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Old July 12th 18, 11:23 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Steve W.[_6_]
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Default how does the map get into the radio?

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
> On 07/12/2018 01:18 PM, micky wrote:
>
>>>>> I don't need navigation, only occasionally to know where I am.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the GPS map on new radios isn't a lot better than what I have, I'd
>>>>> rather save a couple hundred dollars and get a radio withou it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Get the radio without it.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know about the prices, but some of the new cars with navigation
>>>> have a USB slot where you download the maps on a computer and then
>>>> transfer them with a USB drive to the car.
>>>>
>>>> As many said, just get a Garman or such with the lifetime updates for
>>>> free.
>>> WE still have our Garmin with lifetime updates, but we gave up using it:
>>> Before a longish trip about five years ago, I updated the maps, with the
>>> result that it was telling us things like "keep left" where there was no
>>> intersection or ramp,

>> I think you were taking those words as traffic instructions, when they
>> were actually political. Garmin was taken over by a commie pink
>> consortium.
>>
>> and was showing us driving in the middle of a
>>> cornfield when we were in fact on the highway.

>> And by the anti-farm lobby.
>>
>>> Maybe a further update would solve the problem, but the Sygic app on the
>>> phone is much better, with a heads-up display mode and lane assist.

>> They have 10 apps. The first one just gave me directions to Bratislava.
>> Which one do you use?

>
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...com.sygic.aura

>
> I do not have all the US maps installed at present -- only the ones for
> this region of the USA. They have maps for many countries.
>
> I now see that they also have a version that connects to the
> infotainment system on some manufacturers' cars.
>
> They have free trials -- seven days, perhaps. You could start off with a
> fairly basic version, and they often have major discounts (not
> infrequently 70%) on various upgrades, such as the heads-up display and
> traffic-information features.
>
> Perce



The big catch with cell based maps is that you have to have a cell
signal. There are a still a LOT of places in the US where there is no
signal, regarless of what the cell company may tell you.
Then you may as well be holding a brick.

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Steve W.
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