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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #15 on: 05 September 2018, 16:04:55 »

My suggestion has both Android and Crapple Car Play. Nav option is plug and play with updatable maps on an SD card ;)

TomTom traffic avoidance only works if you actually have a route planned and your route preferences give it full autonomy iirc...

That said last one I had was a Go 750 World... Sold with my last Insignia...
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #16 on: 05 September 2018, 16:06:47 »

I always used to say that Garmin made decent hardware let down by terrible software. Then I bought an ETrex GPS unit and found the hardware was shite too. I find google maps is a no-brainer these days. If I don't want to be stalked the whole way I get my Tom Tom out. :y
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #17 on: 05 September 2018, 17:34:57 »

Carry an upto date map in the car all the time :y

Thought about the double din sat nav audio but dont use the car enough allthough I do have a radio problem (tuning in) I have put that down to the aerial. :-\

Allways have a phone or 2 on me and yes both are now 4G but ws put off witth a friends new Galaxy 8 getting us lost several times on google maps. >:(

Ultimeately I like a large screen sat nav, Garmin is 6.9" free udates 4 times a year for life on maps and safety and plenty of bells and whistles to keep me amused. 8)

Seems I have tlaked myself into the garmin lol ::)
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #18 on: 05 September 2018, 17:44:01 »

(Ignoring Google and MS for a mo)

There are only 2 mapping providers - Teleatlas (now owned by TomTom) and Here (formally Navteq).  Both are about equal in their accuracy, and number of streets with number etc, but for a given area, one might be better than the other.

All portable units, including phones, are shite. Always have been, always will be.  Once you accept that, you can make an informed decision.  My decision was to not use them when I chucked my last portable unit out of the window along the A38.


If using a phone based nav (which is doubly shite, as not only do you have all the issues of portable units, you have a small screen to deal with, poor quality audio to deal with, and invariably shitty mounting solutions), most options are free.  So you can try Teleatlas maps (TomTom is free on iOS, and I think they might have released Android ones now), Here maps (Here app is free, although ad ridden).  The online navigation options may or may not work for you - I vaguely recall you saying you struggled with signal in your area.


Most navigation algorithms pick a route, not necessarily the best route.  Google Maps, for example, proper foooked us in Londonium last week, and we spent an hour on The Strand.  Fortunately, the weather was hot, so there were things to admire.
  So never an alternative to glancing at a map before setting out.
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #19 on: 05 September 2018, 17:46:53 »

(Ignoring Google and MS for a mo)

There are only 2 mapping providers - Teleatlas (now owned by TomTom) and Here (formally Navteq).  Both are about equal in their accuracy, and number of streets with number etc, but for a given area, one might be better than the other.

All portable units, including phones, are shite. Always have been, always will be.  Once you accept that, you can make an informed decision.  My decision was to not use them when I chucked my last portable unit out of the window along the A38.


If using a phone based nav (which is doubly shite, as not only do you have all the issues of portable units, you have a small screen to deal with, poor quality audio to deal with, and invariably shitty mounting solutions), most options are free.  So you can try Teleatlas maps (TomTom is free on iOS, and I think they might have released Android ones now), Here maps (Here app is free, although ad ridden).  The online navigation options may or may not work for you - I vaguely recall you saying you struggled with signal in your area.


Most navigation algorithms pick a route, not necessarily the best route.  Google Maps, for example, proper foooked us in Londonium last week, and we spent an hour on The Strand.  Fortunately, the weather was hot, so there were things to admire.
  So never an alternative to glancing at a map before setting out.

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #20 on: 05 September 2018, 17:48:59 »

Jaguar Satnav consists of left over parts bin oddities from Tandy in 1972.
Ignoring the current issue I have with a knackered hard drive, I've found mine to be fine.  Granted, whoever in JLR decided on the early non-capacitive touchscreens with tiny onscreen buttons needs adding to the cull list, but they soon realised the error of their ways by around 2011 (XF) and 2012 (XJ), and fitted better screens and a more useable UI.  But the actual Nav algorithms and system usage is fine.  As is/was the NCDC fitted to FL Omegas.

