Show threadJdeBPOct 16

@ColinHaynes

It's funny to relate.

But it's terrifying to experience when you are toodling along the M25 at 60mph, it reads an NSL sign from somewhere, decides that you're doing 30mph over the speed limit, slams the brakes on hard, and the traffic behind almost runs into you.

The worrying thing is that this seems to be related to the well-known decade-old #FordKuga problem of the SatNav aerial failing. It failed when parked in a 30mph zone, which is why, I suspect, it thinks that NSL means 30mph. Because otherwise it is a bizarre default.

So (if this hypothesis is correct) from a computer programming view it's one of those nasty problems that one cannot replicate unless something else has failed in a particular way.

#SelfDrivingCars #SatNav #GNSS

This Is My GlasgowOct 14

Every sign has a story behind it, and I suspect this one in Bowling, just to the west of Glasgow, might be more interesting than most.

#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes #satnav

Show threadnoromamaiSep 7
I thought it looked a bit too slick for a car part, but it seems it has an extra case for people who want to use it not built-in I to their cars. Once removed it looks more like I expected. #pioneer #pcengine #satnav #retrogaming
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 11

Got the route bar back on #TomTom Go for #AndroidAuto - After reading multiple forum threads (some with posts in in English, Dutch and German all in the same thread!) - had to sideload Android Auto APK 14.6.652454-release (and then turn off auto-updates so it doesn't get clobbered) and the route bar reappears..

#GNSS #navi #satnav

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 10

I somewhat reluctantly installed paid version of #TomTom Go app on #Android (it was on discount, probably as TomTom are on the ropes) I've got a few long drives coming up and #OSM lacks warnings of the average speed cameras on #A12 in #Essex (alas, I have 0 idea how to accurately add them or if you could even get the data from #NationalHighways (presumably it is possible as TomTom has them)

It works fairly well (other than missing route bar on #AndroidAuto which TomTom and Google are struggling to fix) and does pick up my POIs from existing Tomtom cloud.

I'm not sure of the future of the company, they laid off loads of their staff (probably where #MagicEarth, also based in NL is getting their devs from) and their website and update servers barely work. #GNSS #satnav

SeanBurlington 🌈 🕊️Aug 2

Google Maps #satnav seems to be getting worse... Have they sprinkled #AI on it?

Very confusing directions on the motorway today

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 1

I ditched #MagicEarth (which appears to be also losing features with the paid app!) for #OsmAnd Plus Pro.

Earlier in the year I got a Google Play gift card for my birthday. I don't play mobile games so it seemed worth getting, especially as its currently the same price as the paid #TomTom app)

the app (which I'd used before for recording #GPX tracks of long drives on a separate device) has way more features *and* an active #FOSS community with repos, issue tracker etc.

Speed monitoring and warnings work on #AndroidAuto (with more configurable options). The main feature it lacks is live traffic, but not that big a loss as there's 0 way of avoiding jams at peak time in my region anyway due to limited routes in and out of it!

#navi #GNSS #satnav

Maki 🔻Jul 4

I love promoting @CoMaps to everyone I know and seeing their minds go "But... but I pay *insert company here* to download up-to-date maps for my car and you're telling me this is free and does the job better?" Their minds are blown, but then they want to test it out. I've never sat as much as a glorified satnav in the passenger seat as I have in the past month... Seriously, get it if you haven't yet.

#Maps #OfflineNavigation #GPS #SatNav #Navigation

Hugo "Dark Satanic" MillsJul 4

Driving to get out of Birmingham yesterday evening, and having to reroute for big congestion around the cricket, I find I have... interesting conversations with my #satnav :

"In 300 yards, turn left."
"No, I'm going straight on."

"Turn slight right."
"I'm going left, don't know about you."

"Take the third exit from the roundabout."
"SHAN'T!" *takes second exit*

Nico May 26

Don’t know about you but lately I’m using more and more the in built car Sat Nav than Google Maps. The so called traffic based diversion decisions in the latest years are absolutely shocking, the big popping brands that I don’t need or care showing up en route, the constant: if there are road works, police etc press yes or no while driving etc

#satnav #gps #google #googlemaps #enshitification