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what GPS software do you use?

Is it just me, or does "google maps" and WLS maps blow tomtom and iguidance out of the water.. imo, google maps has the best feel of all four apps and the satallite view is good.. Iguidance is even better with the street names overlaid onto the satallite view...
Tomtom is the worst of the four, with a clunky interface and iguidance's interface is not as quick as google or WLS.
am i worng?

my problem with google is that it doesnt follow you, and doesnt talk. havent tried m$s stuff

kireol said:
my problem with google is that it doesnt follow you, and doesnt talk. havent tried m$s stuff
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It follows me....

do you mean "follow you" as in the map scrolling automatically as you travel? if so, it does do that...

you might have a different version than me or a lot of other people have then. Ours doesnt follow us. it shows a blue blinking dot where you are at that dot moves, but the map doesnt, so soon your location is off the map. Also, if you are in an area with no cell, your maps wont work. IG/TT/etc will continue to work with no problems.

I have google maps, microsoft live search, and Tomtom 6 installed on my 8925 and although I love the features of live and google, I think tomtom is the preferred option to navigate to a specific location, because it navigates with voice and on screen info for the next turn. Google and Live will show you where you are and give you a route to follow, but without voice prompts both are a little dangerous to use while driving.

Here's a quick breakdown for you.
Google - has sat pics. is free. is from google! POIs are searchable via googles site. Problems. No voice. No T2S. Limited to 2d view
MS - same
TT - No T2S. Less accurate maps. More accurate pathing. Smoother FPS. Clunky or best interface depending on who you talk to. Sat maps and T2S rumored to be coming in the next billion years. has 2d and 3d.
IG - Has voice. has T2S. Has what in the U.S. is considered the most accurate mapping. Has commonly used features set to minimum buttons. Has the most 2d and 3d views. decent interface. slightly outdated graphics. Known comm problem with kaiser.

Which navigation software does travel with you when you want directions? I have google maps and it does not travel with you during directions.

I'm using Telenav and it seems to work well. It has not been fully integrated with PPC Outlook yet. Can't navigate to ppc contacts saved address. You must renter your contacts address in Telenav to navigate. You can however import your desktop Outlook contacts to an online service on their website. My favorite feature of Telenav is the ability to call a toll free number, speak your destination and after hanging up your destination is imported into Telenav and it automatically begins to speak you directions and check traffic.
I think Telenav is good but $10 a month or $100 a year is ridiculous. I am using the 30 day trial until my Garmin XT micro sd card comes.

I using iGO Plus

i use i guidance as well, it's very accurate and easy to use...what is the known comm problem with the kaiser, i have an ATT Tilt and i haven't ran into any issues...i hate that google or live has to connected to the internet all the time...
and i haven't tried tomtom but the fact that it doesn't come with US maps (at least the free version posted around these forums) and it doesn't do T2S made not even bother trying it...

strikeIII said:
i use i guidance as well, it's very accurate and easy to use...what is the known comm problem with the kaiser, i have an ATT Tilt and i haven't ran into any issues...i hate that google or live has to connected to the internet all the time...
and i haven't tried tomtom but the fact that it doesn't come with US maps (at least the free version posted around these forums) and it doesn't do T2S made not even bother trying it...
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I have the tilt as well. Most people with the tilt or tytnii are having IG wait 1-5 minutes before it loads up if you dont shut down comm mgr first. IG says that they probably wont fix this.

ziploker said:
do you mean "follow you" as in the map scrolling automatically as you travel? if so, it does do that...
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I bet it does
It scrolls automatically as I move.

TomTom for the win!

mapking 3D 2007 for me.
kms

How to start?
Hi guys,
I am a newbie and havent been able to get the GPS function to work yet.
I got the handset from Orange, flashed it with the HTC ROM found on this forum, downloaded googlemap and ran the QuickGPS. Googlemap hasnt been able to detect where I am yet.
Any advice would be great.

