Are people not using gps drive any more? On 4/22/12, Mária Orovcíková <maria.orovcik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > please is it possible to use Navigon and Ariadne when the keypad and screen > are locked? > Thanks > With kind regards > Maria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Krister Ekstrom" <kris...@kristersplace.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:17 PM > Subject: Re: gps for pedestrians, again, probably > > > Hi, > It was very helpful, and more or less what i thought. I think though that in > the classic version of MyWay you can use OpenStreetMap to plan your routs, > but this, judging by the experience i had using Voxtrek is very iffy at best > here in Sweden. > Thanks a lot for the explanation. > /Krister > > 22 apr 2012 kl. 11:38 skrev Anne Robertson: > >> Hello Krister, >> >> Ariadne tells you where you are, and if you select "Start monitoring", it >> updates you on your position as you walk. It also tells you as you >> approach a favourite, but it doesn't tell you how to get to that >> favourite. >> >> MyWay Classic allows you to plan routes, including along paths that are >> not shown on maps. So, if your route includes crossing a park or going >> through a wood, MyWay will help you keep to your route, but you do have to >> >> plot it yourself in the first place. >> >> Navigon gives you turn-by-turn directions on routes shown on maps. It runs >> >> in the background, making it possible to have Ariadne running in the >> foreground. >> >> So, if the area you're moving to is properly mapped by Navigon, you won't >> need MyWay. >> >> I hope this is a clear explanation of the differences between these apps. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 22 Apr 2012, at 10:59, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> But have i misunderstood anything here? As i understood it, Myway only >>> saves favorites or pois that you do yourself and then guides you to them, >>> >>> much as Ariadne does or am i incorrect there? I got the feeling they were >>> >>> both quite similar? Aren't you referring to IWay which was a gps solution >>> >>> discussed a little while back that people said was no good? >>> And if not, what is the point with MyWay when we have Navigon that works >>> just as well? >>> /Krister >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >
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