McGuider Sat Nav software with Teleatlas mapping

johnboy1967 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 18

Anyone tried the speedcams and icons from POI Plaza for Mcguider.Link here.http://poiplaza.com/index.php

Just installed Mcguider today on my Fuji loox n520 which is not on the compatible list but seems ok so far.Will try a few routes over the next few nights when i travel for work.

scarymonkey · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:23 am Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:23 am Post subject:

Double post,apologies
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mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

I've used McGuider for several months now and have noticed several instances of a correct route map display accompanied by incorrect voice instructions, always at traffic islands. I've no way of knowing if this is down to faulty mapping or McGuider's interpretation of the mapping. This is a shame as otherwise I find McGuider very adequate for purpose.

graemesimpson · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 27

I've been using McGuider for the last couple of weeks and have run it against Tomtom 7 and Garmin XT 5.

Honest opinion is:

McGuider has some quirks, but that could be just me having been using Tomtom for years.....but overall I like the interface, re-routing very fast.

Maps - Certainly in my area I cannot fault them, they knock spots off Tomtom and Garmin. The McGuider maps even had a couple of Roundabouts and 2 new roads that only became active 4 months ago.

Tomtom has'nt even got some of the roundabouts that have been here for 5yrs +

I really like it and find I am using it more and more and the quirks are nearly non existent now.

Could do with some new voice files, I really like my Joanne Lumley and can't live without her :-)

Managed to sort out the conversion of speed cams and the voice warning files, so thats another quirk out of the way.

for the price I dont think you can fault it. And so far dealing with the suppliers by email has been great, very responsive to my questions.

I hear there is an update in the wind, so will be interesting to see if they listen to their customers.

Overall I would give this a personal 7/10 and I think its gonna give Tomtom a good run for its money.......they just need to remember that customers are important...listen to them.....Unlike Tomtom.

scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

Having spent a week around Poole and Bournemouth, I had chance to test McGuider in an area I wasn't fully aware of this week. I've still got no major complaints regarding the mapping and routing, alhough I did come across a couple of mapping errors (eg being advised to turn left or right when the road went round a corner)
I did come find one annoying application error though. When I had the system running for a couple of hours, quite often the audio stopped with no warning. The only way I could restore audio was to close McGuider and then start it again. I will be reporting this to Sygic later today to see if they have any possible solutions.

pukka · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 3

I have had Mcguider for a month now. so far very impressed. had tomtom before. i have had no problem with the routing. takes about 8 seconds on my phone to reroute. interface is nice to work with. took a little while to get the POI's and speed camera working :D

Paul

graemesimpson · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 27

To add to my further comments on McGuider...... For the last few weeks I have been running this side by side with:

Navigon 7
Nokia Maps
Garmin XT 5
CoPilot 7

My honest opinion is that this has the makings of a top class piece of Sat Nav software IF they listen to the users and correct some of the quirks. Map wise you cannot fault them, the maps in my area, are certainly far far more up to date than any of the other software I am running.

Roads and Roundabouts that have only been open 4 months are clearly shown and navigated via on McGuider, non of the others know they exist.

Fingers crossed that McGuider/Sygic DO listen to users and act on this information given to them, and end up with a first class piece of software.

Graeme

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

scarymonkey · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

Are the icons 8bit files or 24 bit? Most modern graphical packages use 24bit but this will cause issues with McGuider which only support 8bit (and according to Sygic 32bit with Alpha channel too)? To find out right click one of the icon files and choose properties. The details tab usually tells you the colour depth.

If you still have any problems let me know. I have 2008 and should hopefully have 2009 tomorrow (assuming UPS deliver).

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

scarymonkey · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

A couple of potentially silly questions now (I hope 7.7 is the same as I am using 7.5 to get the steps)..

1. Have you enable the POIs to display them on the map (Main Menu - Manage POI - Show/hide POIs)?
2. For Camera Alerts (or even other POI you want to be notified about) have you enabled the warnings (Main Menu - Manage POI - Enable warn near POI)?

In 7.5 I found searching for POI to be particularly hit and miss. Sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't.

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