Google Maps instead of Pratt-Nav

[Clouston98]

Road atlas?
Sometimes we print off sections of multi map off the Internet to give us a map of a small area we need to visit places.

Hope this helps.

 

[Bowlander]

Road atlas?
Sometimes we print off sections of multi map off the Internet to give us a map of a small area we need to visit places.

Hope this helps.

£2 from a garage and covers the whole country. No need for internet connection or paper or ink.

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[lucan]

Don't you find that it keeps trying to direct you towards the fjords?

Fair made me Chuckle that did

 

[Clouston98]

£2 from a garage and covers the whole country. No need for internet connection or paper or ink.

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Best thing is it works in the hills and mountains were people on here and most likely to be and there might not be a connection. Just the same as a paper map is better than a GPS.

 

[Elen Sentier]

Well thanks for all that. Good points about 3G etc.

Actually I can and do use maps, compasses, stars, watches, water needles, etc. I even look at satellite pics and carry the pic in my head. I
find all of those singularly useless at 80mph on a motorway, surrounded by lorries when the signs are to much for a bear of very little brain to comprehend. At least the Pratt-nav gets me into the right lane in time not to end up in Crewe (Mr Porter) instead of Brummigem. I think I'll continue to attempt to use the appropriate tool for the job . Just wish it was easier to program the damn thing to go the way I want it to - sigh

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[dwardo]

Yeah yeah paper copies are all good BUT they do not update with traffic reports, new road layouts, diversions etc.
Its also pretty hard to read a map and drive at the same time especially when there is a road closed or heavy traffic.
Yes I will look at an on-line map to get the rough idea before I set off but having worked around most of the county I can find most places roughly before needing the more detailed directions. I have been a field engineer for years and would not be without some form of satnav since they became so cheap and accurate.

 

[Bodge]

I have GPS on my phone and have found Waze (a free app) more reliable than my sat nav.

I drive for a living and have used TT for many years aswell as smart phones and other brands of satnav. I always go back to TT as I find their mapping to be superior.
I use the live traffic on my current unit and it works, mostly, very well. I have used waze and found it to be very good with a very easy interface to use albeit requiring a data connection to plan routes.
As with all sat navs a degree of user interaction/common sense must be applied as I have found all to occasionally lose the plot.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I have unlimited data on my phone so use that with Android and Google Maps, tend to use the ETA the most.

 

[Bodge]

Yeah yeah paper copies are all good BUT they do not update with traffic reports, new road layouts, diversions etc.
Its also pretty hard to read a map and drive at the same time especially when there is a road closed or heavy traffic.
Yes I will look at an on-line map to get the rough idea before I set off but having worked around most of the county I can find most places roughly before needing the more detailed directions. I have been a field engineer for years and would not be without some form of satnav since they became so cheap and accurate.

Pre satnav I drove around the country with a cardboard box full of A-Z street maps. Every new town I went to involved me visiting a newsagents to purchase an A-Z map to complete my multi drop deliveries. Makes me shudder to think about driving around with a street map on my knee following a route.