Using Cell Phone As Your GPS
Do a lot of you use your cell phone as a GPS? I know that using the GPS on your phone runs your battery down faster so generally you need to have it plugged into power at all times. Just wondering if ...
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Mickeyfan0805 wrote:drsteve wrote:
Last summer DW and I were camping in a state park on Lake Michigan, and we decided to go explore the adjacent National Forest. We went looking for a NPS campground, and the Google Lady had us leave the paved road and go down a dirt road... that got narrower and narrower... then became a two track... then became a sandy ORV trail. I was lucky to find a place to turn around.
Had we stayed on the paved road the campground was only a couple miles away...
This is why, anymore, I actually pre-review maps and plan routes for any travels outside of my areas of familiarity. We were once routed onto the side-streets of Boston, spending 30 minutes going from street light to street light, in order to cut a few miles off the highway route. I know most systems can be configured to try to avoid this stuff, but I don't trust it when I'm towing. I pre-determine any route I'm taking long distance and then use the GPS/phone nave systems locally from destination to destination.
Ultimately this is why I prefer the Built in GPS when towing. In general its routing is not quite as aggressive as using my Apps.
Again no GPS is foolproof, but the Garmin keeps me on the larger main roads and is less likely to short cut me through a neighborhood or down a dirt road.
