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Per sms:
Sygic is pretty expensive so it better be a lot better than CoPilot.

I have both and it is a *lot* better.

OTOH, I thought that for less than ten bucks buying CoPilot was a
no-brainer. Still do...
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Pete Cresswell

https://www.google.com/#q=COMPARE+CE...+TO+GARMIN+GPS

On Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:16:35 AM UTC-5, wrote:
https://www.google.com/#q=COMPARE+CE...+TO+GARMIN+GPS

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I use Streets/Trips plus Garmin nroute in topo. Cell phone storage ! S/T has serious visual problems needing rethink. I complained, answer was: no disc space left....so where's the 8gb card stupid ?

The distance to go bar and viz info should be vertical on left for driving laptop use age.

But how does Anroid mapping show direction of travel in real time ? If the vehicle symbol has directional shape, does the shape change when your speed decreases to stop ?

Change shape is unnnngh expletive as I'm occupied in stopping not screen watching then bloorup no direction indication...

no disc space, he said.

Per :
https://www.google.com/#q=COMPARE+CE...+TO+GARMIN+GPS

If I had known about that when I bought Sygic, I might have gotten the
Garmin product instead - being familiar with it's UI on the dedicated
device I had.

One little thing about Garmin over Sygic is how they handle route
re-calculation.

Garmin says straight-up "Recalculating Route".

Sygic tells you to make a U-Turn, then starts telling you Turn Left or
Turn Rite with the obvious intent of getting you back on route.

After about a half mile, it just quietly recomputes the route. No
announcement... the route just changes.

I like Garmin's approach better.

OTOH, a few things I like about Sygic:

- Tunable turn warnings. I've got mine set to announce
pending turns/exits a half mile in advance, then a quarter
mile, and then just before.

- Tunable speed limit alarms. Somehow Sygic knows what the
speed limit is and I have it set to go "Ding" when I go
more than five mph over the limit.

- Specific exit descriptions. CoPilot will just say "Exit right"
just before an exit. This is problematic when several exits
are close together. Sygic says "Second Exit..." and gives
a description like "Route 30 East".

- Browse-friendly map. CoPilot wants to know where you are
planning to go and you have to kind of fight Mother Nature
to just browse a map. With Sygic, you can go right into
using it as just a map presentation device... and the screen
redraws are *fast* - unlike Osmand+ which seems to take forever
to render a screen as you move around on the map.

- Fuzzy destinations. CoPilot wants a street address...period.
Tough luck if you don't know the exact house number. Sygic
has a number of options including just a street name.

--
Pete Cresswell

On Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:42:53 AM UTC-5, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per :

https://www.google.com/#q=COMPARE+CE...+TO+GARMIN+GPS



If I had known about that when I bought Sygic, I might have gotten the

Garmin product instead - being familiar with it's UI on the dedicated

device I had.



One little thing about Garmin over Sygic is how they handle route

re-calculation.



Garmin says straight-up "Recalculating Route".



Sygic tells you to make a U-Turn, then starts telling you Turn Left or

Turn Rite with the obvious intent of getting you back on route.



After about a half mile, it just quietly recomputes the route. No

announcement... the route just changes.



I like Garmin's approach better.



OTOH, a few things I like about Sygic:



- Tunable turn warnings. I've got mine set to announce

pending turns/exits a half mile in advance, then a quarter

mile, and then just before.



- Tunable speed limit alarms. Somehow Sygic knows what the

speed limit is and I have it set to go "Ding" when I go

more than five mph over the limit.



- Specific exit descriptions. CoPilot will just say "Exit right"

just before an exit. This is problematic when several exits

are close together. Sygic says "Second Exit..." and gives

a description like "Route 30 East".



- Browse-friendly map. CoPilot wants to know where you are

planning to go and you have to kind of fight Mother Nature

to just browse a map. With Sygic, you can go right into

using it as just a map presentation device... and the screen

redraws are *fast* - unlike Osmand+ which seems to take forever

to render a screen as you move around on the map.



- Fuzzy destinations. CoPilot wants a street address...period.

Tough luck if you don't know the exact house number. Sygic

has a number of options including just a street name.



--

Pete Cresswell

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and what is the vehicle symbols onscreen shape...does shape change when stopping/stopped ?

if shaped, does the shape point with direction of travel ?

voice instructions with S/T vary with year of issue. Tho we expect refinement, that isnot herd here.

as you experience varied attempts at traffic/road engineering, hear more misleading voice directions. regional differences in accuracy are apparent...eg San Diego is AAA but not Seattle.









































































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