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Originally Posted by Raccoon
(Post 2880982)
Main issue with G maps is that there is no turn by turn navigation for India. Routing has done the job for me till now, but won't be the best option always. And now with the compass not working with G maps on my Ray (known issue), G maps is no longer a good solution for me. |
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Originally Posted by Raccoon
(Post 2880982)
Thanks. Guess I'll try Navfree very soon. Seems better than Zanavi. Or do you think otherwise? |
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Originally Posted by tsk1979
(Post 2881086)
Zanavi, navfree, osmand. All similar actually. It all depends on your comfort level with the interface. Choose any one you like. Navfree is quite nice. |
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Originally Posted by Raccoon
(Post 2880982)
Main issue with G maps is that there is no turn by turn navigation for India. Routing has done the job for me till now, but won't be the best option always. And now with the compass not working with G maps on my Ray (known issue), G maps is no longer a good solution for me. |
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Originally Posted by Raccoon Btw, how do Nokia maps compare with Sygic and other Android solutions and G maps? I know someone who needs maps and does not care about apps and other things, so a Nokia could work for him. |
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Originally Posted by Parthasarathig
(Post 2881440)
Speaking of Navigation the latest google maps also supports voice guided navigation in Beta. And just realised the transit mode lists the bus numbers and timings for any route. Is this facility available only for Bangalore or other cities too? It doesnt work in my native place though.! |
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Originally Posted by aneeshanand
(Post 2881458)
I found the best SMS app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...5zaS5tc2ciXQ.. Though visually not that appealing, you can customize this to your own choice. Performance : 5 stars, this is super fast !! |
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Originally Posted by Athani
(Post 2881038)
Ovi Maps once gave a wrong direction (right turn instead of left in busy Pune) and at another time took him on a road which turned out to be a dead end! Download the general app so that you can get the trial. You can get maps of the whole world via the general app. And you'd notice that the general app is one or two versions ahead of the MMI app. The India maps in both are same - Map My India. Download just before you undertake a major trip so that you can experience it. No comparison between Sygic and Navfree. Sygic is a commercial solution. Navfree uses Open Maps, which is crowd sourced. You can imagine how a nascent open source source would be. Even for a large city like Mumbai, it's useless. You don't want to rely on it for something which could be as critical as navigation. In my opinion, a good navigation app would pay for itself over time from the time saved from asking for directions and taking the wrong turn and the fuel, taking the faster route depending on traffic, avoiding toll roads, etc. Just my two cents. |
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Originally Posted by bhp_maniac
(Post 2881076)
A new firmware 4.1.B.0.587 is around the corner for Sony Ericsson 2011 devices. Lets hope the magnetometer issue is solved. |
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Originally Posted by tsk1979
(Post 2881086)
Zanavi, navfree, osmand. All similar actually. It all depends on your comfort level with the interface. Choose any one you like. Navfree is quite nice. |
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Originally Posted by ottocycle
(Post 2881250)
I have started contributing to Open Street Maps. Started with Banjara Hills Area of Hyderabad. Also worked some areas around Varanasi Airport. The edit UI looks to be user friendly. Not much of learning curve. Please contribute to OSM for a better tomorrow :) |
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Originally Posted by mayankk
(Post 2881284)
Navigation works fanstastically, at times better than my MMI device. Much much faster, and if you ignore the accented hindi road names, its better than anything out there. However, as discussed before, its apparently only my phone that it works on. My point was, considering that you have a sony too, what rom are you running? See if navigation works from some other rom. Any x10 users(still) around? could you try wolf's rom, v7, and see if navigation works for you too? |
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Originally Posted by Parthasarathig
(Post 2881321)
Ive not had a problem with the Nokia OVI maps. Dont have much experience with the google maps except when i plan my journeys. The only drawback can be that sometimes there is a bit of a lag like it reads your position a little after you've passed that point. So one has to be careful while taking turns. This happens sometimes but once the speed of the car and navigation readings get adjusted then its smooth sailing from there. Frankly speaking im more of asking around for directions type of guy so hardly use navigation. Only advantage is it works in the absence of phone networks such as on hill tops or dense forests with atleast a view of the sky. Like experts here have suggested, you better go for Sygic and others. Peace of mind imo. |
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Originally Posted by Raccoon ... The map download was about 110 MB. Heated up my phone too. :mad: Isn't there some way you can download the maps on a PC and then transfer them to the phone? I guess I'll have to download similar amount of data if I install Sygic? Some one mentioned earlier that its about 1 GB? :eek: Thats too much trouble and maybe phone "wear" for just trying it out for 14 days. Anyway to transfer from PC for Sygic? ... ... |
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Originally Posted by Raccoon
(Post 2881731)
Hope people like you will contribute and make it better. I'll contribute if I use it. But with its current level of detail (at least in my area), one can't really count much on it. . |
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