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I just received the new Maps 5.0 update with promised features such as 3D view. Well, we got 3D viewing, but where are all the 3D buildings that I saw screenshots of???
Right now only 100 cities are supported with 3D viewing around the world. Mine's working fine because I live in L.A.
So...if a program is installed with the ROM, i.e. in the ROM package such as google maps with cyanogenmod then, to update to the latest version of said app would you have to created a flashable zip to overwrite the existing apk?
Edit: definitely disregard my market just hadn't updated cuz I was in a ****ty reception spot lol
thatkidjoe said:
Right now only 100 cities are supported with 3D viewing around the world. Mine's working fine because I live in L.A.
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How is it working?? I went to LA and no 3D buildings are shown. Do you view Terrain? Satellite? I'm confused as to why it's not working.
I've tried LA, Chicago, New York, none work.
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How is it working?? I went to LA and no 3D buildings are shown. Do you view Terrain? Satellite? I'm confused as to why it's not working.
I've tried LA, Chicago, New York, none work.
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did you zoom in? you have to go to like the most zoom possible.
I live in Philadelphia and the 3d buildings end two blocks from our house
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did you zoom in? you have to go to like the most zoom possible.
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Yep, I zoomed in. Someone give me a friggin address I can go right to and see it.
I'm seeing the 3d buildings but i cant tilt.
I typed in Philadelphia, PA... went right to where it took me by default.. no 3d buildings all the way zoomed in on Terrain or Satellite layers.. nada zip...
Ok WOW i got it working.. I didnt know I could turn the layers off completely.. It only works when no layers are turned on at all!
I turned all of my layers off, searched for LA, zoomed in (layers still off) and still no tilt
you used both two fingers then, drag down. that would tilt the map.
I did, still nothing :/
Im not getting any tilt or rotate with gmm 5.0 either. Also I dont think I'm getting the vector graphics, because when I zoom in and out I still get the pixelated, blurry blocks like I always have. Maybe because I'm still running 2.1?
3D buildings are also not working for my Droid X. I am running stock build 2.2 Froyo rooted. I have no roms or themes. I've tried it with all layers off, searching LA and also Vancouver BC. Just tried San Francisco's Mission St. all the way zoomed with GPS on and no layers, still nothing.
I am so utterly confused as to why this is working for some people and not others. Only thing I can think of is that it is server side, since it appears to be completely at random which phones will work and which ones will not.
*Edit, just went back to the phone and tried again. This time it worked for the first time. All I did was tild the view level with two fingers swiping downward, then zoomed in level by level using the +/_ on screen buttons until 3D showed up. Sweet!
Make sure all layers are turned off. Go to Philadelphia, PA or maybe even New York, NY or possibly Chicago, IL. Zoom all the way in at first and wait a few seconds for it to all load. Take both fingers (seperated by about 0.25" from each other) and drag down on the screen or up on the screen depending on the tilt action. It doesn't tilt much, but some.
The only thing I cannot get working is the rotation. I don't think the screen recognizes it correctly perhaps?
Anywho, it's a nifty feature for someone who walks around the city a lot! Or, just for the eyecandy factor?
Hi guys, i cant find google maps 5 in the market. The version i am running is still 4.5. I am also on liberated fr8.
Please advice how i can get the latest update. Thanks!
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Go to NYC, Manhattan to test the 3D buildings.
Note that 3D view kicks in only at a certain level of detail. Just keep zooming it. For me, both 3D and tilting works fine -- running Froyo Liberated FR0008 Stable Release.
If it's not working, please post details about your setup. Which OS?
It's working for me - CM6.1 Stable (android 2.2)
Unrooted aria 2.1, 3D tilt not working
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Unrooted aria 2.1, 3D tilt not working
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAh4yiCzgKw
If you can see the 3d buildings, then you obviously have google maps 5.0, this video demonstrates how to correctly do everything, including the 3d tilt.
what the hell is i am seeing?
3d not working in Google Maps 5 on DHD??????
i am seriously disappointed
Edit: reinstalled google maps and it started working again...., sorry all for the confusion
Its working for me, turn off any layers and go to New York, then make sure you zoom in far enough
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Its working for me, turn off any layers and go to New York, then make sure you zoom in far enough
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i have tried clearing the cache and open again....same problem
can anyone else confirm this? i am on Android Revolution HD 1.9.2
it works on modaco custom
Works here, you have to use zoom in a lot in supported cities and you'll see buildings popping out. You can alo tilt the map to have a better view. I still can't believe they have 3D buildings in Melbourne and Tasmania, but not Sydney.
