Amazing, sometimes Jim and I think alike, and others it is like we are from different planets. (Just an observation, not a criticism.) But I do think I might understand where he is going.
It all depends on what you want from a GPS app or map, and how and where you are going to use it. And I think we are both trying to make others aware of this. Even if some people make posts like what is the favorite or best app (any app), without qualifying how, when or where they were planning on using it, or what they want out of it.
As I said, I used to often travel where there is no cellular signal. So in that case, it might be worth it to have an GPS app that down the maps & POIs. Or a stand alone GPS device.
But in my case, these were areas that were slow to be updated in the maps. Or at least that was my experience with Garmin. (They would often not have the freeway exits or interchanges updated for 2 or more years after the fact on major routes. And don't get me started about updating businesses, like restaurants and motels.)
Besides not wanting to rack up huge data usage, I like to have my iPhone available for other things on long trips, like listening to audiobooks, or phoning my boss when I reach an area that does have cellular service.
That is why I qualified my comments as around town (local) or long distance. And since I already "paid" the money on a GPS device, I'll use it until it dies. Then I will re-evaluate buying another, or a GPS app that downloads the maps and POIs.
BTW, the area that I was expected to regularly travel in was US and Canada, with the possibility of traveling to Europe and elsewhere. That is a lot of maps to put on an iPhone.
Brent
On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:16 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> Around town, Maps, google maps or MapQuest. Long distance, I want the iPhone free so I use a stand alone GPS device. I used to travel often where there is not cellular signal to place the map behind the location indicator, and so GPS on the iPhone without the maps downloaded to the phone prior made it useless. Also in mountains and in valleys, you also don't have cellular signals.
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> I have tried using the iPhone GPS on a 3 day drive up the Pacific coast, and beside sometime not having a map, it ran up the cellular data usage way up on that billing cycle.
"You get what you pay for."
Or, to put it differently, what you "pay" for a mapping app that contains no internal map or P.O.I. data is the cost to download maps and data continuously while you drive.
Or you pay up front for a 1.7 GB App that contains all the map data for USA/Canada, and download only live traffic info as you go.
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