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iPhone nav app that isn't abysmal?
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You obviously don't live in the 'burbs, where it's not cool to have straight roads, but you still gotta get your kid to a birthday party at 16154 Skylane Drive, which you better not confuse with Skylane Court, Circle, Avenue, Bay, Parkway, Trail, Road, Place, Loop, Point, Pass, Terrace or Way.
No GPS could have told me where I was going when I said "I do", but here I am.
Oh, the actual topic...
I use a standalone TomTom for trips, but I embellish with Waze and the built in Maps.
Regards,
Tom
Navigon was my fave on the iPhones after trying/buying quite a few. Waze, horrible enough said, consistent wrong directions or traffic or especially stupid things like getting off an exit and through some city streets and back on an exit for no reason or just getting off an exit too soon and driving rest of the way through city. May work better in some areas but sure as hell not in my use playing with it.
Many people do not know where they are going. This surprises you? I'm always surprised when I meet someone who does.
I like Waze so far - though it has asked me to make a few illegal/impossible turns (the one time it asked me to make a left turn, but there was a concrete barrier between the two directions; the other time it asked me to make a right where it was prohibitted)
You've never travelled to a new place? One could print paper directions I suppose - but unless you have a passenger to read them off for you, that's not really convenient.
You've never travelled to a new place? One could print paper directions I suppose - but unless you have a passenger to read them off for you, that's not really convenient.
I have a GPS auto device for the car. I rarely use it. I drove cross country twice without maps. It ain't difficult.
It's one thing to drive cross country, it's another to get to a specific destination in a town that is not organized in a grid. I can drive to sanfrancisco pretty easily too - just get on I-80W and go. I might even be able to find a specific address in SF. But ask me to find a house in a small town near SF, and I (and most likely most people) will get lost without the use of a map.
Let's say I'm going to an unfamiliar state/town and need to get to a specific address. The town in question is not organized in a grid, and the street names don't follow any pattern. The street in question is not immediately off any highways; 10+ miles of local routes must be taken to reach the destination. No point of contact exists for directions. How is one supposed to know exactly how to get there without a map? Unless you can manage to memorize the 55 million miles of road in the US, you can't say there's no place for maps (and by extension GPS)... And don't give me any crap about how in the old days people managed. In the old days, you could still go to something like AAA and have them draw out a route for you.
I dont use a GPS often, but it has been extremely helpful in certain situations. I also find real-time traffic guidance to be invaluable; saved me several hours in multiple instances. Also very useful when driving in an unfamiliar country
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A cyber thanks to those who recommended Waze. It truly is remarkable how it's free. I'll start using it as my main GPS application from now on.
The maps are greatly outdated in Waze, but for the most part it's a great app. I wouldn't rely on it as a main GPS, but certainly try it out and see how it works for you.