I use iGO myway. It's by far the best i've used. and I've used them all. LONG LIVE PPCW

Wayfinder
I'm using Wayfinder 6 on my TyTN II. I use Wayfinder since 4 years now. Easy to use, fast enough and powerful!

Try this.....
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Hi guys,
I am a newbie and havent been able to get the GPS function to work yet.
I got the handset from Orange, flashed it with the HTC ROM found on this forum, downloaded googlemap and ran the QuickGPS. Googlemap hasnt been able to detect where I am yet.
Any advice would be great.
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I would suggest hard resetting you Tytn. You might have fooled with the external gps settings and I think it's been noted here that if you even look at the settings the internal gps gets hosed. I was having the same problem until I did a hard reset. I'm all good now.

Best Software for US MAP GPS

hi!
What could be the best gps map software for United States that I shall install on my TyTN II ?

I would reccommed either Googlemaps , or Windows Live search. Live search has more options. but google maps i would have to say is better built

that's just too open-ended a question. take a look at tomtom and iGo to start off. otherwise, googlemaps and live search as stated already

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What could be the best gps map software for United States that I shall install on my TyTN II ?
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Garmin Mobile XT is another good one. Tips on how to get past their SD card lock are all over the place now.

I downloaded TomTom Navigator in haste, but after trying Google Maps and Windows Live Search, I'm really liking Live Search.

Nav4All is a pretty good one, and its free

iGuidance or TomTom
The problem with googlemaps is no turn by turn and it requires a data connection.
Get something that you put on an SD card and be done with it

Tomtom 6 is the best one ever !!!, I've been sticked to this TT for a couple weeks. It's being worked w/ a charm an I am more than excited happy about it.
If you wanna install Tomtom as your master Navigator, get 2gb micro SD ready since the US data map cost 1.2gb in storage (because TT is an up-to-date in map fully details w/ lot of extras supported such as turn by turn various voices, very much of POIs, traffic alert, weathers ect, ect.....that make them big).
Once you have them you'll forgot other real none-Tomtom GPS devicessss (throw it way). Never pay a single cent for data plan through provider TeleNavplug service !!!
Anyone wish to play GPS on yr PPC(kaiser) ??? please pm or email me, I gonna help you out till you feel happy for it. Since, I spent a lot lot of time for this software minning (Tomtom 6 US data map, tomtom for PPC and .... activation code for it) I would only need a small donation of $10 for my time of searching and testing sucessfull on these good GPS stuffs. thanks.

Iguidance 4.0 for sure as this is the only software w/ TTS (text to speech) for PDA. It will pronounce freeway number w/ direction (N,E,S,W) since 1.0. 4.0 added TTS for street name. But it's a bit ugly and take 1.4G space for the whole USA.
TomTom is good looking and very easy to use. But it's voice prompt engine suck.
Garmin has the most updated and biggest POI database. But the software is quite buggy and hard to use.
Mio, best 3D engine and many eye candy, but it's a resource hog, buggy and always w/ problematic route.
MS Live Search/Google map, I really don't see how they can be use as GPS as it rely on data connections all the time. Who knows when I will go to area w/o any signal and I need GPS the most???

thaop00 said:
Tomtom 6 is the best one ever !!!, I've been sticked to this TT for a couple weeks. It's being worked w/ a charm an I am more than excited happy about it.
If you wanna install Tomtom as your master Navigator, get 2gb micro SD ready since the US data map costs 1.2gb in storage. Once you have them you'll forgot other real none-Tomtom GPS devicessss (throw it way).
Anyone wish to play GPS on yr PPC(kaiser) ??? please pm me or email me, I gonna help you out till you feel happy for it. Since, I spent a lot lot of time for this software package (Tomtom 6 US data map, tomtom for PPC and .... activation code for it) I would only need your donation of $10 for my time of searching and testing sucessfull on these good GPS stuffs. thanks
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People, you could just save yr $10 if you spend sometime on google for all the softwares.

