Iphone turn by turn navigation

aripallaris

Hi all

does anyone use any iphone applications for turn by turn navigation. I've been looking at the garmin 705 devices but they are way to expensive ideally i want a small app to use on my phones GPS. also hate the fact that to use it as turn by turn you have to purchase maps! thats lame considering its a GPS navigation unit.

also what cycle computer do you guys recommend. ive come across two which are interesting:
Cateye Micro Wireless Compute
CATEYE Strada Wireless Computer
(im aware that if i get a GPS unit i wont need the above)
thanks

sheep_go_baa

You could try Skobbler: there is a free version which has ads, or a 59p? version which is ad-free (I think). have used this a few times for driving and seems to work pretty well, or excellent considering that it is free!!
The downside to this is that it relies on a data connection to download the maps. Therefore you will need to consder if you have a limit to your data usage and also if in a low signal area then the maps may not load - this all depends on 3G connection.

Hope the above helps

aripallaris

thanks sheep, looks pretty decent although i think it wont work on a turn by turn basis with 3G saying that it stil looks like a dam good app to have in case i get lost!

ah should also mention, ideally im after a cycling dedicated one in case it tries to take me along motorways. dont think i can pedal that fast. probably go faster than the pensioners in the slow lane though. bless them ahhaa.

tjh159

Try Cyclestreets - works pretty well for me

shouldbeinbed

aripallaris wrote:

Hi all

does anyone use any iphone applications for turn by turn navigation. I've been looking at the garmin 705 devices but they are way to expensive ideally i want a small app to use on my phones GPS. also hate the fact that to use it as turn by turn you have to purchase maps! thats lame considering its a GPS navigation unit.

also what cycle computer do you guys recommend. ive come across two which are interesting:
Cateye Micro Wireless Compute
CATEYE Strada Wireless Computer
(im aware that if i get a GPS unit i wont need the above)
thanks

no good to you now but come upgrade time look at android. My HTC Desire comes with Navigation as standard and very good it is too.

snailracer

Navfree - not bicycle-specific, but I think the latest version has route customization (e.g. below 30mph, avoid motorways, etc.).

Redmog

I'm using Motion-X GPS 'cause it lets you download the maps in advance. It seems to work pretty well and does some bike specific stuff too.

SimonLyons

Someone showed me an iphone positioning system.

Its Ok but it doesn't use satellite gps. We were sat in a pub in Nottingham and the iphone had us about 300 yards away from where we actually were.

SimonLyons

We thought it might be using some kind of triangulation of signals rather than satellite otherwise it should be spot on.

mrbodly

I use an iPhone 4 with Motion X. Great app and the iPhone GPS is spot on, haven't had any issues with location/signal etc.

Someone showed me an iphone positioning system.

Its Ok but it doesn't use satellite gps. We were sat in a pub in Nottingham and the iphone had us about 300 yards away from where we actually were.

It must've been the original iPhone which doesn't have GPS

meanredspider

SimonLyons wrote:

We thought it might be using some kind of triangulation of signals rather than satellite otherwise it should be spot on.

Yup - the upside is that it tends to work indoors which is great for location services (weather, traffic, pubs etc). I've used it quite a bit for finding my way around Glasgow and it's always spot-on - but may depend upon signal coverage again.

cloggsy

What about the freebie SatNav on iPhone 'NavFree?'

whitestar1

Nav Free also uses less bandwidth. The maps are already downloaded so they can be used even when the signal is lost. I have been using BikeMateLite so far (riding for the past 2 weeks - still brand new 8) to this) I have cyclemeter too but find the BikeMate interface more interesting along with the GPS features.

f_rederik

I've been happy with Cyclemeter. Don't particulary fancy mounting the iPhone to the handlebar, so I stick the phone in the backpack.

App works well, and has 'stop detection' so that it reports 'ride time' and 'stop time'.

Guess it would consume lots of data and / or battery, but for me this hasn't been an issue so far.

Initialised

shouldbeinbed wrote:

aripallaris wrote:

Hi all

does anyone use any iphone applications for turn by turn navigation. I've been looking at the garmin 705 devices but they are way to expensive ideally i want a small app to use on my phones GPS. also hate the fact that to use it as turn by turn you have to purchase maps! thats lame considering its a GPS navigation unit.

also what cycle computer do you guys recommend. ive come across two which are interesting:
Cateye Micro Wireless Compute
CATEYE Strada Wireless Computer
(im aware that if i get a GPS unit i wont need the above)
thanks

no good to you now but come upgrade time look at android. My HTC Desire comes with Navigation as standard and very good it is too.

Yes, Desire/Android is good and has free sat-nav, but the Google 'Cycling' option for navigation is poor, especially if you want to use bike tracks. They need to update it with bridal ways and all the C2C routes at least. One trick is to keep data costs down is to set the WiFi to automatically connect to new networks.