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I still prefer TomTom, don't mind to pay for all the time it saves me. It's not perfect, but it works for me.

hueving 10y ago
Interesting, how does TomTom save you time over the gmaps navigation? I just tell my phone, "navigate to <business name>" and 15 seconds later it's telling me where to go. What am I missing?
- pookeh 10y ago
  You are (not) missing mobile data. Granted, Google maps now have an offline mode, but even the it is for a limited region only.
  - ams6110 10y ago
    I don't have a data plan on my phone, so I use offline mode whenever I want to go somewhere. It's pretty great, I just need to remember to save the route before I leave WiFi.
  - modeless 10y ago
    The only limit to how big an area you can cover with Google offline maps is your storage. Each individual offline map is limited in size but you can download as many as you want to cover as big an area as you can fit in your phone.
    - pookeh 10y ago
      That's not practical for me...not very fun saving 100+ areas of the regions and countries. Also, from https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl=en.. https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Plat.... > Note: Downloading offline areas isn't available in some regions because of contractual limitations, language support, address formats, or other reasons.
      - modeless 10y ago
        100+ 120,000 sq km areas, huh? You visit 12 million sq km of land on a regular basis? Yes, Google can't provide offline maps in some countries. This is true of all mapping applications, though some have better offline coverage than others, nobody has everywhere. For example HERE does not offer offline maps in Japan or South Korea.
        moltonel 10y ago
        You'll need 100s of areas if you want to minimise your local storage usage, and micro-managing that would be a PITA. GM announces 'up to 1750mb' to download the part of my country I traveled to in the last month, it's a non-starter. Compare that to the 179mb/113mb that I need with OSMAnd/Maps.me for the whole country without fiddling. Add to that the fact that OSM's data is significantly better than Google Map's for my country (YMMV) and that there's no such thing as "offline mode not available in some regions" with OSM.
    - angry-hacker 10y ago
      Offline maps are not available in every country / region. So even if you're visiting, you simply cannot download it in advance.

Interesting, how does TomTom save you time over the gmaps navigation? I just tell my phone, "navigate to <business name>" and 15 seconds later it's telling me where to go. What am I missing?

pookeh 10y ago
You are (not) missing mobile data. Granted, Google maps now have an offline mode, but even the it is for a limited region only.
- ams6110 10y ago
  I don't have a data plan on my phone, so I use offline mode whenever I want to go somewhere. It's pretty great, I just need to remember to save the route before I leave WiFi.
- modeless 10y ago
  The only limit to how big an area you can cover with Google offline maps is your storage. Each individual offline map is limited in size but you can download as many as you want to cover as big an area as you can fit in your phone.
  - pookeh 10y ago
    That's not practical for me...not very fun saving 100+ areas of the regions and countries. Also, from https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl=en.. https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Plat.... > Note: Downloading offline areas isn't available in some regions because of contractual limitations, language support, address formats, or other reasons.
    - modeless 10y ago
      100+ 120,000 sq km areas, huh? You visit 12 million sq km of land on a regular basis? Yes, Google can't provide offline maps in some countries. This is true of all mapping applications, though some have better offline coverage than others, nobody has everywhere. For example HERE does not offer offline maps in Japan or South Korea.
      - moltonel 10y ago
        You'll need 100s of areas if you want to minimise your local storage usage, and micro-managing that would be a PITA. GM announces 'up to 1750mb' to download the part of my country I traveled to in the last month, it's a non-starter. Compare that to the 179mb/113mb that I need with OSMAnd/Maps.me for the whole country without fiddling. Add to that the fact that OSM's data is significantly better than Google Map's for my country (YMMV) and that there's no such thing as "offline mode not available in some regions" with OSM.
  - angry-hacker 10y ago
    Offline maps are not available in every country / region. So even if you're visiting, you simply cannot download it in advance.