I have been searching all overr and I'm yet to see am amswer for my question? So I've cdcided to post it on the best site for htc phones. is there a way aside from the app, Pinpoint to show where you are? I mean like what I want to do is have google maps app be able to save my location and adress using the gps and allow me to save it to a contact so that this way next time I want to get to my aunts house for example I can just go to her info click adress and voila. It has a route sshowing me the route.
A strange sense of deja vu washed over me reading this, I was thinking exactly the same thing a few hours ago.
Being able to save GPS information for contacts would be something of great importance considering the devices capabilities, apps like AndNav2 could then use contact GPS co-ordinates for quick navigation, the same could be said of google maps and other applications that use GPS information.
Ageless Stranger said:
Being able to save GPS information for contacts would be something of great importance considering the devices capabilities, apps like AndNav2 could then use contact GPS co-ordinates for quick navigation, the same could be said of google maps and other applications that use GPS information.
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Can't you just save an address to the contact and then click on get directions? Or does the location have no street address?
Well yeaah that too. I was thinking of that but the thing is, my cousins house doesn't show up through maps. But it tells me the coordinates using GPS and yeeah it can still give me directions like that. Soo yeah, its sort of a half and half.
For locations without street addresses, you can still map them using lat/long coordinates. Just enter the coordinates into the address field as x,y. For example, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave would be entered as 38.89767967065576, -77.03656196594238
The My Maps Editor application might be of some use too. Basically it lets you display and edit custom maps (which means overlaid graphics on actual google maps) on the G1. Since these overlays are static, it won't route you from an arbitrary location. However if you want to see a hiking path from say a fixed street address out to a lake in the middle of the woods, this could help.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/your-maps-in-your-hands-for-holidays.html
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Can't you just save an address to the contact and then click on get directions? Or does the location have no street address?
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AndNav2 uses OpenStreetMap for it's navigation and metadata retrieval, and currently the UK post code search is limited to a few post codes (Zip codes). Most of my contacts won't show up. It will get better in time.....
Thanks Jashsu. Really, Like That really does help and is a very good substittue for an app. But yet another, question, Is It just my phone or Is it Google Maps, THat has a bug, When i know im home and i just want to mess around and activate gps and see my location. And it shows me some where 20 blocks away, lol i hate that!!!!
Elloco305 said:
Thanks Jashsu. Really, Like That really does help and is a very good substittue for an app. But yet another, question, Is It just my phone or Is it Google Maps, THat has a bug, When i know im home and i just want to mess around and activate gps and see my location. And it shows me some where 20 blocks away, lol i hate that!!!!
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it's a google maps issue, which really screws with me when tryin to use Locale. i had a situation set to put my phone on silent if it is between 2 am and 12 pm AND i am at home, but since it thinks i'm about 1/4 mi away it hasn't worked yet.
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it's a google maps issue, which really screws with me when tryin to use Locale. i had a situation set to put my phone on silent if it is between 2 am and 12 pm AND i am at home, but since it thinks i'm about 1/4 mi away it hasn't worked yet.
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The more powered off the gps is when you attempt to access it (and also the worse your direct view of the sky is) then the longer it will take to get a good gps lock. If you habitually turn the gps function off (or you have a program that automatically does it) then every time you turn the gps on, it has to perform a cold start. This means it will take between one and five minutes to get a bead, depending on the number of satellites your phone can see at the time.
If you use gps often then don't turn it off. The amount of power saved by fully unpowering the chipset is not worth the amount of power it consumes fully cold starting every time you need it (not to mention the time wasted waiting for it to get a bead).
If you used the gps function and then left the gps-using application or put the phone into standby, the gps chipset remains in standby. The next time you access the gps, it will be considered a warm start and will take between 1-30 seconds, depending on various factors.
Is there any application that can show where you went during a set period of time? like on google maps or something else? even if its just a simple line with direction markers
I drive around alot and it would be a kick to know everywhere i went during the course of a night.......
i swear i'm sober
Yea there's several apps out there like this. Can't think of there names, I will try to look them up for you.
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.google.android.maps.mytracks
better get some kind of external batt pack; using gps drains the battery.