Tomtom's #1 EVER!
ok go for it, good day !

north american gps software?

I hate to be the new guy who asks the question that is repeated all over the forum, but I did a search and was unable to find a good answer to my question. I am mainly concerned with which has the best features that doesn't use any kind of data connection. Also which software can i buy and put on my 8gb micro sd? i know some come on 2gb cards and I would rather use my own card. Also is there any kind of chat for the forum? I feel terrible asking stupid questions on the forum.

There is no "the best" in the real world.
None of below GPS navigator application use data connection, unless you want some extra features like weather, traffic etc...
1. tomtom 6.
2. Garmin XT, however, it locked to pre-installed included microsd. If you want to copy it to your card then you have to know some ways to generate the new key.
3. Destinator 6. Version 7 comes with text to speech, but it is not available for America.
4. CoPilot Live 7 comes with microSD, but I don't if it is locked or not.
5. iGuidance V4. Text to speech is included. The only one comes with 14 days trial, but the trial version doesn't work on PPC.
I'm running 1. and 2.

thanks for the reply. what i meant by the data connect comment was all the bells and whistles suck as real time traffic and all, but out of tom tom and garmin which do you use or like the most?

boggs said:
...but out of tom tom and garmin which do you use or like the most?
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Well, it's hard to answer b/c I don't have hands-on experience on the others.
In America and countries which tomtom maps are available, tomtom is my choice. I run Garmin because it makes maps that tomtom doesn't.
I think I may try iGuidance v4 if tomtom won't launch a newer version for PDA. However, iGuidance v4 still has its problem, for example, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368373.

I've been using Route 66 on my Kaiser -- with full US maps, it takes just a bit more than 4GB, so it'll fit on a 6 or 8GB microSDHC. Its maps are pretty good, but probably getting to be a bit dated; when I bought it 2+ years ago, its maps were brand new, but they haven't been updated AFAIK.

Yeah, i travel to US often i see my friend using Telenav on his tilt. It sucks.
If you drive fast, you dont see the map getting updated, even with HSDPA on. [Ofcourse there is a disclaimer, do not use while driving].
In my opinion, TomTom is good. I have for both Europe and US.
For US, it takes a bit more than 1GB. Its quite good and user friendly as well!!

If I had a nickel for every time there was a thread like this I would be drinking a nice cold coke.

Golf software?
While we're on the topic of NA GPS sw, I haven't founf many suggestions for golf sw that's got plenty of US courses. Any suggestions?

I'm using TomTom 6, but I recently became concerned with the age of the maps. In Philadelphia, it cannot find Veteran's Stadium (demolished in 2004), which would indicate that that maps are from at least 2005. But at the same time, it can't find Lincoln Financial Field [Philadelphia Eagles] or Citizen's Bank Park [Philadelphia Phillies], both of which opened in 2004.
I paid for $70 for the latest maps through TomTom Home, but who knows, maybe they just didn't copy to the device right...

I dont think its necessarily TomTom's fault for the maps, except that they charged you for them. I use google maps and there are many things that aren't on the maps that have been there for at least 2 years. It seems that maps in general from all sources need updated.... Its why i like nautical charts... updated weekly... too bad i cant find a good cheap/ free nautical navigation program.

Nghiem said:
There is no "the best" in the real world.
None of below GPS navigator application use data connection, unless you want some extra features like weather, traffic etc...
1. tomtom 6.
2. Garmin XT, however, it locked to pre-installed included microsd. If you want to copy it to your card then you have to know some ways to generate the new key.
3. Destinator 6. Version 7 comes with text to speech, but it is not available for America.
4. CoPilot Live 7 comes with microSD, but I don't if it is locked or not.
5. iGuidance V4. Text to speech is included. The only one comes with 14 days trial, but the trial version doesn't work on PPC.
I'm running 1. and 2.
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Just a note to everyone looking for GPS software for the Kaiser. I know many of you don't like the menacing machine of google, but google maps combined with the built in GPS works great. It also gives you the ability to look at a map, satalite overview as well as traffic.

