A good GPS program...

[Big Redneck3100]

Originally Posted by fdbryant3

I wouldn't sweat it. To be honest I think Google Maps is an overrated program that gets as much hype as it does because it is from Google (and to be fair I do love Google products, but they need to work on this one). Honestly, why I should I need to tell the program to track me, maybe I might want to turn that off but I would think it would be on by default. The lack of audio prompts also bugs me. Seriously I can forgive not having voice prompts (although if AmazeGPS can do it why not Google) but is having a chime or maybe a series of chimes to indicate your turn is coming up a difficult programming challenge. I have a couple of other complaints but mostly boils down to I found I had to do a lot of fiddling with it while I as driving if I wanted to be a useful GPS guidance program and that isn't a good thing.

Glad you got it figured out but if you want my advice check out some of the other free options like AmazeGPS (or Bing, or Nav4All) - its free what do you have to lose. Google makes good stuff but not always the best.

I agree...I like the fact that you can look up a lot of usefull things on google, but its too much of a hassel doin this while driving...bing is good too, but again, a lot to do while driving...Im looking at the Garmin Mobile XT and it seems that this may be my best option...Im gonna do the trial and see if I want to save up the $100 to buy it...from what everyone says, its the best one to go with, but we all learn here and thats why Im asking all my peers here