What's the best offline GPS for your nexus 7 or what do you recommend?
I can't comment on the N7 specifically, although no reason it should be any different to any other android tablet, but i love maps with me pro. Works great, very detailed, and i like that you download entire countries, not just specific areas like some apps do.
I use Sygic and have been using it for the past 3 years since my HD2 days. It's very good.
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pham818 said:
What's the best offline GPS for your nexus 7 or what do you recommend?
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I have both CoPilot Live Premium and Navigon (now owned by Garmin).I like and can recommend both.
I like the UI on CoPiolt better myself, but have had an occasion out two where it did not recognize the address but navigon did.
CoPilot does seem to be able to get louder with directions. I wish I could make Navigona little louder art times. TTS is good on both, with Navigon being a little more natural sounding to me.
I think CoPilot is the best bang for the buck. $9 vs $32 for Sygic or $40 for Navigon.
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I think CoPilot is the best bang for the buck. $9 vs $32 for Sygic or $40 for Navigon.
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CoUplet live Premium is a great solution and has a nice interface, but like I said I've had it tell me I could not find an address on one occasion (maybe two), that Navigon found without issue. I don't normally use GPS navigation to know if this is a common issue. I hope it was a fluke, but it doesn't inspire confidence. Aside from that out has worked great for me, the four the piece it's really good.
If you just need it form time to time CoPilot is an affordable full-featured option. If your going to use it a lot and must have it work all the time Navigon might be worth it. That's just my general experience.
Google Maps Navigation is very good and fee. You can download Maps of areas you're going to be in to use offline.
Good luck...
UPDATE:
just after writing this I used Navigon to take me to a place a bit out in the "boon docks", and it took me to the street but not the house. Switched to CoPilot and out found the address. So, I guess neither is 100% perfect.
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CoUplet live Premium is a great solution and has a nice interface, but like I said I've had it tell me I could not find an address on one occasion (maybe two), that Navigon found without issue. I don't normally use GPS navigation to know if this is a common issue. I hope it was a fluke, but it doesn't inspire confidence. Aside from that out has worked great for me, the four the piece it's really good.
If you just need it form time to time CoPilot is an affordable full-featured option. If your going to use it a lot and must have it work all the time Navigon might be worth it. That's just my general experience.
Google Maps Navigation is very good and fee. You can download Maps of areas you're going to be in to use offline.
Good luck...
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I agree. If I needed a full-time, offline navigation app, I'd probably spring a little more money for Navigon and Sygic. I use Google Maps and Waze most of the time so CoPilot suffices when I'm in areas with no signal.
I found Polaris Navigation works and has a lot of features.
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I like Sygic. You can download only the States you want.
I like Sygic too...
Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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michaelg1030 said:
Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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Don't know about using an OTG for external storage. Each state will very in size, for obvious reasons, but the total size would be between 1.3 and 1.6 GB.
thanks for the replies guys! helps a lot!!
Another vote for Sygic.
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I like Sygic too...
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hows the loudness voice on these apps? i remember all my tablets with GPS and all of them i could not hear a damn thing cuz the voices TTS were so low, it was barely audible while driving with traffic noise/radio on bit
I like navigon.
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Do any of these allow storage of maps on external SD card (specifically something like USB otg to microsd card reader)?
If not about how big are the file sizes for each state?
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Sygic allows storage of maps on external SD cards on devices that use external SD cards. I have not tried USB otg to microsd card on the Nexus 7 specifically.
Map size depends on the State, ranging from 9-13 MB each for small States like Delaware, Maine, Washington D.C. to 104MB for Michigan, 117MB for Ohio, 161MB for New York, and 470MB for Canada. The good thing with Sygic, however, is that you can download the maps you need when you need them - no need to download all kinds of maps and carry them around in your device. So, with the Nexus 7 you don't need to use the USB otg - just download the maps you need when you need them and delete those you don't need. With my homenetwork, I can download Canada in less than 4 minutes (I live inCanada). I go toMichigan fairly frequently so I keep the Michigan map in my Nexus all the time. If I was going to another State I would download the map of the State and those of the in-between States (Sygic comes with a map downloader app) and get rid of them when I am done.
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Ok I know it`s been asked hundreds of times but what in your opinion is the best Sat nav for the Wildfire?
Thanks again
I use Navigon. It seems to work really well and I havn't had any problems with it.
http://www.navigon.com/portal/int/produkte/navigationssoftware/mobile_navigator_android.html
I use Copilot live, but for the same reasons as Hpez
Works good, easy to use, easy to find documentation on the internet, easy to add speed camera's (which can be downloaded for free and legal on yhe internet).
But at the other hand, it is my first and only sat nav that I've used, so I cannot compaire
Erwin
Google maps nav. Its free and works very well
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I bought a vzw tab with bad esn, (not interested in data package anyways)
I want to know if Copilot is a really good navigation app. I read the market reviews and more bad then good. Problems with google checkout#/buggy/crashes.
Is this my best choice or is there anything better?
Feel free to give your thoughts on other apps
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Copilot
Copilot is OK.