Google Maps is really good not disputing that, but they need to update the maps and imagery... There are places that are no longer around in my town that are listed on the maps. And some of these places have been gone for years.

irishmdc said:
Just a note to everyone looking for GPS software for the Kaiser. I know many of you don't like the menacing machine of google, but google maps combined with the built in GPS works great. It also gives you the ability to look at a map, satalite overview as well as traffic.
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I use googe maps combined with the built-in gps as well. It's extremely user friendly. It's almost dummy proof, lol, and has a nice gui too. Like in a previous post, it seems that many, if not all, gps programs have outdated maps ranging from 1 to 3 years, possibly more. I read somewhere that Google Maps' imagery (and Google Earth' s imagery) are 2 to 3 years ago due to National Security. I wouldnt be surprised if Tom Tom, Igo, Garmin, and other GPS programs used outdated maps as well.

If there were a system to supply updated maps for comm GPS programs like there is for nautical systems, that would be fricking sweet. Or a program that lets you use/ view nautical charts. I'm a mariner by trade so I love using GPS tools.

i have tried this http://gpsvp.garminmapsearch.com/ it works great

Need a Good navigation Program other them tomtom7

Okay I did a search and I have read all the tomtom vs Igo8 topics I am looking for a REAL version not a warez and with Maps that are supported and updated I can't even get maps for my tomtom7 PDA anymore (Unless I am just looking in the wrong spot, I have tomtom home Installed it says no maps are available)
It would be nice if I could try it out for a few days to make sure I like it before plopping down 100+ bucks When I do a google search for I-go 8 I get pages and pages of torrents and cracks and warezs but no site to buy a real version
Any suggestions (with links please)
I have the full streets and trips 2009 you used to be able to export maps from that to a pocket edition for pda I can't even find that option anymore (maybe I am just having a bad day)
US MAPS or Oregon

http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/where_to_buy
first site that popped up when i put igo8 in google. i linked the where to buy section
i love igo8 and cant think of using any of the other gps programs

i have been using igo8 for a while now.
as much as i love tomtom, i prefer igo8 with TTS

I'd recommend Garmin Mobile XT. I ran TomTom 6, then TomTom 7 on my Kaiser. Wasn't that happy with it. I've looked over iGo a few times, I just didn't like that it wouldn't let me navigate to a contact. Too much trouble. Plus, Garmin lets me get important information like gas prices, etc., and I can do google searches through it.
That's just my opinion though..
-John

iGo;
or iGuigance

Who-m3 said:
I've looked over iGo a few times, I just didn't like that it wouldn't let me navigate to a contact. Too much trouble.
That's just my opinion though..
-John
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I navigate my contacts with no problems...only prerequisite for an address is no apartment/suite number in the contact's address. You can also go into 'Manage/Geocaching errors" inside igo8 to check addresses that cannot be found'.

I like some features of iGo8 (TTS and how much you can customize it mainly), but I find myself going back to Garmin Mobile XT all the time.
1) Garmin's routes seem to be better for me.
2) If you have data you can get fuel prices (might be a day or 2 old, but is handy while traveling).
3) You don't have to worry about your POIs being out of date since you can use Google Local Search (if you have data)...its gotten me out of a few binds before.
If you don't have data, then I would say iGo, but if you have data, then the Garmin Online features makes it over the top for me and well worth the money.

