is navigon good software?

[jlw]

yeah, is it anything to buy. better then tomtom?
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[Hunnymonster]

Personally - having tested a number of applications for work, to me it was the best I tried, good enough to spend my own money on purchasing (for when I had to give the test rig back).

Principal reasons for doing so:

Pan-European coverage out of the box (apart from Ireland where the coverage is a joke)
TMC via FM radio (subscription free and no GPRS overhead charge)
Better mapping data (at least it seems so in my local area, and I have to trust a little to luck that it is also the case when I'm in an unfamiliar area)

[OhBuggerit2k2]

I can only agree with Honeymonster. I rep all over the South UK and use it every day and it's not let me down yet. Took it to France on holiday and the TMC got me round a 15 mile trafic jam.

To me, it is by far away the best navigation software on the market at the moment.

That does not mean it's perfect, but my experiences have been all good (except an issue of size in full VGA) thus far.

[W_Janssens]

Main advantage compared to TomTom ( used it for 3 years ) :
TMC via bluetooth receiver - no cost
---> TomTom : 50 euro per year + GPRS cost

But I posted already my wishlist :
1. Avoid certain roads on your calculated route
- you only can avoid routes for x kms and not avoid road Exx or Axx
( available in TomTom )
2. Define on area's to be avoided when calculating a route
- define a rectangle which should be avoided
- can also be used if an exit of a highway is closed !
( available in TomTom )
3. Roads for bicycles only should be available in the maps
- MN4 + bluetooth gps can be used on a bike
- but roads are only shown for cars
- MN4 can calculate bicycle-routes, but roads are only roads for cars
4. Management of POI
- define which category are shown on the map
- sync with internet
- adding new POI
5. Management of routes
- flexible way of exchanging routes with other users
- engin.nl is posting already some routes for Engin
- but MN4 ?

regards
Werner

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