Yep, Waze works really well 98% of the time. It is by far my preferred Nav app. I tried it many, many years ago and dumped it in favor of Google Maps/Nav, but I have now been using it for 5-10 years. Occasionally, it'll route me around something that didn't need to be routed around. Occasionally, it'll route me an odd way, that it thinks will be faster, but I suspect only saves seconds. I don't always listen to what it says. Sometimes that works out fine, and occasionally, I think "damn, I should have listened."

I was bummed when they removed the Clarkson, Hammond and May voices. That was awesome. I have it permanently set to the British chick now.

Part of the benefit of Waze is that everyone using Waze as they drive past something can poke the screen and note that they just passed a cop, pot hole, something in the road, etc....

I think there's a "verbose" setting where it'll warn you extra early.

I use a Garmin GPS in the 911 on a phone mount. It is below the clock and in front of the fresh air controls, but I usually have the AC on anyway.

I also have my iPhone with me. With the Garmin, it is Bluetooth connected to a Garmin app on my phone. I can enter a destination on the phone and it is entered on the GPS.

In Boca Raton, FL the road back to the hotel was under construction and the GPS knew that, as it has traffic monitoring. It wanted us to go a way I thought was way out of the way, so I asked my brother using his Android phone to get directions to the hotel. I used Apple Maps on my iPhone. All of sudden we had three women's voices telling us where to go and at one intersection, I kid you not, one said turn left, one said turn right and the other said make a U-turn. We could see the hotel on the other side of the bay, so we went off visually towards it. After a few miles all three devices agreed and we killed two of them.

I use a GPS because on many of my road trips I am in the middle of nowhere and there is no cell signal. A GPS always works outside with open skies.

The one feature all GPSs, and map apps should have is a "Keep me out of the Ghetto" button. On our trip back from central Indiana, in St Louis, I-44 was close for construction. We were on I-255 southern bypass and the GPS told us that I-44 was closed and rerouted us right into a bad part of town. Burned down building, stripped cars, no businesses, and not a good place to be. It got us back on the interstate, we went way north, and drove past the intersection of I-44 that was just closed. There had to be a better way to get there.

To answer the OP, I use Garmin app and the Apple maps or Google maps to find my way on trips. Whatever works best.

Exactly, when I'm driving, I'm almost certainly either streaming pandora or using Nav or both. I always plug my phone in while driving to keep it charged up. It's been my experience that any Nav app will use a ton of battery and processor if you don't.

BT and/or wireless is easy/convenient, but not necessarily better.

Currently using Kate (UK). She can give me directions anytime. :D

However, it'd be fun to have Mr. T yelling at me. "I said TURN RIGHT, FOO!"

I had my GPS on a Australian accent female voice and it was really funny hearing her trying to pronounce some of the Spanish place and road names. It made it hard to figure out what she was trying to say sometimes.

You guys are all bad asses. I just set my voice to Paw Patrol.

For a long time we just bought a new atlas every year for road trips. Then we bought the Garmin. We still preview the route though.

lol!

I used to have an enormous collection of paper maps, starting from the 1970s. It was a huge box with maps from rest-stops, AAA, and National Geographic and lots of other sources. I still have some, but when we moved and downsized, I got rid of a lot of them.

What I'd really love, is a large thing to hang on a wall with several date based world maps. You could look at a current world map, then flip back to other maps from other times to see changes to country names, borders, etc....

A friend of mine and me are headed out in 2023 on a lap around the US...two months or so.

We've been friends for over 40 years and still talk and text at least once a week.

I'll get the big USA Atlas since they are great for planning on the road.

I can't wait.

BTW: https://pilipinaspopcorn.com/enjoy-driving-with-your-favorite-celebs-as-the-voices-of-waze/

That sounds like a blast. What vehicle are you planning to take, something fun (sports/sporty), something big (SUV) or something comfy (luxury GT)?

We'll probably rent an SUV - I know, boring, but it gives us more options.

We did a one month lap in 1988 in my 912, from San Diego to Patuxent River, Md., leaving SD in April.

Before that, three weeks to Colorado and back in 1981, ski trip.

Been a while!

Sure, I was thinking "sports car sounds fun, but also like a bit of a pain." I figured one of the other two options would be better for that sort of thing.

Tough to beat a minivan for space and comfort.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1631210954.jpg

This framed display hangs on the wall three feet to my left when I sit at my computer. They are all full road maps that my "grandmother-inlaw" kept in a drawer at her house. No one in the family really wanted them, so I was happy to bring them home.

The ones from the 1950s and the 1936 Texas map are really cool, no interstates at all in 1936 and very little interstates in 1950s.

Just cool history.

Just call me when you're heading South Fred. I'll talk ya in. I'm pretty sure you have to go under Chesapeake bay. You can try going over but I can't be held responsible for what happens.

Very cool!

My only problem with displaying them the way that you have them is that you can't easily see the map.

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they've got your map
http://www.dfwfreeways.com/old-highway-maps

I like Waze but it does kill your phone battery very quickly...(even if you arent using the directions feature.. if it's running in the background, it eats battery life..

I do like Google maps the best and Apple maps is probably THE worst nav app ever....