 2011 : 00:40:27
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Google released v5.7 of its Maps / Navigation app for Android today and it's most important feature is unannounced and undocumented. This version now includes an experimental feature that enables downloading of map segments for offline use without a data connection!
This feature is enabled through the Labs feature of Google Maps.
After downloading the app update, start Google Maps and go to MENU, MORE, LABS. Click on the Download Map Area option.
Now, search for a place or scroll to an area of the map. Long press on the map to bring up the address of the long pressed area. Press the right arrow to bring up the details. Now, in either the menu you are looking at, or in the MORE menu item, you will see Download Map Area.
This will download a 10 mile square area around that point that can be used offline.
Wow. What a huge step. This is obviously the start of something huge. |
Nav experience: Garmin SP III, SP 2710, SP 2730, Garmin i5, Garmin c330, Garmin 760, Garmin 885T, Dash Navigation, TeleNav for Sprint, TomTom 740 Live, CoPilot Live v8, Navigon for Android, Navigon for iPad, Google Navigation, Waze, Garmin Nuvi 3490LMT, Garmin 3590LMT, TomTom for Android, Rand McNally 7725LM |
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toronado455
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gpspassion
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Posted - 07 juil. 2011 : 02:48:24
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Another new interesting feature, have you tried it? Does it work well?quote:
Originally posted by jeffcarp94
Google released v5.7 of its Maps / Navigation app for Android today and it's most important feature is unannounced and undocumented. This version now includes an experimental feature that enables downloading of map segments for offline use without a data connection!
This feature is enabled through the Labs feature of Google Maps.
After downloading the app update, start Google Maps and go to MENU, MORE, LABS. Click on the Download Map Area option.
Now, search for a place or scroll to an area of the map. Long press on the map to bring up the address of the long pressed area. Press the right arrow to bring up the details. Now, in either the menu you are looking at, or in the MORE menu item, you will see Download Map Area.
This will download a 10 mile square area around that point that can be used offline.
Wow. What a huge step. This is obviously the start of something huge.
Thanks for reposting here, this is very exciting news indeed. We already had some automatic caching of the route but this adds another level, on my way to updating my Smartphone to check it out "live"...
...working indeed, not much to it, took about 1 minute to download the tiles. To test it I put my smartphone in airplane mode and tried to zoom in. It works but it doesn't seem like all the area covered by the rectangle shown after the download was complete has detailed maps.
To manage downloaded maps you need to go to more/cache settings/downloaded map areas and you click on the map to see the covered area.
I cleared the cache and while the map is still listed nothing appears on the map, so it seems that new feature works in combination with the cache somehow.
Will have to check out if routing is at all possible offline within the downloaded section. |
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lost-in-space
USA
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Posted - 02 août 2011 : 19:43:46
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| I got update 5.8 the other day. Suppose to bring improvements to Places and Latitude. |
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