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| Mini Landie Member Since: 23 Sep 2015 Location: Basingstoke Massiff Posts: 159   
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I've never owned a vehicle with built-in sat nav so I've always used apps for the last 10+ years I've been driving.
Waze has always been pretty consistent and reliable for me. It's more of a community-based one where users can alert road users of hazards. I use that for most of my non-local drives. Waze is owned by Google and supposedly their live traffic data feed each other. I also like to use the ViaMichelin app sometimes when I fancy a route perhaps a bit more exciting or unusual, where I can use its 'Discovery' routing option. Most sat navs/apps go for the fastest or most efficient, whereas Discovery just takes you on a bit of a detour/adventure, as the name implies. However I do find the app somewhat clunky and not so UX-freindly as Waze/Apple/Google. There's an alternative option which I've rarely used or had to use, called HERE WeGo (by Nokia, weirdly enough). This allows you to download maps of entire countries so is useful when no signal is available. I know Google Maps has a similar function, although you set the area you want to download instead. 2003 90 TD5 Hardtop |
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16th Dec 2021 7:28pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20371
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16th Dec 2021 7:31pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5035 
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Default map system, way ahead and considering its waze based, your onto a winner Mike
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16th Dec 2021 8:17pm |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3395 
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I use LRs sat nav, have done on all LRs I’ve owned. I tried Google maps once and didn’t like it as it doesn’t show on the digital dash. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue
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16th Dec 2021 8:35pm |
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| TomekW Member Since: 21 Feb 2015 Location: Warsaw Posts: 192  
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Built in maps, Waze or google maps for standard driving
for serious off-road I use Locus Maps Pro 2021 Defender 90 D250 1998 TUL 1997 TUM FFR 2003 Defender 110SW Td5 1985 ExMOD 110 ST 3.9 V8 1971 Series IIa Lightweight |
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17th Dec 2021 11:58am |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370 
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Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze are the ‘big three’ and all free to use. They all have their pros and cons - Apple Maps has the best voice integration, Waze the best traffic alerts and Google maps has the offline maps capability and the ability to plan a multi-stop route.
I use Google maps when towing the caravan most of the time because you can pre-plan a route to be where you want to go rather than the fastest/shortest, which can be a major factor when towing. I don’t want to be going through a town centre because Waze reckons it’s 30 seconds faster than the ring road! So I use all three depending on my whim. - just ‘want to get there’ it’s Apple Maps. Worried about traffic/busy time of the day/year - Waze. Complicated route or need to be careful when towing - Google maps. Try them all and see what suits you best. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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17th Dec 2021 2:57pm |
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| Japseroony Member Since: 02 Jan 2008 Location: North East England Posts: 807  
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Thank you all for your input and I think I will give Google and Waze a go and see how I get on
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17th Dec 2021 4:15pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209 
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As a satnav app, I think TomTom Go is excellent. You have tomoau a small subscription, but it is an excellent satnav with traffic and functions even when you have no internet or phone signal. It does take up quite a lot.l of device storeage though. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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17th Dec 2021 4:18pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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The live traffic updates on the LR Nav I’ve found to be excellent - twice now I’ve not followed advice from her in the dash on local roads (because I think I know better on local driven roads) and found she’s right, the road is closed by an RTA, turn around and retrace 6 miles to the alternative route she initially recommended…….. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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18th Dec 2021 11:36am |
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| alabbar Member Since: 13 Oct 2022 Location: Dubai Posts: 5 
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Google Maps and Waze. ,, best & Free
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13th Oct 2022 4:58am |
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| XplusYplusZ Member Since: 16 Aug 2021 Location: UK Posts: 485 |
I find my pivipro isn't updated with road closures and even no-turn signs in some cases. I rarely use it.
Google maps is generally my preferred option, good lane guidance and generally accurate with congestion etc. But it has let me down a little bit with London Road closures/diversions, and some bus gates it doesnt know about. 90% Waze is more accurate in terms of road closures, hazards etc, but its visuals are so annoying they almost render the app unusable. Too cartoony, too many fat icons floating around getting in the way of the actual roads and junctions. Very clumsy. I do like reporting police speed traps though.. 10% |
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6th Feb 2023 2:27pm |
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| graemesmith1960 Member Since: 03 Sep 2021 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 64
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The inbuilt maps give the best display and can be seen on the dash so I tend to use that for general driving. I find that the road closure information lags way behind Google maps though. The JLR maps will happily take you down a road that has been closed for 2 days. Because of this I always use Google maps for planning and if doesn't throw up any issues I drive with the JLR map. Realtime traffic is good enough with the JLR maps but if I have to cross a city in rush hour I tend to use Google for traffic. Defender D300 HSE 110 MY22 Pangea Green
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12th Feb 2023 2:24pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209
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This very good. It is a paid subscription, but not expensive. Crucially it doesn’t need a data connection to function. I find I’m always somewhere with no signal when I need to use Google maps. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS |
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12th Feb 2023 3:28pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017 
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what3words for fine-tuning a location when a postcode covers about 20 square miles Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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12th Feb 2023 3:53pm |
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