Google Maps or Garmin XT
I just bought the E71 and am going to download a GPS mapping program. Obviously Google is free and Garmin is $99. Is Garmin really that much better? What are the differences? I'm mainly going to use it for back country hiking and road use will be minimal. I need one that shows my GPS coordinates for search and rescue purposes (to guide in a chopper). So the voice guided mess is not needed. Any help would be appreciated..
JP
You might consider Sygic McGuider as well.
And, what about Nokia maps 2.0. Map use is free, LAT / LONG position is shown. A walk route navigation (just walk, no drive) license for USA is about USD 35,- for one year.
Comparing Garmin XT / McGuider / Nokia maps, I find the walk-specific map detail of Nokia maps best (Netherlands, mostly based on city navigation). However, they all cannot completely replace a detailed map with a grid; altitude lines; landmarks, especially in off road navigation.
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Access af:table values from JavaScript array (for google maps task)
Hi!
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rows="#{bindings.LocView1.rangeSize}"
emptyText="#{bindings.LocView1.viewable ? 'No data to display.' : 'Access Denied.'}"
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filterModel="#{bindings.LocView1Query.queryDescriptor}"
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selectionListener="#{bindings.LocView1.collectionModel.makeCurrent}" rowSelection="single"
id="t1">
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sortable="true" headerText="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffOffCode.label}" id="c1">
<af:outputText value="#{row.SoffOffCode}" clientComponent="true" id="ot1"/>
</af:column>
<af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffCode.name}" filterable="true"
sortable="true" headerText="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffCode.label}" id="c2">
<af:outputText value="#{row.SoffCode}" id="ot2"/>
</af:column>
<af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffLat.name}" filterable="true"
sortable="true" headerText="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffLat.label}" id="c3">
<af:outputText value="#{row.SoffLat}" clientComponent="true" id="ot3"/>
</af:column>
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</af:column>
<af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.LocView1.hints.SoffZoom.name}" filterable="true"
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alert(document.getElementById("t1"));
Result:
[object HTMLDivElement];
And
alert(document.getElementById("t1").innerHTML);
Result:
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Apple maps has received a poor performance rating just after introduction of the iPhone 5. I am running Google Maps app on the phone. SIRI cannot seem to get me to a specific address. Where does the problem lie? Also can anyone tell me the hierarchy of use between the Apple Maps, SIRI, and Google maps when the app is on the phone? How do you choose one over the other as the default map usage? Or better still how do you suppress SIRI from using the Apple maps app when requesting a "go to"?
I have placed an address location into the CONTACTS list and when I ask SIRI to "take me there" it found a TOTALLY different location in the metro area with the same street name. I have included the address, the quadrant, (NE) and the ZIP code into the CONTACTS list. As it turns out, no amount of canceling the trip or relocating the address in the CONTACTS list line would prevent SIRI from taking me to this bogus location. FINALLY I typed in Northeast for NE in the CONTACTS list (NE being the accepted method of defining the USPS location quadrant) , canceled the current map route and it finally found the correct address. This problem would normally not demand such a response from me to have it fixed but the address is one of a hospital in the center of town and this hospital HAS a branch location in a similar part of town (NOT the original address SIRI was trying to take me to). This screw up could be dangerous if not catastrophic to someone who was looking for a hospital location fast and did not know of these two similar locations. After all the whole POINT of directions is not just whimsical pasttime or convenience. In a pinch people need to rely on this function. OR, are my expectations set too high?
How does the iPhone select between one app or the other (Apple Maps or Gppgle Maps) as it relates to SIRI finding and showing a map route?
Why does SIRI return an address that is NOT the correct address nor is the returned location in the requested ZIP code?
Is there a known bug in the CONTACTS list that demands the USPS quadrant ID be spelled out, as opposed to abreviated, to permit SIRI to do its routing?
Thanks for any clarification on these matters.siri will only use apple maps, this cannot be changed. you could try google voice in the google app.
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