Maps has direct competition from Waze. This is another application you can use to navigate the world with driving directions. While there are many GPS apps available, these two are the most dependable and consistent. These have a similar approach, but Waze has a more simplistic style. This app does a lot more than just point you in the right direction, though.
It has a wide variety of extra features that make it a must-have. These include reviews, personalized location suggestions, route options, bus stop information, group planning add-ons, and more. It has a few options you can select with different priorities. When you swap between these, the interface changes accordingly. The Maps public transport feature is also fantastic. You can see the times for each stop. If any vehicle is running late, a nifty notification will pop up.
You can access tons of settings and tweaks with a slide of your finger to the right. You can swap between satellite and roads for a different visual feel; this comes down to personal preference, though. The app responds to the day and night cycle. It switches to a dark theme or white to reflect the local time. For example, if you love a specific bakery, you can mark it with a tag of varied colors.
Google Earth has a very similar approach to the general interface. In both apps, you can drop down to surface level with the and explore different areas in degrees. Google Earth lacks the navigation options, though. Maps has a huge database of information to draw from. Millions of stores, restaurants, shopping malls, hospitals, and more, flood the app whenever you use it.
This feedback system is generated by the user base and has no censorship other than for profanity and hate speech. For this reason, Maps is the best option when you need honest opinions on different places and services. The app also has a point system. When you jot down notes on an experience you have, you get a few points. You accumulate these with picture uploads and whenever you answer specific questions.
Overall, the Google review feature is easy to use and useful for finding sincere feedback. Maps has a list of topics you can sift through. Each of these is a group of similar services or locations that you might need. These include coffee, restaurants, groceries, attractions, gas stations, and more. All in all, Google Maps has everything you need for moving around the city or heading off on a long road trip. Watch out for battery usage, however, because this application drains power quite quickly.
With this app in your pocket, you can go anywhere. In the latest patch you can share your location. You can set this to last for 24 hours or until you turn it off. You can also let other drivers and travellers know if there are speed cameras, police, or roadblocks in the city.
Today im in st. Augeststien fla. Looking for a local eatery this app was useless. It was recommend to me by a couple of people that do a lot of hiking. They said they felt it was the best for that. This was a couple years ago, so I would hope it is still of the same quality. Sygic is my navigator of choice, been using it for some years and find it great, maps are updated regularly and are pretty accurate. Always use a in car charger as the battery drain is severe.
Use it in both phone and tablet, great product. Sygic is terrible compared to what it used to be. Much more difficult to use, less accurate and featureless maps compared to just about any other app available.
HERE Maps everytime. For OpenStreetMap data and walking Locus maps. For Traffic data - Waze or Google maps which use Waze data. Surprised , shocked even that OsmAnd is not included.
Mapping very good and accurate. Very responsive. Free version gives 7 maps minus 1 for the world map you must download. Includes walking and cycling as well as driving plus off road possibilities. Worth looking at. I can also thoroughly recommend using MAPS.
ME too. I discovered it when I was in Hong Kong for two days, downloaded the maps using the hotel's website then went out exploring with no 4G. It worked flawlessly, including turn by turn voice nav The maps auto prompt you to update them periodically too, so you're never out of date.
Need to add that my favorite is MAPS. I was just now using it in Thailand. Their recent upgrade announced that they now do real-time traffic reports, but of course, for that part to work you would need to be on-line.
Off line you get everything you want including route calculation, re-reroute calculation when you still get lost , can't do that with Google maps and voice directions. Works for walking and bicycles too. And maps can be placed on SD card memory for those 'tight' memory phones out there. I also found the map detail visually more readable than other apps I tried. I have used maps. Works fantastic especially since they keep adding new features; voice navigation, restaurants tagged, rerouting etc.
When i wass in Roma, I used a app from Nelso. Nelso has apps from all the big city's in the world, not so manu in the USA, but a lot in Europe. When you look for a map of just 1 city than it will be a good one. The app works totaly offline and can tell you what is nearby.
It even tells all about the atractions. Yes lol 10 downloads are more than enough. I've installed the app and it is trying to download same 1st map 7th times already. Got 3 out of 10 free downloads left though didn't get a single map yet ;. I tried Navfree on my Pantech Crossover and it crashed a lot usually when entering destination info and did not handle street addresses well When it did know a location, it worked great It is a very frustrating program, it doesn't have a simple 'find my location' feature.
Support is poor, they do not reply to inquiries. Then again, it is free. Checking out OsmAnd right now. Thanks for the article! Wonder why You left out NavDroyd? It's a version of MapDroyd however does provide turn-by-turn navigation in both 3d and 2d It also uses the same OpenStreetMap which you can download.
Seems to be a good collection of smartphone GPS know-how in this discussion. Basically it lets you take any image file, and import it into the app by defining the datum eg. Thanks in advance. You forgot to mention OsmAnd. I found it great and on top of the list. Try it and provide your feedback. I want to know if there is any application that can be used on cell phone that is as capable as Cars' navigation system. I mean can speak out the direction. If there is any please let me know any probable differences between the app and the navigation system.
I found one very nice off line navigation program beta version. Works with offline OpenStreet map with coverage for whole world.
Not being able to nominate house numbers was the only significant limitation I found with MapFactor but there is at least one way of getting around it. Use Google Earth to find the destination, go into Street View and position the cursor on the entrance to the destination and note the map reference in Decimal Degrees. Options may need to be changed to display the map reference in Decimal Degrees.
This option might only be available on the Pro Version of Google Earth. MapFactor can now be directed to the map reference rather than a street address. If you wish to keep the destination as a favourite, the map reference can be renamed to the street address. I downloaded navfree. This won't. It will only take me to a cross street. I'll pay for sygic. Hi Chris, and thanks for all the info! I am a bit confused of what's the verdict of Google Navigator today, after the upgreats.
Does it still provide a free, offline navigator with address location etc? Also, the vector maps that someone mentioned is a good thing to have. Does google maps support it? Hi Chris, thanks for the list. It looks like OsmAnd is ticking all the boxes. I like Google Maps but it does not do points of interest or directions I think. Will try it out and look for some other alternatives as soon as my phone comes back from repair damn Sony with their ICS roll out. Otherwise I would have to carry loads of heavy: travel guides etc.
Motorola xt It's basically useless because you can't use the navigation feature offline. You need a data connection in order to search for an address. If you can't search for an address, it makes navigation pretty useless!
There is either a built in shop or you can source your own. Yes disk storage is cheap but mobile storage is not yet. Copilot Live USA doesn't update their maps very often. My house is two years old, with the surrounding development being over three years old, and it doesn't display any of the streets in my area. That's not unique to my area, though. I've seen a lot of other locales missing, too. Is it works on Xperia X10 mini?
I just waited 45 min to get a lock. Fortunately I also have a Nokia which does the job in seconds and runs with no network connection like a dream Guess which ones getting the boot if an upgrade is not available soon! Hey, I was wondering if you could use the maps downloaded in Mapdroyd in Mapfree by just moving it into the right folder. I thought because they both get their maps from the same site that they would likely be in the same format.
This way you can download smaller sections of maps such as just Alberta and BC. I will try it and post back. You won't be able to interchange map files. Which is really huge GB to be exact and you have to read the entire file to find something.
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