#satnav — Public Fediverse posts

Managed to accidentally hose #TomTom app with an update a few nights ago (there may have been a bug in latest version), so reluctantly tried out #GoogleMaps on #AndroidAuto

Privacy issues aside, its barely usable - #UI is cluttered, #speed indicators hard to see, no beep or other noise if you go over limit and its quite frankly not even that safe to look at when #driving

#TomTom app is now fixed, way better and worth the £20 for the years subscription

#GNSS #satnav #navi

#Navi #GNSS software update - in the end I stuck with #TomTom Go (the paid one), although I did like #OsmAnd and had the paid version its way slower to pick up your vehicle speed from GNSS than TomTom and lacks real time #trafficinfo - whilst #OrganicMaps and #CoMaps still seem to be arguing about how to implement speed display on #AndroidAuto

#TomTom app behaves pretty much exactly like my old standalone navi, its a familiar, usable #UI and has accurate real time speed display plus 3 warning beeps the moment you go over the limit (which is often main reason I want this software, especially in familiar areas where I can navigate without the GNSS (as I grew up having to do this when younger!)

#satnav #navigation

Think there's something wrong with my GPS?? #GPS #SatNav #Waze #GooglePixel #AndroidAuto #ToyotaYaris

Meine im Entstehen begriffene Fussgänger-Navi-Webapp namens „Walkr“: So langsam wird‘s was.

#webdev #diy #navi #satnav #geospatial #geography #geodata #opendata #OGD #OpenSource

Coding my own hiking #satnav. Next step: Testing.

Nissan’s cars in Japan have excellent #CarNavi aka #SatNav, eg far better junction display than in UK (presumably far more fine detail in the mapping to report this).

The English mode is pretty good too - except it only lets you search for addresses in romaji & doesn’t seem to have everything indexed properly, as it often fails to find what we want!

Cue manual pan and zoom on smartphone map & car touchscreen to find the place to go to as a rather cumbersome workaround 😬

Bei #VW gibt's Navi nur noch als Abo. // #SatNav with Volkswagen is subscription only if you buy a new model.

#enshittification #neuwagen #volkswagen

An unexpected detour along Old Highway in Colwyn Bay, thanks to Apple Maps navigation. I was not displeased. #Autumn #Fall #Leafy #Detour #SatNav

Got the route bar back on #TomTom Go for #AndroidAuto - After reading multiple forum threads (some with posts in in English, Dutch and German all in the same thread!) - had to sideload Android Auto APK 14.6.652454-release (and then turn off auto-updates so it doesn't get clobbered) and the route bar reappears..

#GNSS #navi #satnav

I somewhat reluctantly installed paid version of #TomTom Go app on #Android (it was on discount, probably as TomTom are on the ropes) I've got a few long drives coming up and #OSM lacks warnings of the average speed cameras on #A12 in #Essex (alas, I have 0 idea how to accurately add them or if you could even get the data from #NationalHighways (presumably it is possible as TomTom has them)

It works fairly well (other than missing route bar on #AndroidAuto which TomTom and Google are struggling to fix) and does pick up my POIs from existing Tomtom cloud.

I'm not sure of the future of the company, they laid off loads of their staff (probably where #MagicEarth, also based in NL is getting their devs from) and their website and update servers barely work. #GNSS #satnav

I ditched #MagicEarth (which appears to be also losing features with the paid app!) for #OsmAnd Plus Pro.

Earlier in the year I got a Google Play gift card for my birthday. I don't play mobile games so it seemed worth getting, especially as its currently the same price as the paid #TomTom app)

the app (which I'd used before for recording #GPX tracks of long drives on a separate device) has way more features *and* an active #FOSS community with repos, issue tracker etc.

Speed monitoring and warnings work on #AndroidAuto (with more configurable options). The main feature it lacks is live traffic, but not that big a loss as there's 0 way of avoiding jams at peak time in my region anyway due to limited routes in and out of it!

#navi #GNSS #satnav

I love promoting @CoMaps to everyone I know and seeing their minds go "But... but I pay *insert company here* to download up-to-date maps for my car and you're telling me this is free and does the job better?" Their minds are blown, but then they want to test it out. I've never sat as much as a glorified satnav in the passenger seat as I have in the past month... Seriously, get it if you haven't yet.

#Maps #OfflineNavigation #GPS #SatNav #Navigation

Driving to get out of Birmingham yesterday evening, and having to reroute for big congestion around the cricket, I find I have... interesting conversations with my #satnav :

"In 300 yards, turn left."
"No, I'm going straight on."

"Turn slight right."
"I'm going left, don't know about you."

"Take the third exit from the roundabout."
"SHAN'T!" *takes second exit*

random question #satnav on a phone or something

landscape is the "classic" layout
portrait IMHO gives me a greater viewing distance ahead without it getting more squashed

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#Regulation works: Two #USA #tech companies as well as #Tomtom are going to alter voice instructions on #satnav apps after His Majesty's #Coroner warned that unclear instructions may have contributed to a double #fatal #collision in #MiltonKeynes SE #England #driving #GNSS #RoadSafety and #NationalHighways have already altered road layout to discourage drivers entering the slip road in the wrong direction..

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-11-04/apple-and-google-agree-sat-nav-changes-after-two-killed-in-head-on-crash

It's sad that Kurt Cobain missed out on the technological wonder of satnav but I think he would have otherwise hated what the 21st Century has brought us.

#KurtCobain #HelenMirren #SatNav

I don’t understand how my #TomTom #satnav can mangle the pronunciation of #Telford so badly, yet it pronounces #Leominster perfectly.

GPS around the moon?

Multiple plans are underway to build and deploy GPS-like lunar satnav satellite constellations around the moon. NASA and others are developing interoperable standards for communications and position, navigation, and timing services > aka "LunaNet".

Step 1, figure out what time is it on the moon? The answer is not simple. https://www.wired.com/story/moon-gps-is-coming-nasa-jaxa-esa-glonass-galileo/ #Moon #Navigation #satnav #NASA #moontime #LunaNet #GPS

I found this the other week
https://www.magicearth.com/

and for an open, non tracking and crowd funded app it's quite nice.

the voice directions I feel are far superior to Google's offerings
it says stuff like
"at the next junction turn right then immediately turn right again"
while Google maps just shouts turn right and the after I've gone through it tells me about the next right

#satnav #driving

Genesis - A Flying Observatory To Measure Earth Down To The Millimetre [earth observation satellite]
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https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Genesis <-- Genesis home page
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01752-w <-- white paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #GNSS #earthobservation #satellite #remotesensing #precision #accuracy #genesis #millimetre #earthobservatory #geodetic #InternationalTerrestrialReferenceFrame #ITRF #planning #spacecraft #Galileo #GPS #usecase #appliedscience #infrastructure #positioning #navigation #earthscience #satnav #referencesystem #geoid #coordinatesystem
@ESA

I decided to treat myself by buying a new satnav for the car. My car doesn't have a satnav built-in, which with hindsight is a good thing.

The new model is a Garmin DriveSmart 76. My main reason for upgrading was to get lifetime map updates, which are installed via WiFi, directly onto the satnav (no PC needed). For me this is a major benefit, as otherwise map updates require a Garmin app running on Mac or Windows. The new unit will replace a Garmin Nuvi 65 LM.

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#satnav #GPS #cars

#MapioCymru was originally conceived as a #LlywodraethCymru / #WelshGovernment project to create a #Welsh #language #SatNav !.. As seen in the #WesternMail and #YCymro newspapers.

@cymraeg @geomob #GeoMob 5/10