Leaving on long trip, best GPS
We are leaving in 6 weeks on our longest trip to date (6 weeks) From Florida to Maine. We need to buy a GPS,do we need an "RV" GPS?? Opinions please!
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With Google Maps you can download the area you will be traveling and it is stored locally. Even with no cellular service, as long as you have a GPS signal the routine will continue uninterrupted. Even if you don't do that, Google Maps automatically downloads your entire trip in small segments so losing cellular for a period of time would also have no effect on your routing.
I still think the real time traffic is the best reason to use Google instead (or as a supplement to) any stand-alone GPS. We were recently traveling from VA to AL and there was construction ahead. There was no help available (or even a notice from our GPS with the traffic option) but my Google Maps said I could exit here, go a couple miles out of my way and save 30 minutes by going around. It worked perfectly as we could see the traffic on the Interstate at a stand-still.
I also drive UBER when I am bored and have watched it change routine in just a matter of 30 minutes or so of a major slow down. Yesterday on the I69 corridor N. of Houston I made a run to the airport and the 3 left lanes were closed due to construction. It was early and traffic was not too bad, as I returned from the airport traffic was backed up for miles. I made a return trip to the airport letting the riders know I was going to take a detour to avoid this traffic and I found that Google Maps had already made the detour change to save us from the traffic jam ahead. This all happened in just about an hour.
I still think the real time traffic is the best reason to use Google instead (or as a supplement to) any stand-alone GPS. We were recently traveling from VA to AL and there was construction ahead. There was no help available (or even a notice from our GPS with the traffic option) but my Google Maps said I could exit here, go a couple miles out of my way and save 30 minutes by going around. It worked perfectly as we could see the traffic on the Interstate at a stand-still.
I also drive UBER when I am bored and have watched it change routine in just a matter of 30 minutes or so of a major slow down. Yesterday on the I69 corridor N. of Houston I made a run to the airport and the 3 left lanes were closed due to construction. It was early and traffic was not too bad, as I returned from the airport traffic was backed up for miles. I made a return trip to the airport letting the riders know I was going to take a detour to avoid this traffic and I found that Google Maps had already made the detour change to save us from the traffic jam ahead. This all happened in just about an hour.