Where can I get this update? Because I am trying on my Desire HD routed Android Revolution 1.9.2. But still no update?
THX
olivierlee said:
Works here, you have to use zoom in a lot in supported cities and you'll see buildings popping out. You can alo tilt the map to have a better view. I still can't believe they have 3D buildings in Melbourne and Tasmania, but not Sydney.
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Thats hilarious!
chowdarygm said:
what the hell is i am seeing?
3d not working in Google Maps 5 on DHD??????
i am seriously disappointed
Edit: reinstalled google maps and it started working again...., sorry all for the confusion
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Useless for us in the U.K. as all of our buildings are as short as our garden gnomes, can't see any buildings which google have bothered to render in 3D....shame....
Update: I can confirm that the 3D render is not working on Cyanogen 6.1
Somehow it works in US only.
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Somehow it works in US only.
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It works for me on the Melbourne, Australia maps.
Okay so if you go to the Telenav OTA site at ota.telenav.com/tn and click T-Mobile as your carrier, then click the Vibrant 4G, it is completely compatible with the Captivate. Basic navigation is now free (including voice navigation, automatic re-routing, etc) and the full premium navigation (which includes SPEED TRAPS among traffic and all sorts of other things) is only $2.99 a month - MUCH better than paying at&t $9.99 a month and this app is much better than the stock at&t Navigator app and worlds better than Google Navigation, which quite often thinks you aren't on the right road when you're dealing with a highly populated area with lots of roads.
Also, unlike Google Nav, TeleNav will continue to work without a tower signal, it will just tell you to turn without the street name. I know this from experience when I drove from Colorado to Arizona and was driving through Hatch, NM and had no signal from Sprint or any roaming partner and still got navigation directions.
Just thought I'd post this up here. I decided to check out the OTA site and see what's up.
Also, if you download it directly from the device, it will tell you it can't recognize your device and you just hit Samsung, then Vibrant 4G.
I do not know if this works on non T-Mobile ROMs but I don't see why it wouldn't. Let me know what you guys think.
Nice find. Thank you.
Awesome find. Thank you for sharing. Will log in tomorrow from pc to vote this up and a thank you.
-couldn't wait logged into dolphin for this one. Already found atm's around me. Curious on one as it is in a neighborhood.
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Thanks for this been looking for this but wasn't available in the us yet
Thanks. Only if my gps worked great
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So far, looks great on my Cog 4 loaded Cap. (My GPS sees to work oretty well, but I have not tested it that much.)
It crashed (the entire phone) on the initial run, but I have not had problems since then.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. Loaded as you recommended. Curious why not identify as att?
Just checked tele nav's maps almost instant lock pinpoint on house went into google maps no lock after 30 seconds. In the nav mode also almost instant lock and immediate directions.... Will check in morning see how tracking works. Can only hope. If it works as well as the locks will have a usable gps finally.
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Great find. Instant locks and great accuracy. Will test navigation tomorrow and report back. Thanks OP.
Really nice app. Thanks op
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Glad everyone is loving it! It appears that this version is ONLY for the Vibrant 4G so its kick ass that it works on our phones. I used it for navigation today because I got so pissed with Google Navigation always thinking I'm on a street that I'm not and it was FLAWLESS the entire route.
I may very well may the 2.99 a month - sure beats 9.99 a month and the lane assistance is helpful when you're traveling somewhere you haven't been before. Nothing worse than being in the wrong exit lane and ending up either almost getting in an accident changing lanes at the last minute or ending up going the wrong way and finding 5 street lights with no U-turns and ending up 15 minutes out of your way before you can turn around.
By the way, I'm running this on Firefly, which already has amazing GPS, and Google Navigation still can't track me anywhere near as well as TeleNav. On top of that, the screen can be set to be off unless you're at a turn - massive battery saver over Google Nav.
Hooray for a GPS program that works...stupid google maps...
Yeah I was trying to remember the OTA address for TN and when I was typing it in the browser, Google auto-filled the /tn for me and I figured the Vibrant 4G is pretty much a Galaxy S with HSPA+ 21Mbps, tried it, and it works fantastic.
Hehe us Captivate users should pressure the company to releasing one for the Captivate. Then again big brother AT&T might not allow them.
-Edit, tried to poke around the choices on the captivate and one link took me to the Market. Drum Roll, and displayed ATT Navigator.
