g.p.s navigation commercial routing?

[kaos]

so i am making the switch to android. i use my tp2 with garmin for work with commercial routing. i have been searching high and low. anyone know of a program that does commercial routing? i found one called co pilot. but from everything i read it is crap.doesnt work. at 150 dollars i dont wanna waste money. anyone port garmin to work? i am going to be running a htc evo3d as of next friday.so help me out my fellow geeks. i need commercial or truck routing how ever you wanna word it.other wise i gotta leave mt tp2 in my truck un activated for gps.

[ProDriver77]

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I haven't found any DEDICATED GPS apps for Android that do truck routing, and I've found many standalone GPS units made for trucks still miss a lot of weight/truck-restricted roads here in PA.

The good news is that both Google Navigation and TeleNav have done a good job for me of rerouting me should I come across such roads.

My advice: Stick with the free stuff, save your money, and just keep your eyes open behind that big wheel and have a good sense of direction.

My advice comes from 13 years in Logistics - the majority of those as a driver.

[chong67]

How is commerical routing different from other normal GPS program?

I use Navigator. It makes so much error. At night when you drive, the screen is glaring at you!

So now I use CoPilot 8 on it. Is this the best software for Android there?

[gTen]

Originally Posted by chong67

How is commerical routing different from other normal GPS program?

I use Navigator. It makes so much error. At night when you drive, the screen is glaring at you!

So now I use CoPilot 8 on it. Is this the best software for Android there?

What he means is this..there are roads which have restrictions on which vehicles can use the roads..specifically trucks..there are also low bridges where your truck can get stuck if its too high..he wants a GPS unit that avoids these kind of situations.

[kaos]

Originally Posted by gTen

he wants a GPS unit that avoids these kind of situations.

exactly garmin xt use to do it perfectly. but garmin has there heads up there a$$ and wont make a app for us.

[gTen]

PRobably not as good as garmin but what about this::

https://market.android.com/details?i...e=related_apps

says they have 3 days refund and only costs 3$

[kaos]

Originally Posted by gTen

PRobably not as good as garmin but what about this::

https://market.android.com/details?i...e=related_apps

says they have 3 days refund and only costs 3$

thats not a nav. lol that truck stop reviews.lol

[gTen]

Originally Posted by kaos

thats not a nav. lol that truck stop reviews.lol

I know its not a full nav..but it seems to have nav functionality..and info on what roads not to take..:/..other then that copilot seems to be the only one ATM...