Your ideal satnav - wish-list of features

Darren

Most of us have, by now, settled on a PND or satnav software solution that works for us. Some of you will be diehard Garmin users, others TomTom and for smartphone users the range is ever growing with a number of decent free options such as Google and Apple Maps.

But what do the currently available range of devices and apps lack that you'd like to see? What features would you wish to have in your ideal satnav that are currently missing?

I'm interested to hear what you'd add to the features list, for me the omission of ETA and distance to destination on the main view are deal breakers and it's always a surprise to find apps that don't include it. GPS speed is also something I use a lot, particularly to set the cruise control in SPECS zones.
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sussamb · Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:33 am Post subject:

Thankfully all the recent Garmin satnavs include the ability to show numerous data fields, including options for ETA and distance to destination amongst others Smile

The only additional option I'd like to see is the ability to choose which POIs and favourites I want to display on the map, rather than simply having to accept Garmin's default.
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DennisN · Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:49 am Post subject:

I think I'd like about 99% of This list - that is all of it except the compass. Plus faster working of the Live services so that they don't slow it down.
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Anita · Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:21 am Post subject:

sussamb · Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 1:05 pm Post subject:

mcurtiz · Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 8:14 am Post subject: Average Speed Readouts

The things I'd like to add to my SatNav (Garmin) relates to average speed camera zones - readouts such as current average speed in the zones, and how many cameras are in the zone. My terrific little Pogo Alert+ device used to give this but 'it' died along with the company making them -sadly.

And as others have noted, the ability to select which POIs to display would be good.

willmow · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 14, 2010 Posts: 180

Directional info - the ability to tell which way the camera is pointing - missing from my bike's Garmin Zumo 660.

connexion · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 1

The obvious feature in my mind to add to the software would be the ability to access a specific group within the contact data base on your phone so that should you pass within a preset distance to one of your group contacts it would automatically POI this.
Two benefits here:
Personal - family and friends
Business - ideal for sales people

Just a thought.

Mike.

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Onedrew · Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 8:50 am Post subject:

I'm with petrolhead276: Waze is very good indeed and my Garmin is now only brought out for planned drives using .gpx routes. Waze would be even better if the speed readout was sharper: simple sans serif black numerals on white would be a big improvement but clarity is sacrificed for style at the moment. Waze is a fantastic timesaver in route planning and journey time. CamerAlerts can still be heard and are notified on-screen. When driving to meet someone, the ability to send an updating ETA on the move without touching a thing is amazing to me. And voice-only search for destinations is pretty good too: some passengers react as if magic is being performed.

M8TJT

joneskdale · Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 9:10 am Post subject:

Personally I prefer a dedicated PND for usability but the Waze app is great if using the phone. Would love to see a more intelligent TomTom. I like to see the current speed together with the current Speed limit. I really like the ability of the TomTom to chime at you if you are exceeding the speed limit, although the newer TomTom 6100 is not as good as the older TomTom Blue and Me Live 2 in my Panda Cross. The Blue and Me doesn't chime if you temporarily go over and gives you time to slow down as you enter. The 6100 will even chime at you if you are doing 31 a few yards after you leave a 30 limit.

petrolhead276

navtrav · Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 9:42 am Post subject:

The TomTom app for Android does almost what folk mention here (once you get your head round its quirks).

One thing missing I'd really like, though, is the ability to search its POI database for - say - nearest supermarket (like you can for fuel or parking). At present it can only bring up every shop imaginable. I gather this option is available on stand-alone devices.
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thebungalow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2007 Posts: 7

hi - I bought a TOMTOM START 50 a while ago to replace my very old but reliable classic 300 (as it came with free lifetime maps updates and it was only £20.00 more then just getting 1 years maps updates for the 300 ????) - only to find that the pocketgps camera database could not be installed on it due to the changes made to the way files work on it by tomtom - I had used the PGPS data on my 300 for many years - there must be a reason why they made these changes but I would be very happy if they modified the firmware to allow people to use the PGPS camera data on their modern sat navs as it it the most comprehensive I have found - although I have installed the Camera Alert app on my Samsung S5 - so I can still make use of the database in some way - keep up the good work Very Happy

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