Why to pay ? Everything can be found for free
TomTom in not good choise - interface/maps etc. isn't very good. Don't have same feeling when use garmin or igo8. Garmin is best, maps are awesome. I know that garmin interface is not so briliant, but it do the job.
Also and igo8 is good, especially interface & tmc service, but maps are awful. Countries like macedonia and balcan are not covered well.

borce_razor said:
Also and igo8 is good, especially interface & tmc service, but maps are awful. Countries like macedonia and balcan are not covered well.
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Serbian map (last update) is pretty good now, though still noticeably worse than Garmin. TomTom sucks big time.

i'm using tomtom7 with no problems. have tried igo8 but seems too slow for me. have used garmin before on my prophet and it was good.
overall, i prefer garmin, since it can use non garmin original maps - you can even make your own customised maps or just search for them on the net. i used the malsing maps when i went back to malaysia for a visit. very handy

try Copilot..love it ..had it for last 4 yrs since the first..Vario..copilot 7 is even better

inav iguidance 2009
ive used tomtom, garmin, and igo8 before. non of them beat iguidance. iguidance will announce the name of the street for you. example, "turn left on Wall St." instead of "turn left ahead".

garmin xt is great. especially if you are looking for accuracy

go to pocketnow.com and check out urban horizon, they have a 14 day free trial and it looks pretty cool you can either use it with data only and not store maps. or you can decide to download maps to device by state or region. im about to test it out in a bit when i get the newyork maps downloaded

i love my sprint telenav, especially the new VGA one for the TP... =) graphics are 10x better and it supports all my needs "gas prices, hotels, routes, point by point directions, ect"... i have the everything plan so its included for free...

I use Sygic McGuider in my Toshiba(WM Standart). Perfect,multiplatform solution from Slovak developers,very nice voices,nice graphics,perfect navigation... I don't know,how are the maps in US,but in EU is it very good.

TomTom Map Purchase

Hi folks,
I'm looking to see how i can purchase maps for tomtom for my fuze legally. I've downloaded the free city maps, but I want the whole map of the US/Canada and western Europe.
After installing TomTom Home, it does not show any maps available for purchase for my device.
If I go to their web site, it shows that the european maps are the only ones available for raphael. I even looked at purchasing the maps for other htc phones, but no us/canada maps were listed.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
thx.

It should be right here: http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/select.php?D=191&SD=142 took me hardly 1 minute....and i'm located in europe watching the site in my own language (meaning US not showing up is even more likely)... Did u smoke 'n surf?

Be nice Alibaba0101 was searching for "Fuze".....

Moaske said:
It should be right here: http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/select.php?D=191&SD=142 took me hardly 1 minute....and i'm located in europe watching the site in my own language (meaning US not showing up is even more likely)... Did u smoke 'n surf?
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The map is highlighted in green, but if you use the drop down list there are no maps for the US and Canada actually available. According to TomTom, there will be no maps made available for WinMo beyond version TT6 PDA. So maybe that is why I cannot see them up there either.
It seems like Garmin, TomTom and even Navigon have all set their sites/focus on iPhone apps and WinMo is getting left behind.

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The map is highlighted in green, but if you use the drop down list there are no maps for the US and Canada actually available. According to TomTom, there will be no maps made available for WinMo beyond version TT6 PDA. So maybe that is why I cannot see them up there either.
It seems like Garmin, TomTom and even Navigon have all set their sites/focus on iPhone apps and WinMo is getting left behind.
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Can you blame them with Winmo's track history on pirated apps, it seems they have left it unwatched for so long developers dont have any love for winmo anymore!

Exactly. WinMo isn't forgotten, it's remembered as a haven for theft. Who's going to bother with that?

Have u guys tried waze? If so any feedback?

It shouldn't be easier to use this stuff illegally than to actually purchase it. So i can download it from half a dozen warez sites, but if I actually want to use it legally, the option is not available.
i ended up getting a vodafone prepaid card when in the UK and just used google mobile maps instead. That way i didn't have to pay the $20/meg that AT&T wanted to charge me and still was legal.
Took quite a bit to get it to work, but once working i was able to use it for internet access and gps while i was in the UK.
Not bad. 50pence per day for internet usage of up to 25megs. And the fuze works on the vodafone 3g band. Compared to paying the hotel 15pounds for 1 hour of internet usage.