Garmin Maps 2022.10

[peteo48]

Correction - it was £114 by Holdsworth Honda. I remember when I enquired being told by the lady on service reception "just use your phone luv - it's what I do even though I've got built in sat nav in my car."

I've just downloaded the Android Auto App. I might give it a go.

[Kremmen]

I just find phone screens too small for navigation.

Plus I'm not happy about how hot they get in navigation mode.

[Expatman]

I just find phone screens too small for navigation.

Plus I'm not happy about how hot they get in navigation mode.

You don’t use the phone screen, you use Android Auto or the iPhone equivalent (both built into new Jazz, Crosstar and HR-V) the map and guidance are then shown in exactly the same way on the same screen as the built in SatNav display, voice guidance is through car speakers exactly the same as built in SatNav audio. It’s no different to using a built in SatNav!
Why aren’t you happy with how they get into navigation mode?

[Kremmen]

My problem with that is that I use the USB slot to play my music via a memory stick. My phone is used to run Speedtrap Alert that gives accurate verbal warnings via the car system. Works very well.

I've hardwired in a Garmin DS61 that does everything I need including Garmins live traffic.

By using both the built in and the PND I can display, miles to go, time to go and arrival time.

If only the Honda Garmin built in could link to SmartphoneLink to display traffic.

[peteo48]

I sometimes think I over think all this. I almost never need sat nav because, 95% of the time, I'm going somewhere I've already been!

When I had my very first sat nav - a Navman - I never updated it and it got me where I needed to go for 5 years or more.

I do understand, however, not everybody has my driving profile and traffic updates can be be very useful hence my interest in Android Auto - I've downloaded the App and I've got the right connector (my phone won't support wireless connection).

I was just reflecting - back in the day I used to drive through France on Euro Camp holidays with the kids and sat navs weren't a thing back then. I often wonder how I did it!

[culzean]

I was just reflecting - back in the day I used to drive through France on Euro Camp holidays with the kids and sat navs weren't a thing back then. I often wonder how I did it!

You just did like most others of that age,  got out the map, wrote down major towns and villages on the route and road numbers if required and set off....  It did require forward planning which seems to be sadly lacking in these days of instant delivery and automated everything..  I used to have a see-through pocket on motorbike tank with route written out..   I still carry map book in car,  god knows they are cheap enough - even with satnay I like to check route .. My B-in-Law said when he got his first satnav 'I get to places now and have no idea how I got there'.... says it all really 

Traveling without satnav / waze / google maps etc means you actually have to look at road signs though, which can be a major distraction from messing with phone or other in-car toys....

[peteo48]

Yes - study the map, note towns and villages along with road numbers and turn left or right. I used to stick the note to the dashboard.

I still look at a map before doing a longer trip.

[Expatman]

Maybe it’s an age thing but I always have an up to date Road Atlas with me and check Satnav routes, best thing is you know where you are going and what is around you that might be of interest or worth a diversion. Also if there is a hold up I can plot an alternative route to my destination away from the obvious ‘diversion’ Satnavs will direct all drivers on to. Saved hours last summer on route to Cornwall when M5 was blocked solid and I could see from Satnav where the alternative route would take drivers with satnavs - used map and plotted an alternative route - bit longer - but little traffic and got me to my destination easily missing delay spots.

[peteo48]

Yes - I asked for an updated Road Atlas for a Christmas present. I am a bit sad, I like maps

[R2D3]

Yes - I asked for an updated Road Atlas for a Christmas present. I am a bit sad, I like maps

You are not alone. Maps are simply the best for route planning.

[Jazzik]

I like maps

Maps are simply the best for route planning.

I agree, but which one do you prefer? Our (Honda) Garmin maps, Google Maps, TomTom, OpenStreetMap, Waze, Here or maybe you have another preference?
For example, I think LocusMap is very good for cycling trips. Much better when you ride a bike than what we used in the good old days: a square yard of paper...   
Even behind the wheel in the car, that paper is quite a mess...

[Neil Ives]

The problem I've always had with road atlas's in the car is that as they are big and there is nowhere to store them so they soon get dog-eared and pages start dropping out.

I'm very happy to use a Satnav;  my wife and I have far fewer arguments about our route than we used to;  we both now swear at the Satnav!

If I'm on a long trip on my motorcycle I put a Satnav in my pocket and listen to the guidance voice with ear-buds. I use a power pack to extend the life of the Satnav battery.

[Jazzik]

In those "good old days" I also came everywhere with (detailed) paper maps. Folded so that the required part is visible. In the photo (map in plastic for rainy days) on top of the handlebar bag. Don't ask what they looked like after a few days. Can you imagine how many maps you needed (and threw away after use) on a journey of more than 1650 km. (about 1050 mi.) from The Hague (Netherlands) to Barcelona or the Polish-Belarus border...?


Photo taken in the north of Poland (Masurian lake district).

That was the good old days. Now we do it like this:

[sportse]

They seem to have a different definition of 100%



Didn’t take too long, whole process from initially activating the usb to finishing the update was under half an hour.

I wish they would remove the initial step of having to activate the usb stick in the car first every time there is a new update though.

[Kremmen]

Not just me then, I had that post #18 :

https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=13868.15

What I don't understand is that I updated mine a short while ago to 2022.10 but Garmin Express is flagging a map update still  !