Simple Sat Nav

I have one of those, but the speaker doesn't seem to work.

In message , at 09:01:37 on Sun, 16 Jun

Some have that (as do some PC-based navigation packages).

However, the public have this nasty habit of buying the cheapest, and then finding it isn't also the most sophisticated.

Another proxy (but my SatNav doesn't do it) is "minimum number of changes of road" eg stick to the M1 rather than try M1/M18/A1(M)

Waze is now owned by Google:

Darren

It could do with reading out directions a couple of hundred yards earlier in most cases.

...provided you're in a signal area. Chris

Are you referring to a GPS signal?

My Nokia doesn't need any data connection for the sat-nav to work. In fact when I'm abroad it's something I specifically turn off!

You have NOT been reading this thread have you?

Nokia phone can contain free offline maps of the whole world. Not Google maps, but not reliant on a mobile network either.

Though you can force it to cache multiple areas onto the phone ...

Word of warning to those who think a mobile phone linked to Google maps is infallible.

Google Maps have 'lost' the Isle of Jura! I wonder if they 'lost' anything else?

No great loss then.

The problem I found with Google Maps navigation is that I needed a mobile phone signal that was not always available in rural areas where I was more likely to get lost.

Although as a long time user and I rate the company fairly low, the TomTom app (for Android and IPhone) works very well with the maps being stored on the SD card in the phone. It can be used without a connection. There is one ceveat: I've seen it fail to start without a phone connection when it attempted to look for an update. There is an option hidden in the Apps menu for updating maps (free for the life - but probably life of phone). It would be worth manually updating prior to a long journey/holiday to stop the automatic search for updates from happening.The App, incl maps, cost around £30.

The road's still there, though. Your navigation should be ok - so long as you're driving something watertight.

Tosser.

Besides, there's only one road on the IoJ, so it's a tad difficult to get lost there.

That is quite amusing.

Ooh, it's gone altogether, now. I was still there in outline last week.

Bother. "It was ..."

... the smile on the face of the Cheshire cat ....

The Jura incident.

Has a rare bird been sighted on Jura and Google have hidden it to stop twitchers finding where it is?

Peter Hill considered Mon, 08 Jul

I thought Skye was where most of the birds were, although I might feel different if I Mull it over a bit.