Stand-alone GPS or smartphone?
My wife and I just purchased our first Class A motorhome (2015 Holiday Rambler Vacationer) and we’re eager to hit the road. I’m wondering what opinions you more experienced drivers might have about GP...
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When I 1st purchaed a smart phone, perhaps 15 years ago, I justified the extra expense thinking that I can take the money I would spend on a larger screen GPS unit, and put it towards the smart phone. I never regretted it.
I can browse the web on my smart phone, and then select an address, and then paste the address into my mapping software. I use a program on my Android phone called, "CoPilot GPS". However, it has one major flaw. When I select an address from my contacts in the phone, the address opens in CoPilot as my beginning point, instead of my destination. So, then I have to go back a screen and start to plan a trip again, and then select "recent addresses" to get it to be my destination.
I suspect that most modern GPS units are able to get your contacts in some way. But, just the ability to copy-paste an address is still an advantage. Also, you have the option of using Google Maps, which has some nice features, such as getting to see a road-view picture of where you are going.
The other benefit of a stand-alone GPS unit, is that you don't have to mount your phone to use it. Continuous display will quickly drain a phone's battery, so you also have to plug it in.
-Joe
I can browse the web on my smart phone, and then select an address, and then paste the address into my mapping software. I use a program on my Android phone called, "CoPilot GPS". However, it has one major flaw. When I select an address from my contacts in the phone, the address opens in CoPilot as my beginning point, instead of my destination. So, then I have to go back a screen and start to plan a trip again, and then select "recent addresses" to get it to be my destination.
I suspect that most modern GPS units are able to get your contacts in some way. But, just the ability to copy-paste an address is still an advantage. Also, you have the option of using Google Maps, which has some nice features, such as getting to see a road-view picture of where you are going.
The other benefit of a stand-alone GPS unit, is that you don't have to mount your phone to use it. Continuous display will quickly drain a phone's battery, so you also have to plug it in.
-Joe
