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GPS Software
Features Comparison |
16th September
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As each GPS software comes with a plethora of options, we thought we would help
make the purchase of GPS software easier by listing the main useable features of
each software product and compare these features to provide you with the
feature set that you require most.
We've currently matched the top 6 GPS
products, namely Navman SmartPath City, Trips, TomTom CityMaps, TomTom
RoutePlanner, TomTom Navigator and PowerLOC Destinator. |
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Navman
SmartPath
City |
Navman
SmartPath
Trips |
TomTom
CityMaps |
TomTom
Route
Planner |
TomTom
Navigator
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PowerLOC Destinator |
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Ease of Installation |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Easy |
Easy |
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Trip Planning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Voice Navigation |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Re-Routing |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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UK Complete (Single) Map |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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- Map Size |
N/A |
600k |
N/A |
600k |
84mb |
No |
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UK Sectional Maps |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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- Average
Map Size |
400k |
N/A |
400k |
N/A |
16-32mb |
30mb |
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Additional Stops |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
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Points of Interest |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Support H/W Button |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
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Waypoint / Favourites |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Aviation Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Marine Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Ease of Navigation |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Excellent |
Excellent |
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TTFF Hot |
15 secs |
15 secs |
15 secs |
15 secs |
15 secs |
5 secs |
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TTFF Warm |
3 mins |
3 mins |
3 mins |
3 mins |
3 mins |
30 secs |
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TTFF Cold |
5 mins |
5 mins |
5 mins |
5 mins |
5 mins |
1 min |
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Zoom to Route |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Keep GPS on screen |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ability to set speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Map Matching |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Sat Fix on Map |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Map View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Instructions View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Split View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reverse Route |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Avoid Area |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Correct GPS Position |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Left Handed Option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Heads Up |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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North Up |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Quickest Route |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Shortest Route |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Walk |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Price |
H/W Bundle |
H/W Bundle |
£30 |
£15 |
£76 |
H/W Bundle |
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What features should be included in all
GPS Mapping Software ?
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Map Matching giving you the
ability to correct GPS co-ordinates on the map if where the software
thinks you are starts to stray off of the road.
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Motorway Bridges are always a
problem where you drive under or over a bridge and the software will
sometimes re-route you because it now thinks you're on another road.
The Software should be programmed to take into consideration the
direction you are travelling in which should help alleviate this
problem.
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Long Re-Routing is where you
have a route planned which is 30 or 40 miles away, you've taken the
wrong road, but the Re-Routing algorithm tries to re-route you onto
small little roads to get you back on track with the road you were
on. In most cases you've taken a route in error, you don't
want to stop and turn around, you want to Re-Route from your current
position to your final destination.
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