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Google Maps update (Digital compass working)

Copied and pasted from http://www.intomobile.com/2009/12/09/google-maps-update-works-with-htc-hd2s-digital-compass.html
Google Maps has come a long way from its early days. With support for layers, satellite view and street view, Google Maps is as full-featured an app as we could hope for. The latest Google Maps 3.3.1 update takes things a bit further with support for the HTC HD2’s digital compass. Rather than just pin-pointing your location on a map, Google Maps will now show you which direction you and your HD2 are pointed. The feature turns your blue “My Location” dot into a blue arrow, indicating the direction your phone is facing.
Google Maps with compass support on the HTC HD2 sounds like perfection, right? Well, there’s a catch. You’ll need to disable GPS positioning in Google Maps in order to get directional data from the compass. Since Google Maps was already capable of extrapolating your direction of travel by analyzing data points, we presume Google doesn’t want to have the digital compass conflicting with your direction of travel. For example, if you’re in a car headed south, but your HD2 is pointed east, there’s no point in using the digital compass for directional data.
It is available to download here http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB

There's already a thread for that....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575903

Whoops my bad.
Mods please delete.

Sat Nav which doesn't require data usage?

Love Navigation to bits but it requires data usage to get driving instructions. Just wondering if there is any other app that is available that doesn't require any form of data usage?

I use copilot.
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copilot, igo, aura all offer offline gps navigation

And Navigon and NDrive
Search the forum for reviews, as most of them have been tested.

As i understood it...
There are two navigation options as standard, one was free and the other was premium service which required data connection????

Google Navigation is free (data dependant). HTC Premium Navigation is free for 30 days, then subscription based. Also data dependant.
The only phone-based SatNav software i've used is ALK CoPilot Live 8 on WinMob. I couldn't fault it. Saying that, however, I use Google Navigation now, and can't fault that either (apart from when I lose data connection )

you can use Motonav, its an offline navigation software too. great coverage in india.

Navit makes the Galaxy Tab a Good Auto Navigation Tool - Free

With it's just-right display size, the SGTab is particularly well-suited for navigation on the road. Setup is straightforward:
Either install Navit from the market or get the latest nightly build from http{:}//download.navit-project.org/navit/android_armv5te/svn/ (sorry, can't post links yet)
Download maps for desired area
Edit config file for map and preference data
Download voice for turn-by-turn audible instructions
Works amazingly well, no data connection required while driving, and even snaps to nearest mapped location when on roads that are not on the map.
After using for awhile, its greatest need becomes clear:
The ability to set route waypoints. Fortunately, there's a patch that adds this feature - http{:}//trac.navit-project.org/ticket/46 - but it's not committed to trunk yet so the only way to get such a version is to download the source, apply the patch, and compile.
Here's where it gets wonky. As mentioned in the documentation (http{:}//wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Navit_on_Android), cross-compiling for Android is sketchy. After trying unsuccessfully to build on an x86_64 machine, I've given up.
So the burning question: Any gurus out there want to give this a go and post the resulting .apk for 'testing'?

That is a nice app.
I and several others a work use WAZE.
It is free on the market.
Lets us know where the cops are hidding, and a plus it has navigation.
I was surprised when it was connected via bluetooth to my car radio, and a female voice announced. Police ahead 500 feet.
So dodge that ticket.
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@StarLog, thanks for the tip, which made me take a better look at Waze. It IS totally cool. BUT, like Google Maps, it requires a data connection to grab map tiles and calculate routes. This is fine for those who only drive in areas with signal coverage and who have good data plan$. For them, Waze could eventually be superior to GMaps. (Might even be now, don't know.)
Navit, on the other hand, is completely self-contained (no data connection required). When started, it turns the device into a configurable navigator with full access to all onboard maps. Under battery power, no connections of any kind are needed. And I especially appreciate the "configurable" part, which lets me choose data and controls displayed, sizes and colors, and where shown on screen.
Of course, this less dynamic map model makes updates more cumbersome, and there's no provision for real-time input to the database. Two different approaches, two different products.

Google now?

I seen review videos of n7 owners using Google now.. When they go right to it displays the Google cards of their favorite sports teams scores and weather of their town... Mines doesn't display it.. How can I get it??
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

Google Now learns behavior over time. Dont expect things in days. ask it "Whats the weather like?" and it will use location services and tell you. From then on it learns where you are and updates you about the weather. It also tracks your commute time to/from you job or other place along with the traffic.

Ight cool it would save time if I had the cards there right when I launch google then apposed to asking every time.. I need my red Sox scores lol
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

You don't expect it to magically know what sports you like and etc, do you?
Ask it questions, it will display cards once it learns you.

I made a blog post of all the commands I've found online.
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-now-tips-and-tricks.html?m=1
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I just want it to learn quickly so then I feel like the tablet &me have more of a personal connection lol
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

Will it show you cards for college teams? Every time I search it pops up with the search engine box.
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Weather/traffic cards not current
I've asked this elsewhere, but haven't gotten much info back. Does anyone else find that the cards GN pulls up for Weather and Traffic ("drive to work") don't have the actual, up-to-the-minute info?
The temperature in the Weather card always seems to be from a few hours back -- clicking the card, I'm taken to the Google search page for weather in my city, and that has the actual current temp (which is different from what was on the card). Shouldn't GN be pulling the info directly from that search when it generates the card? (Same thing with Traffic -- the card doesn't reflect the current conditions in Maps, but rather what appear to be traffic conditions from earlier. Clicking on the card brings me to Maps, and the real traffic info.)
Thanks...

What happened to "Local" on Google Maps?

So, I used to use the "Local" app (also called Places) on Google Maps to find restaurants in the area I'm driving. With the new Maps though, although I can find restaurants and other things (I freakin' hate it's new interface), it appears you can't search for local restaurants without actually quitting Navigation.
Is this correct? Quite inconvenient if it is....Google phone support couldn't figure it out. In fact, it appears that the interface for maps and it's rolled in functions is different on different devices. They had a fully updated Nexus 4 in hand, but it had a different interface than mine.

This is normal since the update, even the Navigation shortcut was removed.
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