You can sue Google's My Tracks app. It's meant more for runners, but it will save your route give you your average speeds, elevation, and a lot more. When you're done foe the night you can save the route and upload it to your Google maps and Google docs. I've been using it for my marathon training the past few months and I'm loving it.
Just search "mytracks" on the market.
BuddyRunner
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I had My Maps Editor for Android on my old phone and used it to record locations that were of interest to me (work stuff like job location or substations and local offices.) Now I see that it no longer exists. I still need to edit My Maps when I'm on the go. T-Mobile doesn't have the best coverage in MS or even have good roaming. Sending My Location to Evernote I'm able to work around not having My Maps Editor by editing when I get back home. Not having a signal it makes the My Location greyed out. Is there a program that allows saving a Location even offline?
I'll look around and see if I can find an app that does this but I'm not aware of one. Also, you posted in the right section
I have My Tracks but it looks a little bulky for what I want. It can send to My Maps and can edit it. I just don't need a route.
After doing a little test, using My Tracks is going to be the solution I go with. Too bad though because using My Location from Google Maps, a program I use all the time, would have been perfect. It only takes a little editing on the PC to make it like I want it to read.
Well the test was skewed. I couldn't reproduce the results lol. I downloaded Inserty and it allowed me to post to my Evernote my location (with some acuracy.) Still can't edit the maps. Not even going to maps.google.com which should. It won't allow real web browsing on that site for some reason.
Does anyone know if it is possible to save a waypoint from the Maps screen (either Google Maps or Waze) "on-the-fly" w/o disconnecting my phone from my head unit? For example, I'm on a very rural road and I come across a place like a roadside farmer's stand or a scenic view, etc and I want to save this spot as a waypoint to either come back to or share it with friends. In my old Garmin GPS all I had to do was tap my screen and I got the option to save a location as a waypoint. I would select that option and then give it a name - easy peasy. I can't seem to be able to do this in Maps in AA. This seems like it should be a very basic thing for any Maps/GPS thing to do. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks.
Might be obvious... Long touch doesn't work?
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I'm using Android Auto in my Seat Arona for two things: music and navigation. I was pretty surprised when I discovered that there's no way to plan my route on the PC (or even phone) and then use this custom route within Android Auto navigation. Or maybe I'm wrong and there is some way to do that?
It does not depend on AA, but on your navigation app. Your are right, as of now, none of the nav apps (Google Maps or Waze) do not provide the possibility to plan custom routes. I'm not sure about Maps, but in Waze is possible to plan a route to include one stop point and to save it for a later time, when you will receive a reminder, if you want. But today, there is nothing comparable to the good old days offline navigation programs or apps.
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me too im in the same situation and was asking same question
unfortunately it's not possible, all you can do is save a destination and once in the car you can select it as it will shows in the favorits (talking abt google maps)
the bad thing is that if you create a custom list of favorite places it won't show up
once in the car, google maps will only shows the saved location in the default list
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me too im in the same situation and was asking same question
unfortunately it's not possible, all you can do is save a destination and once in the car you can select it as it will shows in the favorits (talking abt google maps)
the bad thing is that if you create a custom list of favorite places it won't show up
once in the car, google maps will only shows the saved location in the default list
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I don't know about Maps, but there is no problem to save no matter how many favorites in Waze, and use them whenever you want from within AA. I also miss the custom rides that I could do and save in Microsoft Autoroute Express or iGO app, even so they where working only offline.
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It's so weird that there's no option for that...Especially since both AA and Google Maps are using the same engine.
Anyway, thanks. At least now I know that there's no point in trying to find some solution to that.
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It's so weird that there's no option for that...Especially since both AA and Google Maps are using the same engine.
Anyway, thanks. At least now I know that there's no point in trying to find some solution to that.
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Again, it looks to me that you are confusing AA with Google Maps. AA is only an interface between your phone screen and your car's infotainment system. There are only a few apps that are designed to work through this interface, that is, to run on your phone and to be displayed on your car's touchscreen. One of them is Google Maps and one other is Waze. It doesn't matter if you use Maps or Waze only on your phone or on your car's screen, they simply are not designed to enable custom routes. I agree that they should be improved to enable custom drives.