Dunno if you have Jaguar Voice, but I tend to use that all the time, as saves taking hands off the wheel.
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #21 on: 05 September 2018, 17:49:06 »

But that was not your question. I find google maps are great. Phone in cradle on windscreen and off you go.

No point in buying a stand alone satnav any more when Google Maps is so good.  :y

Yup or Waze.

I have a magnetic holder in vent for the car, nothing stuck on the dash, tunes/nav through phone. All good  :y

I hear good things about Waze.

Jaguar Satnav consists of left over parts bin oddities from Tandy in 1972.

I used it yesterday for home run, normal route screwed. All kinds of back routes, home in under an hour. So about same as my normal route.  :)
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #22 on: 05 September 2018, 17:50:49 »

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
Current-ish roadmap (usually) always in the car... 
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #23 on: 05 September 2018, 17:53:18 »

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
Current-ish roadmap (usually) always in the car...

Snap!!  A large scale AA book of National Maps plus another book of local maps! 8) 8) :y
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #24 on: 05 September 2018, 17:55:45 »

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
Current-ish roadmap (usually) always in the car...

Snap!!  A large scale AA book of National Maps plus another book of local maps! 8) 8) :y
I don't need local maps really, because most places are easy to find. We managed before satnav. Atlas just there to make mental note of towns etc.
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #25 on: 05 September 2018, 18:18:00 »

Mines a paper one too, only a few quid from The Works. Nice and big for my poor old eyes. ;D. Can still read no. plates though. :D
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #26 on: 05 September 2018, 18:19:48 »

My current 2018 in the Jag was a massive £1.99 from Lidl/Aldi/pikeyville

Its the AA one, and is completely shite for anything really.  £1.99 is a bit steep. The cover price of £8 is taking the phish.
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #27 on: 05 September 2018, 18:28:01 »

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
Current-ish roadmap (usually) always in the car...

Snap!!  A large scale AA book of National Maps plus another book of local maps! 8) 8) :y
I don't need local maps really, because most places are easy to find. We managed before satnav. Atlas just there to make mental note of towns etc.


....and that is what I tell all the 'youngsters' around me :D :y
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #28 on: 05 September 2018, 19:14:46 »

(Ignoring Google and MS for a mo)

There are only 2 mapping providers - Teleatlas (now owned by TomTom) and Here (formally Navteq).  Both are about equal in their accuracy, and number of streets with number etc, but for a given area, one might be better than the other.

All portable units, including phones, are shite. Always have been, always will be.  Once you accept that, you can make an informed decision.  My decision was to not use them when I chucked my last portable unit out of the window along the A38.


If using a phone based nav (which is doubly shite, as not only do you have all the issues of portable units, you have a small screen to deal with, poor quality audio to deal with, and invariably shitty mounting solutions), most options are free.  So you can try Teleatlas maps (TomTom is free on iOS, and I think they might have released Android ones now), Here maps (Here app is free, although ad ridden).  The online navigation options may or may not work for you - I vaguely recall you saying you struggled with signal in your area.


Most navigation algorithms pick a route, not necessarily the best route.  Google Maps, for example, proper foooked us in Londonium last week, and we spent an hour on The Strand.  Fortunately, the weather was hot, so there were things to admire.
  So never an alternative to glancing at a map before setting out.
Long-winded tosh. Google maps are fine for the majority of people.
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Re: Sat Nav Choice
« Reply #29 on: 05 September 2018, 19:18:49 »

Someone who agrees with me who is into tech as well! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
Current-ish roadmap (usually) always in the car...

Snap!!  A large scale AA book of National Maps plus another book of local maps! 8) 8) :y
I don't need local maps really, because most places are easy to find. We managed before satnav. Atlas just there to make mental note of towns etc.


....and that is what I tell all the 'youngsters' around me :D :y

We also managed before mobile phones, Lizzie, but I think most women in particular would die rather than give them up now - the snowflake generation are welded to them!

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