Yeah, at&t navigator sucks ass compared to this version. Plus its a 6 dollar a month difference in cost or you can use it for free...
PERFECT! Also running on Firefly, locks in seconds!! Great find
mopo01 said:
Thanks for the tip. Loaded as you recommended. Curious why not identify as att?
Just checked tele nav's maps almost instant lock pinpoint on house went into google maps no lock after 30 seconds. In the nav mode also almost instant lock and immediate directions.... Will check in morning see how tracking works. Can only hope. If it works as well as the locks will have a usable gps finally.
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Wow finally got a nav system that actually knows where i am. while all the gps fixes out there helped alot it actually seems to be a issue with google maps/nav. only thing i liked about google maps was the ability to have the map in the direction i was going . Methinks that a working nav/maps is better
once again Thanks for the info
Wow this is actually amazing!
I always wondered if google maps had issues with our phone... Maybe it actually does?
qwertyaas said:
Wow this is actually amazing!
I always wondered if google maps had issues with our phone... Maybe it actually does?
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Not just our phones - Google Maps has issues with all phones because it thinks we are on streets we are not - my Evo did the same damn thing.
If I helped you guys, please remember the Thanks button - it really does a lot for credibility on the site. Thanks
Very nice find. +1 thanks
I am heading on a trip across country and rather then rent a GPS from the car rental company I figured I would use my Xoom for the Navigation. Has anyone used any of the offline GPS software on their xoom?
I thought about using Google maps but I can only figure out how to download 10 miles of map for offline.
I tried Motonav (I extracted the APK from my cel) and Sygic, both worked fine. But I do not know where are you from so you might not have maps with this apps. Sygic is full screen app and motonav is not full screen, it is almost 60% of the xoom screen.
I have co pilot live. Works great. You just have to download the us map.
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Are you pretty sure it isn't illegal to have that massive tablet in the middle of your windshield wherever you live?
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I personally don't know, if it is illegal, I o lnly knoe, that in Corea te car have their systems the siz that one is, and thry are regulary in use.
No one (I could see) is using small one , we are used to ...bye
Whatever you do don't buy the navigon app!
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Lol. I dont have it literally mounted for gps. Im pretty sure i would get ticketed. I bought the mount for other purposes. Or at least find a way to mount above the glove and not the windshield itself
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I am heading on a trip across country and rather then rent a GPS from the car rental company I figured I would use my Xoom for the Navigation. Has anyone used any of the offline GPS software on their xoom?
I thought about using Google maps but I can only figure out how to download 10 miles of map for offline.
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well depending on exactly how you are going to use it. if its a point A to point B type of trip that is within the same day(unless you leave the xoom on and the nav app open the whole time) then using the nav app that comes already installed will work fine. as long as you have an intrernet connection at the start to set down the points youre fine. it already automatically downloads the whole route and map and lets say you take a detour, the nav will reroute without any need of internet. but once you reach your destination, youll need an internet connection to set down a new destination. and if you set down the layers at the begining so it tells you where all the gas stations are and all that, there is no real reason to go and buy a new nav app.
i use the stock maps and nav apps that come with it all the time and my xoom is a wifi only and i take it on loooong trips and ive never gotten lost, even when ive taken huge detours off the intended path. so i recomend you use the stock nav app since it already has offline nav built into it.
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I have co pilot live. Works great. You just have to download the us map.
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X 2. CO PILOT is awesome.
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whats so awesome about co pilot? for a 9.99 app or 24.99 for premium it better get me to where i'm going. and reviews on marketplace don't tout it as awesome. unless only people who are complainers are only ones reviewing the app.
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well depending on exactly how you are going to use it. if its a point A to point B type of trip that is within the same day(unless you leave the xoom on and the nav app open the whole time) then using the nav app that comes already installed will work fine. as long as you have an intrernet connection at the start to set down the points youre fine. it already automatically downloads the whole route and map and lets say you take a detour, the nav will reroute without any need of internet. but once you reach your destination, youll need an internet connection to set down a new destination. and if you set down the layers at the begining so it tells you where all the gas stations are and all that, there is no real reason to go and buy a new nav app.
i use the stock maps and nav apps that come with it all the time and my xoom is a wifi only and i take it on loooong trips and ive never gotten lost, even when ive taken huge detours off the intended path. so i recomend you use the stock nav app since it already has offline nav built into it.
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I agree, learn to use maps and nav. It might take a few minutes, but then you've learned a valuable skill and saved money.
