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Gps location software for android

Anyone know of any free software that allows you to enter a destination gps coordinates. The software will then give the direction to that point and distance and log the gps points along the route taken (like a cookie crumb trail). I don't need it to be overlaid on a map but better if it was. I was thinking something like a hiking app would be ideal but I need this to work anywhere in the world without a data connection (therefore no maps or maps stored on the phone).
Hoping to use it when I go on holiday abroad. I would configure all the points of interest from home before I leave and use the software to get to my destination whether I travel by taxi or by other means.
My searching in the market has been unsuccessful so far.
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With out data its pretty hard to find.I'm using my track but this one needs data connection. Good luck
Update : try wisepilot (save maps on sdcard)
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Can't check at the moment, but Ulysse Gizmo may help. It's more a GPS/Compass app, but you can add way points via a map. Possibly you could add way points at home with a connection, then just use the compass offline for navigation to the points?
As I said I can't check, wife's gone out with my phone. Might be worth a look though.

So destination by coordinate and offline maps..
Hm..

jimmod said:
So destination by coordinate and offline maps..
Hm..
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Exactly. Once coordinates have been added. There shouldn't be any need to have a data connection as it will only use gps and compass to navigate to those coordinates. Perfect for when abroad as roaming data charger are a rip off.
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google maps 5 can cache data, so you just cache the places you want to go, then you're good. you can also add your own waypoints right?

Stock Offline Map

What Android needs is an offline map saved on the SD card that can be accessed by any application if needed. There are some great apps that use Google Maps, but on a slow 2G connection it sometimes takes a while for them to load. Also, if you don't have a data connection at all, the app is needlessly useless.
I know Google Maps can cache certain areas, but a true offline map would be great. Some apps only seem to use the tiled version, not the vector one.

ejhollin said:
What Android needs is an offline map saved on the SD card that can be accessed by any application if needed. There are some great apps that use Google Maps, but on a slow 2G connection it sometimes takes a while for them to load. Also, if you don't have a data connection at all, the app is needlessly useless.
I know Google Maps can cache certain areas, but a true offline map would be great. Some apps only seem to use the tiled version, not the vector one.
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With google maps you can cache a 20km x 20km = 400km^2 area. I cached the entire metropolitan area of Padua (IT). It's quite good for a daily use, but if you must use an app like this for work or something else i suggest you to buy a "serious" navigation system on the market like Navigon

We used to have TomTom for Windows Mobile which was essentially the same UI as the standalone TomTom devices along with maps. Unfortunately I haven't seen anything like that for Android. For peace of mind I would like to have complete offline maps of the US. Until something like that comes along I will be forced to use my trusty standalone TomTom.

i am using navdroyd...
offline maps..
does the job well..

if you have gps, ndrive it will do the same as tom tom or bather, but cheaper.

ejhollin said:
What Android needs is an offline map saved on the SD card that can be accessed by any application if needed. There are some great apps that use Google Maps, but on a slow 2G connection it sometimes takes a while for them to load. Also, if you don't have a data connection at all, the app is needlessly useless.
I know Google Maps can cache certain areas, but a true offline map would be great. Some apps only seem to use the tiled version, not the vector one.
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Were you making a statement or asking a question?
Either case, it should have been "What YOU need is an offline map saved on the ...."
There are plenty out there for Android OS.
Google Maps is just ONE of the maps.

Go for Ndrive my friend,best offline navigation app.

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Is Google Now working AND useful for you?

I know GNow kills battery due to the constant GPS use, but I was willing to give it a try if it "help" me with my life activities. However, the result has been less than impressive:
1). Weather
Always off by 5-10 degrees (California)
2). Public Transportation
Always informed me of the "nearest" train station, which I do NOT use and I use the other one (BART in California)
3). Package tracking
Never worked for me, especially now Amazon stop including the tracking number in their email.
So what else is GNow used for? How does that working out for you?

I find the delays on the motorway useful for my commute. Mine doesn't use GPS constantly.
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lanwarrior said:
I know GNow kills battery due to the constant GPS use, but I was willing to give it a try if it "help" me with my life activities. However, the result has been less than impressive:
1). Weather
Always off by 5-10 degrees (California)
2). Public Transportation
Always informed me of the "nearest" train station, which I do NOT use and I use the other one (BART in California)
3). Package tracking
Never worked for me, especially now Amazon stop including the tracking number in their email.
So what else is GNow used for? How does that working out for you?
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1. Weather is usually right...same area as you. It does the same thing as searching "weather in san francisco" in google.
2. Yeah that doesn't work.
3. That only worked when I ordered my N5. Amazon used to work, now it doesn't.
I just turned it off. I can still use all the voice commands, so it isn't a big deal.

