My Garmin 680 also does better than the Droid. I have found that the Droid will sometimes totally miss an address. Try to Navigate to 381 St. Andrews Ln, Half Moon Bay, Ca. Next try to Navigate to 380 St. Andrews Ln, Half Moon Bay, Ca. These homes are across the street from each other. When using the navigate feature for the home at 381, you will end up on the street behind the house.
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DanSan
Android Enthusiast
lol living on long island, i feel your pain man. im so long my garmin has traffic enabled on it because traffic can start like a flip of a light switch on this island.
Charlie.Masone
Newbie
Thanks for verifying that I am not nuts (at least as far as this goes)
Charlie.Masone
Newbie
What kinda VW you got? We have a 2007 Passat turbo, it would be a really quick car, if it wasn't for the traffic!
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Works fine for me, and I have generally used different TomTom's for 3 years now.
Well, I believe that navigation is based highly on Google Maps, so map related issues can be reported to Google maps through the website. For instance, I navigation once tried to send me down a one way street, so I reported this problem to Google Maps, and they've responded that I was correct, they haven't updated the map yet. If addresses are way off, they may want to know about those too.
They will change those too. My and my parents address was a block off. I submitted an error report and within a week they said I was right and the changes will be made in less than a month.
I have a Garmin also... If you find an error there, you are out of luck.
kabbie_mcfeely
Android Enthusiast
I will just say this ...
I have GoogleNav on my G1, yes G1. I used the turn by turn last night to go to a friends house that was just built in a new sub-division.
House isnt on any map yet.
Street isnt on map yet.
Told GoogleNav to go to close by intersection. I did the same with my Garmin and Magellen. So I had 4 GPS's running for this test, 1 was second Garmin (handheld non maps) to just record the track, time and speeds.
All were accurate to within 10 feet of each other. That is darn good for a cell phone. I do use my phone for geocaching so I knw the GPS can get me within 3 feet of what I am looking for.
I have GoogleNav on my G1, yes G1. I used the turn by turn last night to go to a friends house that was just built in a new sub-division.
House isnt on any map yet.
Street isnt on map yet.
Told GoogleNav to go to close by intersection. I did the same with my Garmin and Magellen. So I had 4 GPS's running for this test, 1 was second Garmin (handheld non maps) to just record the track, time and speeds.
All were accurate to within 10 feet of each other. That is darn good for a cell phone. I do use my phone for geocaching so I knw the GPS can get me within 3 feet of what I am looking for.
Last weekend's job I had 3 locations about 40 mins apart. One house, a church and hotel. The house was in a long established neighborhood and the final street was a little off but it got me in the general vicinity. The church and hotel was spot on. I did it with no preplanning and all by voice.
I have noticed a lot that clicking the magnifying glass and bringing voice rec up I'll get a lot of errors where the dialog comes up and immediately errors out and it recognizes my first word or so then I'll cancel it and try again and it will work. I wish it was like MS voice command for basic recognition for areas with no data connection and then advanced recognition for no/low data connected areas.
I have noticed a lot that clicking the magnifying glass and bringing voice rec up I'll get a lot of errors where the dialog comes up and immediately errors out and it recognizes my first word or so then I'll cancel it and try again and it will work. I wish it was like MS voice command for basic recognition for areas with no data connection and then advanced recognition for no/low data connected areas.
Gunner
Android Enthusiast
I've had it try to put me on the street behind an address once. But other than that it's been pretty accurate for me. It's definitely a work in progress, though. Still needs a lot of tweaking and basic features added to truly be comparable to a Nuvi or other PND. Why they didn't add basic things like an ETA and current speed baffle me. And why the hell they don't allow a free roam mode is just asinine. Drives me crazy. That is a very basic feature.
You can make address corrections yourself on Google Maps: Editing locations - Maps Help
I just used that to correct my office address, which was off by a 1/2 mile! No wonder people are constantly calling our office for directions because they can't find us!
