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My GPS Dilemna
MoonMix
0 Points
ok...
I know my way around Microsoft Street & Trips (sort of)...have been using it for years, on my COMPUTER.
Recently, I went back to work as an insurance inspector...purchased a Windows phone...& the GPS system that came w/ the phone is Here Drive. I've been using this for navigating to various inspections...but...IMO...it really sux.
So my questions are:
1) Is a cellphone-based GPS system of MS Streets & Trips available...???
2) If not...can I export addresses or even routes to my cellphone-based system from MS S&T? (Here Drive)...???
3) As an aside: What actually IS the very best GPS system available today...for someone such as myself who absolutely needs road accuracy to make a living...& can it run on a cellphone...???
thanx,
MoonMix
btw...just as an example of how bad Here Drive is for me...today, after my first stop...I was only 3 miles from I 476 in Havertown, PA; & was headed East to NJ. The app wanted to send me eastbound all the way through North Philadelphia on Rt 1, as opposed to a short jog to 476, N to the PA Turnpike; & East to NJ...!!! And it doesn't matter what configuration it's set to...'Most Direct'; 'Fastest'; etc....it always wants to send me on a bear hunt instead of just making practical decisions like I need it to do. AND...even when I was a half mile away from 476...it STILL wanted me to make a U-Turn on Rt. 1 & slug it out thru light after light after light...like it has a mind of it's own & wants to argue the damn point...!!! I hate it (sorry). So...this is what I need...a GPS app that's quite a bit smarter than the one I have now...thanx
I know my way around Microsoft Street & Trips (sort of)...have been using it for years, on my COMPUTER.
Recently, I went back to work as an insurance inspector...purchased a Windows phone...& the GPS system that came w/ the phone is Here Drive. I've been using this for navigating to various inspections...but...IMO...it really sux.
So my questions are:
1) Is a cellphone-based GPS system of MS Streets & Trips available...???
2) If not...can I export addresses or even routes to my cellphone-based system from MS S&T? (Here Drive)...???
3) As an aside: What actually IS the very best GPS system available today...for someone such as myself who absolutely needs road accuracy to make a living...& can it run on a cellphone...???
thanx,
MoonMix
btw...just as an example of how bad Here Drive is for me...today, after my first stop...I was only 3 miles from I 476 in Havertown, PA; & was headed East to NJ. The app wanted to send me eastbound all the way through North Philadelphia on Rt 1, as opposed to a short jog to 476, N to the PA Turnpike; & East to NJ...!!! And it doesn't matter what configuration it's set to...'Most Direct'; 'Fastest'; etc....it always wants to send me on a bear hunt instead of just making practical decisions like I need it to do. AND...even when I was a half mile away from 476...it STILL wanted me to make a U-Turn on Rt. 1 & slug it out thru light after light after light...like it has a mind of it's own & wants to argue the damn point...!!! I hate it (sorry). So...this is what I need...a GPS app that's quite a bit smarter than the one I have now...thanx
Comments
No experience with Windows Phone, but Garmin makes a version of the StreetPilot app for it:
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-go/apps/garmin-streetpilot-for-windows-phone/prod104128.html
It has a user interface very similar to the Nuvi. I used the iPhone version on a recent trip to Europe, but I was walking and not driving.
Garmin gets their map data from Navteq ("here") as well, so I don't know if it would show the same routing oddities. I live in Southern NJ and worked in Philadelphia for many years. I rarely agreed with the routes that Garmin would calculate from PA to NJ, it likes to send you right through Philadelphia where the traffic is terrible instead of on 476.
Here is the official announcement which is a bit strange as there is still a "Buy Now" button on the bottom of the page:
http://www.microsoft.com/streets/en-us/default.aspx
I'm surprised that Microsoft didn't pull it long ago. But surely the writing has been on the wall ever since they announced their reorganization. Supporting a product like that has got to be a losing venture. Garmin pulled their Windows navigation program (Mobile PC) several years ago.