It's biggest drawback is when you are in the rare situation when cell data is unavailable but that's why a dedicated GPS navigation device pays for itself. I'm not a fan of Google, but their Maps app is far superior to anything else out there and it's free. And it's also hard to beat for easily finding anything you could ever need to find in terms of businesses. If you want a quick, broader view, paper maps never fail.īut honestly, if you're going to use a laptop (or better yet an apple Ipad) Google Maps app is hard to beat for accuracy and keeping up to date with new roads, without constant downloads, plus it has the added benefit of live traffic conditions across ALL well-traveled roads, it's fast and very efficient. Save the laptop for radar, location plotting, and weather web page access. They use the same map database (Navteq) that the others use, plus have logging features and a multitude of other navigation related features. Plus, with "North Up" turned on it helps keep you better aware of your location orientation IMO. Am agreeing with others notes that having three tools 1) MS ST 2010 to 2013 2) and Garmin Basecamp with 3) Google mymaps may be the combination tool set to use to keep the planning functional.I could never figure out why a lot of guys want to use a laptop and mapping software when highly functional and relatively cheap GPS units are out there that will mount in the windshield in ready view and are easy to operate with the touch of a finger. Also have a ST2013 version installed just now that may continue working. Was just able to get my ST2010 version to do what I needed with POI mega file. I wound up getting an older laptop, gutting it and loading in the Nav program only.that is all it's used for and sits permanently in the truck. ![]() It won't talk to the gps puck but there are pucks available that will. ![]() It is not compatible with the lates Windows updates. If it did or does work anyone can have one for nothing xcept the cost of the thumbdrive and postage. Didn't hear back whether it worked or not. Randy A made a copy for me onto a thumbdrive and we sent it to another member.It may have been Alan 043.can't remember. So when the time comes, I'll have a less steep learning curve to make the final shift away from S&T:)! And I have Apple MacBook Air.) no longer can use S&T - we have a back up machine that can.Īnd, I've been playing with Google MyMaps. So even if our primary laptop (We have one Windows based Laptop for the DW. (I've kept an older Laptop back on Windows 95, for other software, and we have S&T redundantly loaded on that machine, with the final S&T 2013 Update on it. That I know someday S&T will no longer be supported by some update. Though a few times, this has been dicey going down residential streets with say low overhanging trees. DW will have Waze on too, and if we see major delays, we'll sometimes deviated to suggested Waze re-routings. Unless we're in an area of concern for low overpasses, we usually leave the Garmin DEZL in Auto mode.)įinally, while in larger city traffic. (When we use the Garmin in RV Mode (With our parameters loaded in.), we've had it take us on some circular seeming routes to get to the final destination. We also find that as we get within 10-20 miles of our destination, that it's also good compare the directions from either Apple Maps and or Google Maps, with the Garmin. Whenever something does not seem to jive as we're actually traveling, the DW will use her iPhone to Apple Maps and or my Samsung S6 to Google Maps - fun to have Garmin, Apple Maps and Google Maps, all saying something different at times:)! Garmin DEZL 560 for day to day traveling. ![]() Google Maps the day before moving to a new destination, as well as we always cross reference the S&T and Google Maps with our Truckers Road Atlas (We replace this every two years.)
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