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Title: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: golf-sib on 12 December 2012, 20:59: Whats the best sat nav app for android, I want the files to be fully offline without data. I know iGo use to be good and thats what I use in my cars built in unit, apart from that I'm clueless. Google maps is good but I hate how limited the offline cache is.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 12 December 2012, 22:04: I find CoPilot really nice to use.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 12 December 2012, 22:07: I've used Sygic - free two week trial as well. Took me from here to Germany and back with no cock ups.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: Wazzzer on 12 December 2012, 22:36: I have a free Sygic apk here if you want it :wink:
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: golf-sib on 13 December 2012, 07:19: Quote from: Wazzzer on 12 December 2012, 22:36
I have a free Sygic apk here if you want it :wink:

Sounds like a plan :smiley: PM sent
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 13 December 2012, 07:28: That Sygic app looks bloody aweful. :sick:
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: Jay on 13 December 2012, 08:34: What about Google Navigation ? It's free as long as you have 3G data and works pretty damn well !
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 13 December 2012, 09:10: Quote from: Jay on 13 December 2012, 08:34
What about Google Navigation ? It's free as long as you have 3G data and works pretty damn well !

Agreed, if i hadnt already subscribed to CoPilot previously to getting my S3 id be using Google navigation all the time.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: golf-sib on 13 December 2012, 09:23: Quote from: Jay on 13 December 2012, 08:34
What about Google Navigation ? It's free as long as you have 3G data and works pretty damn well !

I got my partner a galaxy and took her old android phone and flashed it with oxygen, its got no sim card inside, so my idea was to use it as a satnav for my bike. I could tether my phone to it as that's what I do to my tablet at work via WiFi but ideally I don't want that as a few places have black spots like when I visit family in cotswolds. Plus I'm planning to get a bigger bike and do a few trips to Germany as we have friends and family there so offline maps are really what I'm after.

Off the shelf satnavs are quite chunky, so using a phone seems to be the way I want to go.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: Wazzzer on 13 December 2012, 17:03: Sygic is very good and allows you to download the maps to your phone
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: Khare on 13 December 2012, 21:59: Google maps. I don't see what the problem is, offline cache works well and it's easy to use and read.
Title: Re: Android - Best Sat nav app
Post by: golf-sib on 13 December 2012, 22:05: Quote from: Khare on 13 December 2012, 21:59
Google maps. I don't see what the problem is, offline cache works well and it's easy to use and read.

Offline cache is limited from what I remember from my last use, 16gb free space and it would only let me save 5 squares of maps on the screen, which cannot be to big. Might of changed but that's what I remember, which is a definite no if you are travelling up north or abroad sadly.