I don't mind it. Tracks similar articles referencing search strings, tracks sports teams. Liked the Olympic tracking although you could not specify what country you are tracking. Also like the tourists locations when out of town. I don't really notice a battery difference except after a day or 2 without rebooting (doesn't allow device to sleep. Reboot and it's all good again.)
Has a fair bit of potential and looking forward to future updates.
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pepdavies said:
I find the delays on the motorway useful for my commute. Mine doesn't use GPS constantly.
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Doesn't do that in the US. At least not where I am.

for me its useful for the following:
weather
traffic congestion
sports scores and match reminders
flight reminders
package tracking

Sc0rp10 said:
for me its useful for the following:
flight reminders
package tracking
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Does these tracking only works with the Gmail account which you activated Google Now with?
Example:
1). I use 2 Gmail accounts --> A and B
2). A is activated for GNow
3). B is used for online shopping (package tracking, flight confirmation, etc.)
If I forward package / flight email confirmation from B, will GNow tracks it too even though it is only associated with A?

lanwarrior said:
Does these tracking only works with the Gmail account which you activated Google Now with?
Example:
1). I use 2 Gmail accounts --> A and B
2). A is activated for GNow
3). B is used for online shopping (package tracking, flight confirmation, etc.)
If I forward package / flight email confirmation from B, will GNow tracks it too even though it is only associated with A?
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i have 2 gmail accounts too but i can only get notifications/reminders from the primary account. in the google now settings under accounts & privacy you can switch accounts so i guess it only works for one account at a time.

Sc0rp10 said:
i have 2 gmail accounts too but i can only get notifications/reminders from the primary account. in the google now settings under accounts & privacy you can switch accounts so i guess it only works for one account at a time.
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Forwarding the email to the primary account doesn't work?

lanwarrior said:
Forwarding the email to the primary account doesn't work?
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It works for me for flight tickets. Haven't tried it for anything else.
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Strange, like everyone else, amazon tracking stopped worked a while back. However, I ordered a cable from amazon yesterday, and google now offered me a tracking option. I click it, and it takes me to the UPS site and offers tracking info. I'm looking at the shipping email in my gmail (desktop), I can't see any tracking number.
Viewing the source, I see it now. Amazon includes the ups tracking number in the link, and google now is scraping it.

I have Google Now enabled. I like the traffic times (and accident warnings), the sports updates/reminders and the package tracking.
Google Now will also pop up a card if I search a destination on my PC. Convenient if I actually needed directions on my phone, but unless the place was in the city, I probably don't need directions.

I was under the impression that Google Now only uses WiFi and Cell towers to provide you location data. However, Google Play Services will have GPS data Google Now might use as well (Play Services collects GPS data at times under the Location Reporting feature). That's how I understand it and based on the Location window, Google Search/Now never uses GPS only Google Play Services.
Again, this is what I believe from my understanding of how Google Now works.

lanwarrior said:
I know GNow kills battery due to the constant GPS use, but I was willing to give it a try if it "help" me with my life activities. However, the result has been less than impressive:
1). Weather
Always off by 5-10 degrees (California)
2). Public Transportation
Always informed me of the "nearest" train station, which I do NOT use and I use the other one (BART in California)
3). Package tracking
Never worked for me, especially now Amazon stop including the tracking number in their email.
So what else is GNow used for? How does that working out for you?
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1. weather has been off by 1-3 degrees, but who's to say which weather service is truly correct (i trust google over yahoo for instance)
2. i don't use public transit (horrible system set up in socal), but it gives me great directions and info on travelling to my destinations. i always check it before leaving work to see how traffic is so i can plan my way home for that day.
3. package tracking works perfectly for me
i also use it for sports scores, and track my stock portfolio.
i use it all the time, and i haven't seen any issues with battery drain at all to say that it "kills" the battery.

weather - yes
traffic congestion- no
sports scores and match reminders - yes
flight reminders - yes
package tracking - yes
Always listen feature is pretty heavy on battery and is never useful to me for most part of my day
However i use a Zerolemon extended battery so i only switch off when i am out for very extended periods of time
in short yes! google now is very useful to me and i love the new KITKAT integration with the experience launcher

I stopped using Google Now because it became kind of annoying. It kept recommending time to travel to these places that i frequented but it wanted me to label them and everytime I would swipe it away it would be there again the next day. I also turned it off for battery consumption. I just didn't find it that useful since my work place is constantly moving.
Also the weather seems inaccurate a lot of the time and I will just use the weather channel, or just briefly look at minarch which has the weather, current conditions and forcast right there on my homescreen.

I order from amazon a lot and it shows in Google now. UPS, FedEx, USPS. All there. I had about 6 in there earlier. All links worked.
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I use it for weather (home & work cities), traffic/commute (mine shows for home & 2 jobs), sports scores & games/matches, packages as well...
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I only use it for reminders, search references and sports updates. Otherwise its blank and seems minimal on battery.
The weather update was waking my phone consistently to update, where as dash clock does it only when the screen comes on so I use that instead.
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Fairly useless battery drain for me. Weather? Off, location? It's annoying but i'm fairly sure I know how to get home.

Best navigation solution without data enabled

Hi all, i've searched the forum and found no such thread. What solution would you recommend when it comes to navigation on android without the need for data charges. I'd apreciate a free solution, but paid solutions are also welcomed.
Thanks!