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whats so awesome about co pilot? for a 9.99 app or 24.99 for premium it better get me to where i'm going. and reviews on marketplace don't tout it as awesome. unless only people who are complainers are only ones reviewing the app.
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By far the only and best offline navi for android. If tom tom ever comes out for android id be on top of that. Second. Who says you have to pay for apps.
Look on the market for an app called Locus.
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whats so awesome about co pilot? for a 9.99 app or 24.99 for premium it better get me to where i'm going. and reviews on marketplace don't tout it as awesome. unless only people who are complainers are only ones reviewing the app.
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I use copilot live 8.2.0.368 and it works great. I've used it since my HTC G1. Those market reviews must be from those who lack common sense.
As an owner of several android devices I've been thinking of getting a Nexus 7 tablet as a replacement for my Garmin GPS unit. The GPS unit I have today cost me $400 when I bought it and when I look at the platform it's a slow processor, 4gb of on-board storage, god awful voice control and 4 hours of use without the power. It led me to think about ditching it and using the Nexus 7 solely as my GPS but I think it would take some work to make it operate as a traditional GPS and it would need some thought around these areas;
Interface or Launcher - I'm thinking something similar to HTC Car or a full launcher replacement to lead right into a GPS app.
Mapping Program - There are several programs out there like NavFree and CoPilot but I still hope that Garmin Street-pilot comes to Android
Power Management - As your car starts the tablet to start and fire up the mapping app/Car Launcher without a ton of notifications and stuff (suppressed maybe?) and as your car powers off the tablet needs to shut itself down after let's say 5 minutes of no active power.
Traffic Updates - I'm not too sure how this can be done without a subscription in an app like CoPilot
Voice Command - I'm hoping Google Now! with a mapping app as the default it should be like 1000x more accurate at voice recognition. I think it needs a way to have a voice control daemon listening for a magic phrase to accept a command.
Enhanced POIs - it would be awesome if Poi could launch the native app associated with if need be.
these are just some of my random thoughts I was wondering what you guys thought? I think it could be done relatively simply and it'd be something i'd be willing to pay for to improve my GPS experience than the limited tech included in today's GPS navigation devices.
For the launcher idea, you could just spam a whole ton of maps icons all over the home screen. Then place some nfc stickers all over your car so you could activate wifi hotspot from your phone and activate wifi from your tablet to pair the 2 devices to use google maps.
I typed all that with google voice typing. Oh my goodness this is amazing.
Edit: By spam I mean placing a poopton of 2x2 squares of Maps, Navigation, Places, My Tracks, so that if you miss a tap with your finger, you won't dangerously scramble to resolve the issue and impair your driving.
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Be aware that a lot of what you are asking for relies on internet connectivity with an Android device. Might need to tether for best results!
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Garmin bought out Navigon which I hope means that application will improve. Currently it's a steaming pile of poo though and can't touch the ease of use of Google Maps. The shear act of trying to search for an address in these GPS applications (particularly Navigon) when one has been used to the simplicity of Google Maps is enough to make one want to throw the device against a wall. I say keep your Garmin and supplement it with Google Maps.
There's something to be said for the simplicity of having integrated google services, like planning a road trip on your desktop in Google Maps and having all of your favorites right there on your android device along with other useful information like websites and reviews. As others have stated though, you will need internet access.
Ive been testing it out a little bit. Obviously the stock google offerings are no good if you are trying to do this without a data connection.It looks like navFree is the best option i have used so far, nice interface and maps, accurate and good voice guidance. The only thing i dont like about this app is there is literally no way to cancel guidance mid trip, unless you just add a new destination. I like the co-pilot app too but once i used it in the car it become apparent there is no voice guidance, at least for the free version.
Won't work with polarized sunglasses in landscape, though.
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Won't work with polarized sunglasses in landscape, though.
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That's how I have my Gnex mounted in my car and I can see it just fine with my polarized glasses.
Is the AMOLED different?
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That's how I have my Gnex mounted in my car and I can see it just fine with my polarized glasses.
Is the AMOLED different?
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There's a thread about it around here somewhere, something about the way the screen is made. If you search for polarized sunglasses I think you'll find it.
I pretty much bought it just for this. Although after using it for a little bit i am liking it more than my tf300.
I used it for a few trips with it tethered in car with google navigation and waze and it works well. The audio is piped through aux port and sounds good enough. However the mount i got from ebay is terrible... It shakes really bad, so hoping i can find a better mount.
And finally still looking for a car charger.
Also using go launcher so i can mount it landscape.
