Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap
by scrapcode on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:07AM
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I must agree. I do not remember a very pleasant experience using the GPS dash units. I would move often with the Navy and would use the GPS unit for a couple weeks but challenge myself as soon as possible to learn to get around without it. Now when I am going somewhere over 30 minutes away I throw it into GMaps even if I know how to get there, as there could be a number of events that could've caused a reroute since the last time I took that route.
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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap
by z3c0 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:33AM
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I'm on the same side as you two, but growing up in a rural, lower-middle family, the only presence those devices ever had in our home was via commercials.
We did have MapQuest though. The shift from requiring a navigator to thumb through printed web pages to being able to navigate oneself via phone was pretty... well, life-changing, really. I say this as someone completely geared to delete their Google account, sans a few deeply-entrenched services I'm having trouble uprooting - Google Maps being one.
Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap
by greyhair on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:16AM
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My commute to work is very predictable, but the commute home is not. I always use Google maps driving home, even though it is only 27 miles, because Gmaps will direct me to alternate routes if there is a traffic tie up on my usual route home. This has saved me literally days of time over my years of commuting.