[ale] OT - Best Auto GPS

Robert rs at ale.spam.futz.org
Mon Apr 25 23:20:58 EDT 2011


>On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Robert <rs at ale.spam.futz.org> wrote:
>This was true up until mid December of last year when Google released
>version 5.0 of Google Maps (specifically though I think we're talking about
>Google Navigation). The caveat is that you must have a data connection when
>you first start, so it doesn't help if you're in the middle of nowhere and
>want to plan a route. Rerouting still apparently works though. I haven't
>tried it, but it seems you could get away with no data plan and just start
>your route when you have wifi.

Good information, thanks!

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