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That's how I have my Gnex mounted in my car and I can see it just fine with my polarized glasses.
Is the AMOLED different?
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My SGS2 works in both, but it blacks out if you turn it 45 degrees clockwise (or 270 CCW) . iPad has the same problem, but in portrait mode.
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Check this out - http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/upvy9/android_car_project/
Actually, I had the same thought. Forgive the possibly stupid questions but.
1. First of all does the Nex7 even have a GPS chip? If so has anyone tested it for navigation to see how reliable it is?
2. Has anyone seen a car dock that will fit a 7" monster like this?
3. How reliable is GMaps offline? I have an EVO LTE but have not saved any map data offline - I wonder if I were to save my whole metropolitan area on an N7 if GMaps would be feasible.
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Actually, I had the same thought. Forgive the possibly stupid questions but.
1. First of all does the Nex7 even have a GPS chip? If so has anyone tested it for navigation to see how reliable it is?
2. Has anyone seen a car dock that will fit a 7" monster like this?
3. How reliable is GMaps offline? I have an EVO LTE but have not saved any map data offline - I wonder if I were to save my whole metropolitan area on an N7 if GMaps would be feasible.
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1 - Yes. It has a real GPS chip. User reports suggest it's very reliable, but I cannot comment as I don't own a N7 yet.
2 - I've seen some huge GPS units, but never a tablet mount. That said, check this link out.
3 - GMaps in offline mode can only cache select areas that you specify. When I go down south in a few weeks, I don't anticipate using Google Maps since their offline feature is (without being too mean) a joke. I'll probably be using NavFree or some other full featured offline GPS apps that I've read about on these forums. I love Google Navigation, but c'mon - how long have we been requesting offline maps? If other apps can take care of it, I'll easily switch to them to take care of the job.
Navfree, navigon and sygic work offline
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Navfree, navigon and sygic work offline
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Can you by chance comment a little further on these apps if you have experience with them? I'm curious how big they are when fully downloaded. Likewise I'm curious if I can download offline sections of the United States, but not the entire thing. For example, I don't want to have the entire globe downloaded if I'm only going to be traveling up and down the east coast, etc.
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. . . And finally still looking for a car charger. . .
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http://store.griffintechnology.com/ipad/ipad-3/powerjolt-dual - dual outlets with full 10 watts of power for iPad or other tablets.
GPS seems pretty accurate. Took this sitting on my covered, south-facing front porch with WiFi turned off. This is after about fifteen seconds of measuring.
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Co-pilot fan
I have been using co-pilot for quite some time. It works flawless on my a500 tablet. And on my Huawei cell phone. It keeps maps up to date . There live traffic does cost a bit and you would need to tether to your phone to get the Right now accuracy. I do not think you need to reconfigure the tablet in any way. If you want CO - PILOT ONLY Edit the boot init script to boot co- pilot on start. FREEZE ALL OTHER APPS OR remove them (root needed for those two things ) .
I have tried many gps apps CO -PILOT IS by far the best and most accurate. GOOGLE MAPS will have you going wrong way on one way street . or showing you driving thru a field where there is now Roads. .
good luck
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Actually, I had the same thought. Forgive the possibly stupid questions but.
1. First of all does the Nex7 even have a GPS chip? If so has anyone tested it for navigation to see how reliable it is?
2. Has anyone seen a car dock that will fit a 7" monster like this?
3. How reliable is GMaps offline? I have an EVO LTE but have not saved any map data offline - I wonder if I were to save my whole metropolitan area on an N7 if GMaps would be feasible.
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I have used a piece of Velcro to mount my Garmin, but don't know if Velcro will stick to the Nexus.
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GPS seems pretty accurate. Took this sitting on my covered, south-facing front porch with WiFi turned off. This is after about fifteen seconds of measuring.
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Was going to ask what app you were using to get this data but I found it myself, just wanted to post the link in case anyone else wanted to know:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest
Going to give this a go on my N7 right now!
EDIT: I gave it a go and I can say that the GPS on N7 picks up satellites a heck of a lot better than my cell phone (Optimus 2X) and my actual dedicated Garmin GPS. I'm getting a connection to 10 satellites while *indoors* (couple meters from a window, sitting at a desk). It's about 39 feet accuracy from this position. I'll test it standing outside my front door and see how the accuracy improved and update this post further.
EDIT2: Standing out on my driveway I get the same accuracy as above (20 feet) connected to 12 satellites - from Toronto, Ontario.