You can try Sygic from playstore.
Another option is to use Waze- even though it requires network connection to calculate route and maps, you can turn the network off afterwards, and still be able to navigate using GPS only
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I've tried them all. Sygic is the best overall in my opinion. There's a free trial (I think) on Play store.

OpenStreetMaps has an offline mode.
And if you find an APK of the old version of Google Maps, it also supports offline downloading.

The old TomTom application was a good "fully offline" navigation application. I'd still be using it personally if not for the fact that 1) all the carriers in my area have forced mobile data plans on users regardless, to the point that they actually charge you extra to disable mobile data from their end, and 2) even TomTom transitioned to a subscription based application, rather than a perpetual-license with annual versions.
At the end of the day, an online navigation option is best anyway, as it can adjust to changing conditions in real time. Waze is definitely a good one. I believe Google Maps will also continue navigating if you use WiFi prior to a trip to aim it at a destination, but in either case, you do lose access to the adaptability of the platform.

Location Services

I use an app named “Weather”. Just a simple widget to provide location and temperature. The last month or so I have noticed the location to be very precise. Instead of providing location to the city or town level, it now provides location to the neighborhood level, even fairly small neighborhoods. I am curious if this change came from the app, Google location services, or my provider (AT&T) . I asked the same question to the app developer, but he never responded. So who made the change? Any ideas?

purplepizza said:
I use an app named “Weather”. Just a simple widget to provide location and temperature. The last month or so I have noticed the location to be very precise. Instead of providing location to the city or town level, it now provides location to the neighborhood level, even fairly small neighborhoods. I am curious if this change came from the app, Google location services, or my provider (AT&T) . I asked the same question to the app developer, but he never responded. So who made the change? Any ideas?
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Android has always been able to provide location by GPS coordinates... Your app, or quite likely the actual weather service provider the app is using, has made a change to provide weather at a more localized level. Android itself does not provide neighborhood names, etc., only GPS coordinates and approximate accuracy of them to the app, what it does with them is it's own thing.

acejavelin said:
Android has always been able to provide location by GPS coordinates... Your app, or quite likely the actual weather service provider the app is using, has made a change to provide weather at a more localized level. Android itself does not provide neighborhood names, etc., only GPS coordinates and approximate accuracy of them to the app, what it does with them is it's own thing.
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So does the cell tower provide any location name or info (besides GPS) to the OS?
I don't use GPS, only the Battery Saving location setting. The app "Weather" uses Weather Underground for its data services. But it makes sense that maybe Weather Underground is providing the location name.

purplepizza said:
So does the cell tower provide any location name or info (besides GPS) to the OS?
I don't use GPS, only the Battery Saving location setting. The app "Weather" uses Weather Underground for its data services. But it makes sense that maybe Weather Underground is providing the location name.
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Cell tower location and/or Google Location Services (WiFi based) creates psuedo GPS coordinates that are approximations of location, the names are being provided by the Weather service provider... Go to wunderground.com in a browser and put in your ZIP code, then click "Change station" and I bet you will find a correlation to the neighborhood names you are seeing.

acejavelin said:
Cell tower location and/or Google Location Services (WiFi based) creates psuedo GPS coordinates that are approximations of location, the names are being provided by the Weather service provider... Go to wunderground.com in a browser and put in your ZIP code, then click "Change station" and I bet you will find a correlation to the neighborhood names you are seeing.
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It makes most sense that location comes from wunderground as my Google News app still shows location at the town/city level. But I am still confused as the neighborhoods listed are not listed in wunderground wunder map. Looking at Network Info map, cell towers seem to be located in these neighborhoods. I will be in a location a few hundred miles away this week. I will observe and see if I experience the same location detail and see how it lines up with wundermap and cell location.

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So do you think with WiFi enabled, the location is derived from WiFi hotspots even though a connection is not established?
This week I am in a location with very few wunderground locations. I am still getting precise location down to the neighborhood area. I don't even recognize the names, but when googling, I come across the street name or neighborhood name in my location that is nowhere near a wunderground station.

purplepizza said:
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So do you think with WiFi enabled, the location is derived from WiFi hotspots even though a connection is not established?
This week I am in a location with very few wunderground locations. I am still getting precise location down to the neighborhood area. I don't even recognize the names, but when googling, I come across the street name or neighborhood name in my location that is nowhere near a wunderground station.
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It can definitely come from WiFi, even if you turn it "off" it can see WiFi networks... that is how Google Location Services works, it uses the visible SSID's to approximate location from it's database (which comes from every Android user's device with Gapps), it uses the WiFi Positioning System.
How it's resolved to names is a mystery to me though... it appears my initial assumption was incorrect. Do the neighborhoods match up with http://wikimapia.com (like I know if you look at NYC you can see areas like Midwood, Flatlands, Mapleton, Flatbush, etc)?

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Do the neighborhoods match up with http://wikimapia.com (like I know if you look at NYC you can see areas like Midwood, Flatlands, Mapleton, Flatbush, etc)?
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I could not find some of the locations the phone identified. So far they all show up on Google Maps. I usually keep Bluetooth and WiFi on. I will experiment some with both off. I always keep scanning off.