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Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:  phone navigation
is there a GPS-enable phone that doesnt use download data for navigating?
Author:  westside1 [ Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Most of them will, you just need to download an app like scout navigation
Author:  Chris the Fish [ Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
wannabeeahack wrote:
is there a GPS-enable phone that doesnt use download data for navigating?

Why not get a Satnav - with a phone facility?

Or perhaps a Satnav that links to the phone with Bluetooth?
Author:  skippy41 [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Get the RNS 510 for your Skoda it swaps straight in, all you would require is a different facia, available from Skoda for around £20, the maps can be updated for free, they cover the whole of the UK and Europe, then get a Bluetooth module, then you can use voice activation, and use it for your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImvXM-COog
or ebay with up to date maps
Author:  Nidge2 [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
skippy41 wrote:
Get the RNS 510 for your Skoda it swaps straight in, all you would require is a different facia, available from Skoda for around £20, the maps can be updated for free, they cover the whole of the UK and Europe, then get a Bluetooth module, then you can use voice activation, and use it for your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImvXM-COog
or ebay with up to date maps


Why would he want to lump £300 on a system?
Author:  skippy41 [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Nidge2 wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Get the RNS 510 for your Skoda it swaps straight in, all you would require is a different facia, available from Skoda for around £20, the maps can be updated for free, they cover the whole of the UK and Europe, then get a Bluetooth module, then you can use voice activation, and use it for your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImvXM-COog
or ebay with up to date maps


Why would he want to lump £300 on a system?


It makes the interior look tidy, its a good talking point and it makes a Wanabe look half professional :wink: :wink:
Author:  Zia [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Here Maps is a free app available on iphone, android and windows phone. It used to be called Nokia Maps. You install the app and then download the regional maps you want. In the settings it has an option to work offline while navigating.
Author:  Nidge2 [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
skippy41 wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Get the RNS 510 for your Skoda it swaps straight in, all you would require is a different facia, available from Skoda for around £20, the maps can be updated for free, they cover the whole of the UK and Europe, then get a Bluetooth module, then you can use voice activation, and use it for your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImvXM-COog
or ebay with up to date maps


Why would he want to lump £300 on a system?


It makes the interior look tidy, its a good talking point and it makes a Wanabe look half professional :wink: :wink:



You've got to much money
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
skippy41 wrote:
Get the RNS 510 for your Skoda it swaps straight in, all you would require is a different facia, available from Skoda for around £20, the maps can be updated for free, they cover the whole of the UK and Europe, then get a Bluetooth module, then you can use voice activation, and use it for your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImvXM-COog
or ebay with up to date maps


no good, cant operate one where that sits, also why pay £400 for one?
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
westside1 wrote:
Most of them will, you just need to download an app like scout navigation


except then the gps uses data for map info, which costs and fails when there no connection


only the Iphone and the Samsung range had built in GPS it seems
Author:  cabbyman [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
I believe most phones now will have GPS capability. You need at stand alone offline app which doesn't rely upon data to operate in the way Google Maps, for example, does.

I have downloaded 'Maps Me' from the PlayStore which stores the maps on the phone. I don't know if it is available on Apple or Windows. You download each country as you need it. England Scotland and Wales are separate countries. It has some excellent reviews and scores in excess of 4 stars. The negative reviews appear to be from those parts of the world that are not well covered by the latest technology. There should be few problems for our purposes.

Although I haven't yet had to use it in anger, playing with it in the local area that I know has found it up to the job. I will try it out on a run to Reading this weekend but it gets a real workout in Spain in October!

I'm running it on a Samsung Galaxy S5 and will also give it a try on my wife's HTC and our Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

Hope that helps.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
cabbyman wrote:
I believe most phones now will have GPS capability. You need at stand alone offline app which doesn't rely upon data to operate in the way Google Maps, for example, does.

I have downloaded 'Maps Me' from the PlayStore which stores the maps on the phone. I don't know if it is available on Apple or Windows. You download each country as you need it. England Scotland and Wales are separate countries. It has some excellent reviews and scores in excess of 4 stars. The negative reviews appear to be from those parts of the world that are not well covered by the latest technology. There should be few problems for our purposes.

Although I haven't yet had to use it in anger, playing with it in the local area that I know has found it up to the job. I will try it out on a run to Reading this weekend but it gets a real workout in Spain in October!

I'm running it on a Samsung Galaxy S5 and will also give it a try on my wife's HTC and our Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

Hope that helps.


Cheers, i think the Samsung it is then
Author:  Richard M2M [ Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Try map factor its great..
Author:  cabbyman [ Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: phone navigation
Just to report:

Maps for Me was brilliant in over 800kms of motoring in Spain. It found some out of the way places around Javea and a hotel in a pedestrianised area of Benidorm. Highly recommended as a stand alone app.
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