jsh1120
Silver Member
A couple of points. I've used GPS's in rental cars for years and have a number of amusing (now) stories of being misdirected by that sweet little lady who sits on my dash. For example, I was once directed to a vacant lot in Long Beach when I was looking for a hotel in downtown LA.
I've found a few anomalies in the Google Nav system. Here in the Seattle area we have a street grid with numeric avenues running N/S and numeric streets running E/W. They're all numbered from a central point in downtown Seattle, so one can find oneself looking for an address at the corner of 124th Ave NE and NE 124th St. This is confusing enough to locals, much less to the map app. So I've found the Nav app gets confused when trying to distinguish between 205th Ave and 205th Place, especially when the cross street is NE 205th Street.
In short, I'm extremely grateful to find the Nav App gets me close to where I'm headed, especially since $1000 GPS's frequently have the same problem that the free app in my DROID encounters.
I've found a few anomalies in the Google Nav system. Here in the Seattle area we have a street grid with numeric avenues running N/S and numeric streets running E/W. They're all numbered from a central point in downtown Seattle, so one can find oneself looking for an address at the corner of 124th Ave NE and NE 124th St. This is confusing enough to locals, much less to the map app. So I've found the Nav app gets confused when trying to distinguish between 205th Ave and 205th Place, especially when the cross street is NE 205th Street.
In short, I'm extremely grateful to find the Nav App gets me close to where I'm headed, especially since $1000 GPS's frequently have the same problem that the free app in my DROID encounters.