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vurt
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 Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 14:35 Post subject: Car GPS? |
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A friend is looking for a GPS for his car when he's travelling in europe (germany) and in south america (where i will follow him next year, so this is of interest to me as well)
Any advice what to get? I'm totally clueless when it comes to GPS.. My friend (who i bet is also quite clueless) says it's better to buy e.g a Garmin car GPS than to just use a mobile GPS in case there's no connection (i guess car GPS's connects to sateliltes so there's always a connection?)
Are there any fairly cheap ones where you can uploaded maps to both europe and to south america, or do you have to alter between the two? Usually you see "comes with free updates" whatever that means, does it mean you're free to update to whatever map you want or does it mean it will update the map with new roads etc..?
Thanks
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 14:41 Post subject: |
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im using here maps on android and with a big enough phone its quite good. just download the needed maps before hand and enjoy. It's free, so designated gps devices will most likely be better. Had lots of software troubles with my tomtom though, which were sometimes caused by living in estonia.
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 14:51 Post subject: |
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some remote parts in south america doesnt even have mobile connection, so there a mobile connection is worthless though.. but i bet it works great in europe.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 14:59 Post subject: |
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here maps can use offline material. dl prior and you are good. mobile connection isnt necessary. establishing sat connection can take longer without one though (a-gps -> assisted gps, gets the satellite position for you location online).
only difference between a navigation app on smarty and a dedicated navi system is the gps antenna, might get a better signal with a dedicated one (especially if it got a cabled antenna to put on the window). but i think that only matters if you do not have clear sight (i.e. very fucking bad weather or in tunnels etc)
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:00 Post subject: |
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here maps can download offline maps. you don't need to be online to use it.
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:04 Post subject: |
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hmm so you can get a satellite connection, even if there isnt a mobile connection? I dont understand how offline is of use if it can't track you.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:05 Post subject: |
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what does a gps signal has to do with mobile data connection? right -> NOTHING. i assume you confused gps with gprs
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:09 Post subject: |
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As i said in the first post, i'm clueless about GPS, i have no idea what a GPRS is.
So ok, a mobile phone with a GPS app is just as good as a dedicated GPS then?
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:23 Post subject: |
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gprs (general packet radio system) is a mobile standard to transfer data (i.e. your mobile internet connection before umts and lte). gps (global positioning system) is used to determine you location and therefore for calculating a route from point a to point b
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 15:31 Post subject: |
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You can get a TomTom and Garmin gps really cheap, so might as well get that.
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 17:17 Post subject: |
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OK thanks, I guess he just have to try for himself what works best, he already have a quite recent android phone with a fairly large screen, so if there are free gps apps he can try both.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 18:47 Post subject: |
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google maps works well even if you have no connection you can still see your position in the map, without itinerary in this case.
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 20:51 Post subject: |
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how does the tracking work with no connection?
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 21:02 Post subject: |
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FFS!!!! TRACKING (GPS) HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MOBILE CONNECTION!!! (which is needed for googles online map service!)
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 21:06 Post subject: |
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Using phone is never good idea if you're travelling to other countries than your own, since data traffic usually costs a buttload outside the country you got your phone carrier.
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 21:28 Post subject: |
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FFS THE SECOND! OFFLINE MAPS, dont know if google support that but here does! or buy navigon,garmin whatever apps for 100 bucks... just make sure you deactivate every data transfer cause of a-gps
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couleur
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| Posted: Tue, 8th Sep 2015 22:44 Post subject: |
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If you google a bit you can even find free apps with Openstreetmaps. I cannot recommend one since I dont use one. I've got the TomTom App a few years ago and it works pretty much exactly like their devices.
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