Driving apps, whats your favorite?

[BigClay]

So we all (well most) know about google maps and waze for taking care or our driving GPS needs, but what else is out there that you like?

 

[RatLabGuy]

An atlas, with e occasional use of a compass.

 

[UTfball68]

The wife’s navigation in her expedition is pretty sweet, scares the shit out of me every time it starts talking when I don’t expect a traffic condition update for my route though.

Otherwise I just use the iPhone...

 

[GotWood]

Ways. Seems to do the best at spotting police.

 

[Lizooki]

If you need more than Waze while driving , you're doing too much while driving.

 

[No fries]

I use waze too, my Android auto doesn't always connect, any other car phone interface apps too id be interested.

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[obullfish]

Mapquest

 

[Southern_Transplant]

Android Auto, Google Maps, and YouTube Music are the three apps running in the Jeep whenever I get in.

Google has done a good job with auto launch and integration between these apps. Google Maps seems to do better on Fort Bragg than Waze. Waze always routes to closed gates or doesn't recognize roads for some reason.

 

[Ron]

Used to love Waze until google bought them.
Then they gutted them and now they are killing them

 

[jeepyjman]

Used to love Waze until google bought them.
Then they gutted them and now they are killing them

what did waze lose? I guess i never noticed. I know they got bought out.

 

[paulevans76]

I use waze to figure out how far off my speedometer is and then usually default to google maps. Waze seems to get stuck on certain routes and alternate routes, and I'll have to give it a break for a while before it's worth using again.

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

I guess I am old school and just use the one between my ears.

 

[RenegadeT]

I use Waze for the community 5-0 alerts.
If I'm going somewhere I've never been or need directions to, I kick it semi-old school and check it out on google maps before I leave, jot down notes and a crude map on a post it note.

 

[kaiser715]

I guess I am old school and just use the one between my ears.

Valuable skill to have. Every vehicle I have has 5 state maps in it. NC, VA, SC, TN, GA. The RV and Jeep have a nation-wide road atlas.

Too many folks probably couldn't do their daily commute without their GPS.

 

[kaiser715]

And...

I have been trying out the Copilot GPS app. Has RV routing (based on rig size you enter). Biggest plus is that all the maps are downloaded (to control storage size, you can just download a region, or the whole US, or all of North America, etc.). Up in the mountains and places with no Internet access, you can still do full routing and trip planning.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I use waze to figure out how far off my speedometer is and then usually default to google maps. Waze seems to get stuck on certain routes and alternate routes, and I'll have to give it a break for a while before it's worth using again.

Google maps now displays current speed when you are in navigation.

 

[No fries]

I am constantly looking for addresses due to work, sometimes have to default back to map quest, or Google maps, (no uncle Steve directions for me) New building with no existing address can be hard to find at times, then a new and a new building I am constantly telling guys what land marks to turn at or providing something close to where they need to go.

Side note
Before GPS was common we were returning from a family vacation in OH and decided to take an alternate route, my wife was the navigator. Kids were young and asking when we would be home so I kept them informed what state we were going to be in next. "Well as soon as we cross the river kids we will be in WV one state away from NC". Ravenswood is just 10 minutes away probably. You can see the bridge in the distance, as we draw nearer........... WTF........... Ashland KINTUCKY!!!! Ever since then my wife has not had the role of navigator.

@tknopp you don't need a GPS to go to your shop do you?

 

[CasterTroy]

Since Google bought Waze you get both features of waze:

Google maps now displays current speed when you are in navigation.

Ways. Seems to do the best at spotting police.

And I've found the popo feature to be damn accurate.

I use Google on the Tablet when I'm in the tow rig

 

[rcalexander105]

Since Google bought Waze you get both features of waze:







And I've found the popo feature to be damn accurate.

I use Google on the Tablet when I'm in the tow rig

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If you'd just update this...

You'd have more room for those throw shifts I've seen up into 3rd

Could also have CarPlay, Android Auto, backup camera to backup Shaq to Big Bertha, etc. at your disposal

[[Cue the old man #GETOFFMYLAWN replies...]]

 

[CasterTroy]

If you'd just update this...

#cheapbastard

 

[kaiser715]

Funniest thing I heard was when I was hanging out with a progress lineman one time. Coworker called him to get directions to his farm. Instead of roads, he gave directions in power lines.....I forget all the power line lingo, but it was something like "start from the county line substation, then follow lineset 12 to the Asbury split....."

 

[UTfball68]

Valuable skill to have. Every vehicle I have has 5 state maps in it. NC, VA, SC, TN, GA. The RV and Jeep have a nation-wide road atlas.

Too many folks probably couldn't do their daily commute without their GPS.

Ha...that just made my heart smile. I haven’t used an atlas in years. But every time I visit my grandparents in Florida...the last visit with them, my grandfather busts out his trusty Rand McNally to show me the route he’d take. Note, he hasn’t driven outside of Largo, Fl for about a decade, and hasn’t been a road warrior in two decades. So his atlas is at least 20 years old...but he always shows me, and I listen like it’s the first I’ve ever driven...even though I’ve made that trip at least 2-3 times/yr for the last 6-7 years. But to his credit, I haven’t gotten lost yet...so I guess it’s working.

 

[rockcity]

And...

I have been trying out the Copilot GPS app. Has RV routing (based on rig size you enter). Biggest plus is that all the maps are downloaded (to control storage size, you can just download a region, or the whole US, or all of North America, etc.). Up in the mountains and places with no Internet access, you can still do full routing and trip planning.

be careful with the RV option... I tried it and others on my trip out west and it nearly doubled the travel time to destinations. And, it tried to take us down dirt roads with open range cattle guards. Not good for a 35,000 lb RV.

we started using Google Maps and spent a couple minutes previewing the routes and were very safe with the chosen routes via Google Maps.

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

@tknopp you don't need a GPS to go to your shop do you?

No thank goodness. I just have to head North when I leave the house.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Google Maps also has the best and most complete traffic data, which I use twice a day, every day, to determine my route to and from work. It can save a ton of time if you can find a good route before you are stuck.