I've been using it for over a year now and have it on 3 devices. It works good for me and never had any real problems. I also have nDrive on one device and Google Maps/Navigation on all but use Copilot as my default nav app.
You can try it free for a limited period so my advice.... give it a try.
I had no problems with Copilot crashing, but the maps were really out of date. I gave up on it and went to Navigon when it attempted to route me through a fence across a railroad crossing that had been closed for years.
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I had no problems with Copilot crashing, but the maps were really out of date. I gave up on it and went to Navigon when it attempted to route me through a fence across a railroad crossing that had been closed for years.
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+1...... I switched to navigon & think it's more updated
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Anyone recommend premium navigation for the trusty hd
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You do realize that you could write the complete title, as in, Premium Navigation.
There are people using the SEARCH of the forum, and with titles such as that, it defeats the entire purpose.
Anyhow, you're refering to programs like Navigon/nDrive/Sygic ?
Yep
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hate People who use SMS on forums....
I hate people who make a thread with 8 words inside... and no meaning
I wouldn't really reccomend it. The DHD Can't really get a reliable GPS Signal without having mobile data on (Or at least in Sydney, Australia), and with mobile data, HTC Locations + Google Navigation is good enough, and free.
I actually prefer google navigation to the premium navigation feature on the Desire HD.
Google navigation is the bees knees i tell ya! Works perfectly for me. Why would anyone need an upgrade to it?
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I wouldn't really reccomend it. The DHD Can't really get a reliable GPS Signal without having mobile data on (Or at least in Sydney, Australia), and with mobile data, HTC Locations + Google Navigation is good enough, and free.
I actually prefer google navigation to the premium navigation feature on the Desire HD.
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To be honest I would check your gps antenna.
If I go to France I do not have any data because of the roaming charges.
Yes it takes longer to get a fix, up to a minute, but the precision always stays below 15m in the car which is excellent.
In GPS test you can see the SNR (signal to noise ratio). Can you tell me which figures you get?
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Anyone recommend premium navigation for the trusty hd
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I accidentally invoked the trial period at a time when I had no trips planned. As such I could only test it locally for places I knew how to get to. Seemed ok though.
I paid for the lifetime license, based mainly on:
- The way it handles incoming calls.
- The maps being offline.
- Integration with Sense.
However, I do now regret rushing into buying this. It has not been great, and often I find myself having to revert to Google Maps Navigation instead. Problems I have experienced with the premium HTC Navigation include...
- Slow GPS fix (could do with something similar to Quick GPS on the HTC WinMo devices).
- Incorrectly identifying destination (hotel wasn't at indicated destination, and had to drive around unaided trying to find it).
- Destinations often not found (often put full postal address in contacts or calendar entries, but are not found by HTC Navigation. Google Maps usually doesn't have the same problem.)
- No option to choose an alternative route or add waypoints to force a new route.
I recently paid for the license. My DHD picks up GPS within secods.
I was worried because using google maps it took forever, but I did a soft refresh and after that gps works fine. Not sure if it was that or the fact I started using premium Nav.
I use it mainly for novelty value. All the voices are free so I like to try different languages.
I also find that the arrival time at destination is not as accurate as TomTom.
I like it better than googlemaps because of the natural voice and integration to HTC.
Who used sms chap
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What i will agree with though it is on lazy ass post,but it was before i went to bed,off the cuff,
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Could be useful if you have it enabled for offline navigation!
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Could be useful if you have it enabled for offline navigation!
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It IS offline! That's the beauty
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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
I would be totally interested. how did you manage?
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I would be totally interested. how did you manage?
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I'll tell you when there's more people interested
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i didn't mean to flame you, nor to mock you in any kind of way
But which u think better rizo? HTC location or garmin? I used papago before,which was lag as hell
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Steven How said:
But which u think better rizo? HTC location or garmin? I used papago before,which was lag as hell
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The trick is getting garmin maps work on android devices... I'll post full details tomorrow (no guarrantee though )
HTC location doesn't have highly detailed maps of all the countries...
Garmin has those, but it's not fully available on android
Offline navigation is a plus too! Garmin have that.
But i'm using another app to read the Garmin maps... As i said, i'll post all the details later...
Keep posting guys! I wanna see more people interested in this
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Having offline interests me a lot! I use Google Navigation and Google Maps right now but takes awhile to boot and locate. Not having to use data, I'm hoping, will lead to faster performance. Plus, I'm sure this could be used in other devices as well? I'm looking at my WiFi-only tablet as a 10" GPS if this works out =)
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Having offline interests me a lot! I use Google Navigation and Google Maps right now but takes awhile to boot and locate. Not having to use data, I'm hoping, will lead to faster performance. Plus, I'm sure this could be used in other devices as well? I'm looking at my WiFi-only tablet as a 10" GPS if this works out =)
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It will work on every android device...
Performance will be a little slower on our dz (if you put details on max). But on faster devices, its really smooth
I think it would be awesome if this post got to android general forum
EDIT: i won't post the guide tomorrow, as i need a pc to make the guide (i have to check some things while writing the guide).
