Co-pilot - Disappointed

I have co-pilot on my truck PC / e-logs machine in the truck. It does a good job. I've been using it while
my 720 is down. I'll run the two side by side when it gets revived and then I'll compare.

 

i really enjoy the copilot truck program but it can steer you wrong. I rarely drive by gps I just use it to run the routing and more like an atlas as one poster said on page 1. The main thing was to have a truck routing/gps that would work if I had no reception or lost my phone. I have it installed on my rand mcnally tablet and my phone now.

I always call and get local driving directions or ask drivers about certain routes because even though the gps may say its ok I am still the one who will pay the fine for getting in a bind. if you rely solely on the gps for routing it doesnt matter which one it is and how you have it setup at one point or another it will steer you wrong.

 

set the parameters in copilot and you'll never be steered wrong.

i haven't in over 4 years. nor have i had to call anyone to verify. only time i've had to call. is when it's wrong or address isn't available. and google can't find it either.

 

You new drivers kill me, the first tool to navigation now and years past has always been a Rand McNally Atlas, period. I'm a geek but I've been doing this long enough to realize anything electronics is prone to fail. My Atlas has never failed me and it's the best $20 I spend every 2 years. Everything else is just another tool in the box to go with your atlas! Plain and simple, it's served me well since 92.

 

This is a ridiculous statement.

I have been pointed to turn around in residential areas more than once.
It gets lost on new freeway exchanges.
etc. I could go on.

No program is 100 %

 

Co Pilot for a laptop is not the same as copilot for a smart phone. Nor is it the same as co pilot in a Qualcom. I have even used routing from PC Miler( they own co pilot) and it too is sometimes flawed. My DEZL 7 inch works well but I always check any routing against a map. Old School!

 

Can you add a POI database to CoPilot and if you can is it complicated?

 

It's not complicated if a guy has a basic understanding of files and drive folders. You need to find the folder where your CoPilot is installed. It will be something like "Alk Technologies/CoPilot/NA/North America/Save." You want to copy your POI file into that "SAVE" folder and if you want a custom icon to show on the map for that POI set, then put it in there too as a 24x24 .bmp or png image file.

They use TomTom's .OV2 format or a basic .CSV spreadsheet format with headers. I just use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel or Open Office to make them. It should look like this:



CoPilot will recognize those particular headers (name, long, lat, lat, street, etc) as shown in that image and in that order.

After you dump that file into the folder I talked about above, the next time you open CoPilot, it will bring up a POI import wizard that will let you name that set and assign it an icon for usage in the maps going forward. So again, you can use the OV2 or CSV sets widely available on POI Factory and lots of other sites as long as they meet those rules and dump them into the "NA/North America/Save" folder.