Now that the GPS issue has been resolved, I have been happy with finding a new app to use instead of Google Maps/Navigation.
I really like the Waze app quite a lot. I saved my home/work....and several destinations I drive to often as "Favorites". I started my route out just before leaving my home and wifi signal. The route was set with all the reports and indicators showing up like, traffic flow problems, cards dead on the side of the road, police on the road and such.
Starting out driving as I left my neighborhood, I turned off my wifi and just continued on with the Waze app working perfectly. Took a turn off the route and went a different way than the route showed. It quickly rerouted to the destination from where I was, but also there are no voice prompts with Waze it seems. Google maps/navigation will voice prompt when you set a route on wifi signal, but if you get off route it will do a horrible job rerouting back to destination. I laughed as it told me to turn around and shows a reroute outline that did large circles and totally illogical calculations of getting back on route. In general Google Maps/Navigation did a terrible job at routing best routes in setting up with wifi connected. It sees all the roads....just doesn't seem to use all of them for routing. I think the google maps have gotten worse and need a lot of attention now....just as many others think so too.
Other things I like about Waze..... When I restarted my route after I arrived at the destination and did not use wifi or any data source, I got back in my car and started the app back up and told it to navigate back home. It routed and was ready to go, but just without the reports and such. It still routes and reroutes without a data connection. I am wondering how it does this .....does it cache mapping data automatically and save it?
The "follow me" aspect of using Waze is really good as well. When you use the 3D view, it works pretty good with landscape view. 2D works well with Portrait view.
I can see the streets and names when I zoom in and out to various degrees easily. Google Maps cached maps would not do this well at all....zooming way in usually lead to distortions of the roads and screen in general.
I can sure see Waze as my go to GPS navigation app now! I really like it and if you have not tried it....it may soon become your fav as well.
I really like the Waze app quite a lot. I saved my home/work....and several destinations I drive to often as "Favorites". I started my route out just before leaving my home and wifi signal. The route was set with all the reports and indicators showing up like, traffic flow problems, cards dead on the side of the road, police on the road and such.
Starting out driving as I left my neighborhood, I turned off my wifi and just continued on with the Waze app working perfectly. Took a turn off the route and went a different way than the route showed. It quickly rerouted to the destination from where I was, but also there are no voice prompts with Waze it seems. Google maps/navigation will voice prompt when you set a route on wifi signal, but if you get off route it will do a horrible job rerouting back to destination. I laughed as it told me to turn around and shows a reroute outline that did large circles and totally illogical calculations of getting back on route. In general Google Maps/Navigation did a terrible job at routing best routes in setting up with wifi connected. It sees all the roads....just doesn't seem to use all of them for routing. I think the google maps have gotten worse and need a lot of attention now....just as many others think so too.
Other things I like about Waze..... When I restarted my route after I arrived at the destination and did not use wifi or any data source, I got back in my car and started the app back up and told it to navigate back home. It routed and was ready to go, but just without the reports and such. It still routes and reroutes without a data connection. I am wondering how it does this .....does it cache mapping data automatically and save it?
The "follow me" aspect of using Waze is really good as well. When you use the 3D view, it works pretty good with landscape view. 2D works well with Portrait view.
I can see the streets and names when I zoom in and out to various degrees easily. Google Maps cached maps would not do this well at all....zooming way in usually lead to distortions of the roads and screen in general.
I can sure see Waze as my go to GPS navigation app now! I really like it and if you have not tried it....it may soon become your fav as well.
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