You can make address corrections yourself on Google Maps: Editing locations - Maps Help
I just used that to correct my office address, which was off by a 1/2 mile! No wonder people are constantly calling our office for directions because they can't find us!
Charlie.Masone
Newbie
I dont need to make address corrections, the addresses were correct, but the house I went to it put me on an adjoining street even though the teardrop was pointing to the correct street, A hotel I went to it told me I was there while I was still on the parkway, it did not get me off at the exit, I had to drive another exit down and back and still it did not whant me to pull into the hotel even though the hotel's address was correct.
Also......It does not recognize any one way streets, or no left turns...Garmin is really good at knowing this.
I've always found Google Maps, and the routes provided on their web site, to be pretty reliable. That said, I found a local address that when entered on my phone or on the web site, the teardrop shows up about 1000 feet from the correct location - about a 1 mile drive the way the roads are laid out.
Right-clicking on several places on the map that I'm familiar with and selecting "what's here" gives address results that aren't even close to the place I clicked, sometimes up to a 3 mile drive away.
Something is clearly screwy with Google Maps, even on the web site.
Right-clicking on several places on the map that I'm familiar with and selecting "what's here" gives address results that aren't even close to the place I clicked, sometimes up to a 3 mile drive away.
Something is clearly screwy with Google Maps, even on the web site.
Works pretty well for me, except the picture it shows for my address is actually an open space on the other side of my neighbors house. You end up looking at a tree in front of a fence hidden behind shrubs. My wife pointed out that if you look real close you can see the top of our chimney, so I guess technically you "can" see our house lol.
DanSan
Android Enthusiast
2006 GTI, tornado red 2 door..
apr stage 2, full exhaust, coils, intake, etc, etc..
Charlie.Masone
Newbie
Mines a Passat turbo wagon family car, still quick, but practical too.
Guido Ravioli
Newbie
I agree with the routing, it is terrible. There have been more than a few instances where i could shave-off several minutes from my eta. Although when i deviate from the route, the program has no problem rerouting in a snap. Ive yet to be brought to the wrong location.
Coming from garmin nuvi which took easily 15-20 minutes to find a sat signal on startup, then took 15 more minutes for the battery to die, ill take this any day. I HATE garmin.
Coming from garmin nuvi which took easily 15-20 minutes to find a sat signal on startup, then took 15 more minutes for the battery to die, ill take this any day. I HATE garmin.
Really tired of these stupid posts.
If you are going to say something like "Navigation is Horrible"...preface it with.."MY"...cause the Navigation on this phone is stellar.
I've used it about 30 times since I got it, and it works flawlessly. Just as good as my Garmin.
It is YOUR opinion that the Nav sucks, because you probably don't know what you're doing, or how to fix it. Or..you got a phone that may have an issue with it. Which is rare, not common.
If you are going to say something like "Navigation is Horrible"...preface it with.."MY"...cause the Navigation on this phone is stellar.
I've used it about 30 times since I got it, and it works flawlessly. Just as good as my Garmin.
It is YOUR opinion that the Nav sucks, because you probably don't know what you're doing, or how to fix it. Or..you got a phone that may have an issue with it. Which is rare, not common.
rjoudrey
Android Expert
I am originally from White Plains/Elmsford. Liked hearing your addressees, good luck.
estobaughn
Newbie
Looking up on google navigation, didn't find a street or even show it on the map that had been there for years. I was made a fool of with my fancy phone. get it together google your slacking. and don't gimme none of the beta bull.
I'm right there with you... no love for Garmin - I dumped my Garmin years ago. I won't go into detail, because invariably someone will expect me to backup my claims or provide links. And yes, I'll take the beta Google Maps Navigation over Garmin any day.
Me too. But I didn't think that the OP's post, or this thread fell into that category, until now.
To be clear, it's YOUR opinion that the Nav is stellar.
It's a funny thing about geographic data - it varies, geographically. Your experience may vary from mine, or even your own prior experience, depending on where you are at the time.