Google's Turn by Turn Navigation comes to UK

Darren

Got an Android phone running v1.6 or later of Android?

If you have then some good news for you. Google's Navigation App has been updated and overnight an update was sent to UK handsets enabling the turn-by-turn navigation feature.

Google's navigation app is free albeit basic and delivers map data over the air (OTA) so a data service is required and you do need to have a good network connection. The app has a novel StreetView mode with turn directions overlaid over the streetview data but how well this actually works we cannot comment on until we're up and running.

As yet handsets running earlier Android versions are not supported. We have HTC's Hero handsets which are still on 1.5 but HTC have promised an update to 2.0 shortly.

More information on Google's Maps Navigation homepage here.

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darrengsaw · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 03, 2009 Posts: 107

I guess they have kicked TeleAtlas to the kerb over here now then.

I wonder if the map data is as bad as the US.

MaFt · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:34 pm Post subject:

according to my big bruv, "acording to the legal terms its" shed "loads [of providers]. including teleatlas".

so perhaps they're using TA still for the UK? At least for the time being...

MaFt

phillevy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 90

I've recently put a custom 2.1 ROM on my Hero so have now got this. Seems very nice on first look - I've also noticed that maps now support multi-touch zooming.

MaFt · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject:

phillevy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 90

TonyHoyle · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 26, 2006 Posts: 135

Had a go at converting the speed camera database to work with it..

Not much luck, really. If you import into google maps you get only 200 POI on any one map. There's a 'trick' that'll get it to display 1000.. but that's the limit. With there being about 12,000 POI to display that's a lot missing.

Now in theory if you created about 13 files then displayed every layer at once it could work - but I bet you'd hit another limit.

Edit: No go there.. There is a maximum of 2 'my maps' able to be shown at any one time. If you select 3, it disables one of them Sad

smartroad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 28

Too little too late. Just got rid of my Magic in favor of going back to Nokia. I loved everything about Android but its speed. My X6, while not as well finished software wise, is speedy and responsive.

Had this been released a little sooner maybe I would have stayed with Android Sad

MaFt · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:03 am Post subject:

alan_dr · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:44 am Post subject:

Shouldn't be long before we see it on the iPhone then! Very Happy

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MaFt · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject:

portman · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject:

I've just got the HTC Desire with Android and its pretty slick, but i still can't see how they think google street view will ever be able to update fast enough to actually show where you are..... nice idea though
As for the HTC Desire, dare i say i'm still in two minds about the touch screen, still like the Nokia E52/E72 with proper buttons....
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MaFt · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject:

meestermartinho · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject:

Might help you with teh keys
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/thickbuttons-keyboard_fqxt.html
- having trouble hitting the rights keys on the touch screen sometimes? then get this, it guesses what key you about to press next and makes it bigger for you.

Swype
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRUoWUhcRlE

download here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ighlight=swype

meestermartinho · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject:

Is this on XDA developers forum?

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