Can you provide a link or example of this type display?
Basically it just mirrors the Android or Apple phone. it works wirelessly, connects to Cardo, Sen, etc headsets via bluetooth. Displays the navigation map on a larger screen than the phone and is water proof.
This is one of the units I'm looking at.
If you are using Apple Maps, and have set a route to follow and hit "go", it will get you there as long as GPS remains available. The route is cached. It will not provide route updates or alerts without the cell connection. You cannot start a new route with Apple Maps without a data connection. Google Maps allows you to download a region and will allow you to start a new route without a data connection as long as the destination is within the downloaded region. The connection between the phone and head units are generally WiFi; so as long as that connection and your phone app remians stable, both Apple and Google Maps will continue to operate (they both run on your phone, not the head).
I have been messing with that the last couple of days. I got an old iPhone from my daughter in law. Downloaded Google maps, down loaded the offline map for my area, and to test it, put in a destination town south east of me and took off. As long as I followed the exact route as chosen everything was fine. But I came to a road closure detour I had to go around, and it would not re-configure the route. After turning off the chosen route it just showed me where I was, and wouldn't tell me where to go to reach my destination. That was fine since in my area so I know where to go, but it wouldn't be so fine of I was in a neighboring state and unfamiliar with adjacent roads. I could stop and ask it to take me to that town again from my detoured route and it would figure it out, and direct me to the town, but just wouldn't do it automatically. I'm going to try again with a SIM card from my son in law, however that works, but for me, GPS's are only good for going the quickest way from point A to point B. Probably why I still pre plan my trips on paper maps and then write the roads down and use my handwritten directions.
Yup. If the closure was not included in the download, it won't route around it without a data connection. The same would be true for traffic accidents, debris in the road, etc.I have been messing with that the last couple of days. I got an old iPhone from my daughter in law. Downloaded Google maps, down loaded the offline map for my area, and to test it, put in a destination town south east of me and took off. As long as I followed the exact route as chosen everything was fine. But I came to a road closure detour I had to go around, and it would not re-configure the route. After turning off the chosen route it just showed me where I was, and wouldn't tell me where to go to reach my destination. That was fine since in my area so I know where to go, but it wouldn't be so fine of I was in a neighboring state and unfamiliar with adjacent roads. I could stop and ask it to take me to that town again from my detoured route and it would figure it out, and direct me to the town, but just wouldn't do it automatically. I'm going to try again with a SIM card from my son in law, however that works, but for me, GPS's are only good for going the quickest way from point A to point B. Probably why I still pre plan my trips on paper maps and then write the roads down and use my handwritten directions.
I'm just not smart enough to figure out how to tell a GPS how "I" want to go lol. I mean how do you tell a GPS you want to do this?
If that is from a tracking app you should/may be able to download the gpx file then upload and save it to Google or Apple Maps.I have been messing with that the last couple of days. I got an old iPhone from my daughter in law. Downloaded Google maps, down loaded the offline map for my area, and to test it, put in a destination town south east of me and took off. As long as I followed the exact route as chosen everything was fine. But I came to a road closure detour I had to go around, and it would not re-configure the route. After turning off the chosen route it just showed me where I was, and wouldn't tell me where to go to reach my destination. That was fine since in my area so I know where to go, but it wouldn't be so fine of I was in a neighboring state and unfamiliar with adjacent roads. I could stop and ask it to take me to that town again from my detoured route and it would figure it out, and direct me to the town, but just wouldn't do it automatically. I'm going to try again with a SIM card from my son in law, however that works, but for me, GPS's are only good for going the quickest way from point A to point B. Probably why I still pre plan my trips on paper maps and then write the roads down and use my handwritten directions.
I'm just not smart enough to figure out how to tell a GPS how "I" want to go lol. I mean how do you tell a GPS you want to do this?
That is a Snip and save from Google maps with my routing with the Snip and save's red pen feature, which I save to a jpeg file and print, then write out my directions on paper. I know nothing about GPX files and uploading to google maps
On my 10+ year old Garmins, I have the GPS calculate the point A to point B route, then when I pan around on the map and see an alternate, less direct, or more interesting route, I just touch that road and tell it to add in the via point. It reroutes to include that point. I can, in a manner of a minute or so, add in some twisty or more remote roads on the route to point B. Once underway, I can deviate somewhat and the GPS will keep rerouting me to accommodate the changes. Newer motorcycle Garmins don’t work so well for adventure rides as they are derived from modern automotive A to B routing models, so I prefer my old waterproof “adventure” type Garmin models. The new Garmin motorcycle models will route you to the theater or the bowling alley, but are not so good at finding a campsite.
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