Best Truckers GPS

You can say what you want to about Google and their privacy intrusion issues, but their maps and phone apps are hard to beat for backup reference and satellite views and map accuracy. I personally wouldn't navigate with a Google Maps app but I would hate not having the Google Maps app to refer to for second opinions and pre-arrival assessments. For car routing, it is almost perfect, every time and their map servers are extremely fast as long as you have a good data connection

 

I deliver to Walmart’sin OK, KS, and MO and have to drive on a lot of smaller highways. I have the RMand I have to question it a lot. It has directed me off safe truck routes unnecessarilyon several occasions. Luckily I only fell for it once and ended up going overseveral weight limited bridges. Since then I made a habit of checking my RM mapbook and verifying the routes before I leave. GPS is now just a reminder for mecause my memory is so bad I could plan my own surprise party.

My CRE phase 2 trainer had a Garmin and I liked it a lot better. Just couldn'tafford it.

 

What do you mean "more reliable" and what app are you referring to and in what context? If your talking about a Google app vs Garmin, yes Google has it's own proprietary map database and as I mentioned earlier, Google uses changes in satellite imagery (and have their own satellites and use them heavily for a variety of reasons) to seek out new roads and researches them, and get's them added in quickly, and since it is provided live via server and internet, the data is always "up to date" or at least within about 6 months, vs 12-36 months with others.

But Google is clueless about truck authorization, weight limits, bridge heights, etc. So it's a trade off.

 

I wish the truck GPS people would partner with google and just use their maps and overlay all the other truck stuff.

 

So much this ^

 

Navteq is going to have to do something pretty soon to stay on the cutting edge in terms of keeping maps current and accurate before Google can get Garmin to reconsider it's Navteq contract next renewal. But be sure It will cost more if Google ever makes their data available to others ... probably a LOT more.

But Google is very protective of their stuff and may never agree to make it available to other hardware builders. They will make their own device probably before they sell their data to others just as a matter of being stubborn and very protective of their stuff (though they could care less about protecting the privacy of others)

 

I'd buy a google GPS

 

Navteq is the developer of maps and recently changed their name to HERE.

Explore the website it's pretty cool.

http://here.com/