So maybe thursday afternoon, or friday.
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Navigon is owned by garmin as far as I can tell same maps, most guys load the maps from their garmin device, I have it and am gonna test it soon I go a lot of places with no signal lol. Just got it yesterday
Copilot has worked fine for me in the past they use tomtom maps I believe
I'm interested
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Navigon is owned by garmin as far as I can tell same maps, most guys load the maps from their garmin device, I have it and am gonna test it soon I go a lot of places with no signal lol. Just got it yesterday
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Copilot has worked fine for me in the past they use tomtom maps I believe
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Garmin still supports the majority of them... I live in lebanon... Good luck finding an offline map with FULL POI for me on copilot, navigon, and tomtom. Garmin was my only choice, and i ported the first Lebanon map to lebanon.... Selling it for 10$ now
Guide on thrusday/friday
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I'm definitely interested. I'm always looking for apps that'll let me get directions without connecting to data or GPS.
I would also be very interested!
why do you let them wait? app is called navitel. it's available on google play and can read gmapsupp.img from garmin. search it on google to know more.
domon07 said:
why do you let them wait? app is called navitel. it's available on google play and can read gmapsupp.img from garmin. search it on google to know more.
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you obviously don't have knowledge in those apps.
Navitel is the app that will be used for navigation. but navitel DOES NOT support .img maps. it does support .nm2 maps, and the key is to know how to convert those maps, and get rid of the errors...
NOTE: Guide is coming today
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i get the same errors
WARNING: There are two nodes at the same position
however (connect to the nearest node) is greyed out therefore i cannot select it
any help would be appreciated
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i get the same errors
WARNING: There are two nodes at the same position
however (connect to the nearest node) is greyed out therefore i cannot select it
any help would be appreciated
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u'll have to split them, then reconnect.
Or do III) 5b-
NOTE: the guide has been edited into converting any map, because converting lisenced maps is illegal. i won't support converting lisenced maps, just free maps...
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Good Night
Know any maner to convert IMG NT format NM2
Thank you forgive my English
Hi all,
Would like to know what are u using for navigation...
I am looking for something freeware/opensource, instalable on SD card, that does not require internet connection to work, so offline capabilities.
Thanks
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Stars - best free offline navigation bear grylls style try locus free
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For which country?
For example, in Russia or Ukraine there is Yandex.maps application with possibility to store maps locally on SD. But in Europe it is not so useful, very poor details.
Navfree or was it freenav. It uses openstreetmap and its free. Works okay, bot perfect but hey, its free
Motonav + most recent iGo maps.
I use it only for Western, central and eastern Europe.
waze
I live in Israel (where waze was first conceived & started few years ago
over the course of time it became the most popular nav app around here (for good reasons)
Only problem is - you need an install base in your area for some of its features to become effective - the more drivers using waze - the more traffic (and other) information the system has to provide you with.
In Israel its not a problem, its a small country as it is and as mentioned - everyone use waze already (there is literally no smartphone around here without it)
try it out in your area and see how it goes.
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waze
I live in Israel (where waze was first conceived & started few years ago
over the course of time it became the most popular nav app around here (for good reasons)
Only problem is - you need an install base in your area for some of its features to become effective - the more drivers using waze - the more traffic (and other) information the system has to provide you with.
In Israel its not a problem, its a small country as it is and as mentioned - everyone use waze already (there is literally no smartphone around here without it)
try it out in your area and see how it goes.
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Copilot Live, download it by torrent, perfect maps for Europe.
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Hi all,
Would like to know what are u using for navigation...
I am looking for something freeware/opensource, instalable on SD card, that does not require internet connection to work, so offline capabilities.
Thanks
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You could enable map caching on google maps then wait for it to load at home then leave Offline maps I used to use Copilot. Definitely one of the best. Otherwise Google Nav is the best navigation there is. Not many good free ones otherwise.
Hello guys,
I use navigon cracked version and it is a bomb, exellent graphics.
I'm using "Waze"
It's a free navigation app with a community who send informations for everyone (traffic, radar, accident, ...)
You can try it, if you have a data connection
google maps in south africa
Podes sempre usar o TMN Drive. Tem o mapa de Portugal gratuito e os restantes a bom preço. As actualizações do mapa também são gratuitas.
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hello i use sygic , navigon ,earth and gps test+!
I trust more than any other the Navigon. it takes better routes than sygic or copilot.
Why dont you try iGO 8.4. I'm using it,its very very good,with mostly all maps (file with maps is 2.2 GB),if you want download link,send me pvt .
Igo 8.4 is very outdated although it is very good for moving from one point to another and I think it's the best for non Android system because they stopped supporting it.
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I recommend OpenStreetMaps (Osmand), they work very well and are often more accurate than Google maps.
i am totally happy with Google Maps Navigation, great app!
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i am totally happy with Google Maps Navigation, great app!
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Yes, I agree. Google maps is probaly the best free navigation. If you want to buy one, I would go for Navigon!
Navikey 7 Ways with maps from OSM project (living in Uzbekistan). Very accurate, and constantly updating.
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