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Maybe I'm confusing it a little bit but to be honest for me AA is basically Maps + Spotify. And the main message here still remains true - I can access my custom route, designed on desktop, through the Google Maps on my phone but I can't get it on the AA. This is especially annoying when I need to set some unusual place as a target. Place that can't be found by name because it may not have one. I was in this situation and had to find something nearby and then navigate on my own...
Again, I have to contradict you. I tried this evening to use Maps on AA and I have to tell you that I was suprised. Unlike Waze, Google Maps provides the functionality to place more than one stop on your route, even when used on AA. I also found the option to load saved routes, and I think that it doesn't matter how many stop points. I didn't try to prepare the route on my computer abd save it for further use, but I found on Maps, when used on AA, the possibility to load saved routes. All this was tested on an Android phone connected to AA on my car's infotainment system.
Are you using an iPhone? Maybe on iPhone it's not possible, I don't know. But it is sure that everything you say you're missing, it is in fact possible on Maps used on AA with an Android phone.
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No, I have OnePlus 6T.
How did you plan and save it? Do you have access to those saved routes both in AA mode and regular Google Maps on your phone?
I already explained that I did not have the time today to test your scenario. I tried only two scenarios:
1. I started a new drive at home, on my phone only, including only one stop. I couldn't find how to save it. After that, I closed the app on phone without stopping the drive. I later connected the phone in my car, chose Maps instead of Waze, which is my default, and the already planned (at home) drive with one stop was there.
2. Phone being connected to my car and Maps in the foreground, I canceled the previous drive. Now the search box is shown and under it the last two destinations used. When I click on the search box, I'm given a lot of options and between them there is one called Saved. I suppose that if I would have a previously saved route, I would have to find here. I will try tomorrow your scenario and I will also make some screenshots from my car's display to post them here. I'll let you know if it worked or not.
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Thanks!
Actually I was asking exactly for what you just posted now.
If you find some more time to test that it would be really great!
I had to make your scenario on my own to see if I get that saved route.
Here are some examples from today, everything is possible in Maps, unlike in Waze. The only thing that I didn't test is to save an entire drive planned on Maps on Windows and then retrieve it in Maps when opened in AA.
I'll post links to my youtube account because the video clips are to big to upload them here.
https://youtu.be/xsR0UXcEpa8
https://youtu.be/WbbnMSYrj1U
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Ok, that's weird. I don't have all those options like "Favorites" or "Labeled". I had one starred point there that I had to add by accident long time ago but I can't remove it. I mean, I did remove it from full Google Maps but it's still there on the AA version. I've manage to make one address starred and that showed up in AA. But that's it. I wonder if it's because I have some setting turned off or something...
It's not about any setting. Just open Maps on phone or laptop.
Search for an address you would like to have it as a favorite. When you find it, let's say on your phone, you will see on the bottom of the screen a few buttons. If you scroll to the right you'll find the Save button. Press it and you'll be given three options: Favorites, Want to go and Starred places. Choose where you want to store the address. After that, going back to AA, you'll find your address under the category you saved it on. I think you don't see the different categories because you never used them, that is, you never saved anything under any category besides Favorites. After you will make your favorites database, planning a multiple stop drive straight on the car's screen will be very easy.
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It doesn't work for me like that. I did save one destination at the "Want to go" and it simply doesn't show up. I don't have those categories visible at all. Those favs shows up directly, no categories before.
I'll test that more throughout the weekend. Thanks for your help with that. At least I know there's some way to simplify searching for location.
Check if you have all involved apps updated. What Android version you have? I am on Pie (9) because I've heard that there are still many unsolved problems on 10 and AA. Wish you luck!
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I'm on Android 10 with AA being 5.4. So maybe it is somehow related.
I'll check maps later. Thanks for your help!
You're welcome!
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I've manage to get categories. I think the issue was that I had turned off some tracking from Google that probably prevented synchronization. I'm not 100% sure that really was the case but at least now I've got access to the points I could define on phone or PC. Not the ideal solution but I'm closer to final effect than before.
Happy to hear you're closer to the solution. If you have routes with multiple stop points that you drive everyday, I would suggest to try to plan such a route on your computer, save it as a map in My Maps category, and than see if it is possible to use it on phone or AA as an already made route.
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