Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

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Look here:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-google-maps-navigation-for.html


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jimmycrackcorm

All well and good until you travel in an area without data coverage.

Bluefoam

It'd be cool if you could preplan a route and store the maps temporarily in the phones ram...

Sounds great for getting around the city on foot, finding restaurants etc... I have Nav on a blackberry, but it is useless & I never use it...

rizzee

Wow, that video was impressive

Professey Chin

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

All well and good until you travel in an area without data coverage.

It caches the maps for the route you enter incase you lose data coverage

Shane O' Malley

Looks very impressive and will give the Sat nav makers some sleepless nights.

Getting a HTC hero soon so hope to update it to 2.0 as soon as it is available.

Shane

rizzee

Is there a release date yet? (for the firmware) ^ Same, grabbin' a Hero next week

Shane O' Malley

Hero's arriving tomorrow but not selling until Sunday.

rizzee

Source?

Shane O' Malley

I work for a distributor.

Arriving warehouse tomorrow. No dispatches friday but they may be doing Sat deliveries.

Meteor said in their press release it would be available from the 1st

Latest monday anyway.

rizzee

Hmmm I'll take your word for it man, cheers!

Shane O' Malley

If i get my hands on my one tomorrow i will let you know what i think of it

rizzee

Much appreciated Do you know roughly how many is being distrubuted per store?

Shane O' Malley

Not yet.

But will be in 3G Mobile, Carphone and Meteor

Dman001

Will this be 100% reliant on a data package?

rizzee

What you mean by that?

Professey Chin

Dman001 wrote: »

Will this be 100% reliant on a data package?

It runs with google maps so itll have to fetch data as usual
It does cache the route you enter incase you lose the data collection

k123456

Is there a free Sat Nav package that doesnt use a data package, for phones with a GPS receiver

Bluefoam

k123456 wrote: »

Is there a free Sat Nav package that doesnt use a data package, for phones with a GPS receiver

Yes. But the google mass are not stored on the phone, so you need a connection to access them... You could use wi fi and cache your route.

ongarite

Looks like this will shake up the PND/GPS market quite a bit, the first free turn-by-turn software package on the market with automoatically up to date maps, POI, etc..

The shares in Garmin & TomTom have collapsed since the announcement by Google yesterday down by over 20%. TomTom was down over 40% at one point yesterday.

dohouch

When I read that news about Google Maps giveing voice navigation it said

ONLY IN U.S.A. (for now)

rizzee

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

If i get my hands on my one tomorrow i will let you know what i think of it

So did you get a look mate?

Professey Chin

dohouch wrote: »

When I read that news about Google Maps giveing voice navigation it said

ONLY IN U.S.A. (for now)

We wouldnt be too far behind that since the "real" point of streetview is to build their own maps and not rely on TeleAtlus and is NavTeq the other one?

Shane O' Malley

Did not arrive thought the dummies did.

Gutted.

dohouch

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

We wouldnt be too far behind that since the "real" point of streetview is to build their own maps and not rely on TeleAtlus and is NavTeq the other one?

For now, Google Maps Navigation is only available for the US, but it will certainly be available in other countries when Google collects enough mapping data.

Shane O' Malley

One of the guys here spotted 6 of the google streetview cars on a transporter today.

Not sure if they were arriving or leaving. I know they have been taking photos around the place but does anyone know when they are due to launch.

Shane

rizzee

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Did not arrive thought the dummies did.

Gutted.

Ahh annoying I must say

I heading in sometime next week to get the upgrade, if they've none in stock i'll be getting a Jet. Meteor and all their malarcky, hope they get it right and release on time :mad:

cormie

Heard about this and saw some clips, as a delivery/removal business street view would be very helpful but if it's reliant on a data package (and given the standard of 3g bb in Ireland) I don't think this would be reliable enough. A stand alone GPS with a big enough HD to hold all Ire/UK/EU maps and street view would be very impressive but without a GPS receiver, I don't think this would be a viable option for a transport business.

Shane O' Malley

I agree, but very handy for someone who does not need a sat nav very often.

Professey Chin

dohouch wrote: »

For now, Google Maps Navigation is only available for the US, but it will certainly be available in other countries when Google collects enough mapping data.

Isnt that what I said