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Free CoPilot for Android, Minus Voice

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Free CoPilot for Android, Minus Voice
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troyww on 11/05/2012 - 11:07 play.google.com (1809 clicks)

CoPilot GPS is the powerful new free offline route planning and local exploring app from the developers of award-winning CoPilot Live navigation.

EXPLORE & NAVIGATE
Find the best way to navigate to all the places you need to go without relying on your mobile connection. Detailed street maps of an entire country or region are stored on your Android smartphone or tablet, so you’ll still be able to calculate routes and get driving or walking directions even when there’s no cell coverage. Millions of useful Points of Interest are built into the app, making it easy to locate nearby restaurants, stores, gas stations and more. You can also search for local businesses and attractions using Bing™ and Wikipedia.

SAVE YOUR DATA
With CoPilot GPS there’s no need to burn through your mobile data plan by downloading maps, and you can navigate abroad stress free without worrying about huge data roaming charges.

KEY FEATURES:
✔ Premium quality 2D street maps stored on-board your Android device for offline use
✔ Millions of Points of Interest (POIs) built in with in-app dialing
✔ Powerful route planning with a multi-stop trip optimizer
✔ Alternate Routes: CoPilot GPS provides up to 3 ways to your destination
✔ Drag and drop the route to adjust
✔ Driving directions: manually cycle through the turns to your destination
✔ Walking mode: explore unfamiliar cities on foot with confidence
✔ Social sharing: let your friends know where you are with Twitter & Facebook status updates*
✔ Useful local content: discover interesting places and attractions nearby with Wikipedia and Bing Search*

Yes I know it's not strictly a bargain , as free is it's normal cost . But it has just been released and worth a post IMHO .
Offline maps but you can only download maps for one country . As in the title theres no voice guidance so not terribly usefull if your driving by yourself .

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  • Vladdo on 11/05/2012 - 11:16
    +2

    You also need to create a 'CoPilot' account as well.. :(

  • Prav on 11/05/2012 - 11:18
    +1

    NavFree is better and free with voice.

    • furyou on 11/05/2012 - 11:51
      +1

      Are any of these worth the bother over google maps/nav?

      • Zero on 11/05/2012 - 12:13
        +2

        Google maps/nav only works when you have cell reception and can download data continually.
        Pre-downloaded maps remove that restriction.

        Don't get me wrong, Google Maps is good but it doesn't work everywhere.

        • samfisher5986 on 11/05/2012 - 12:31

          I agree, but I've found as long as you have some sort of reception most of the time it works fine.

          You would seriously need to be out of reception for a decent amount of time for it to be a problem.

          If you did lose reception it still gives you an overview of your route and it still tracks you via GPS.

          I guess my point is that I've yet to go somewhere in Australia that needed a GPS and didn't have any reception at the same time.

        • Maestrok on 11/05/2012 - 13:40
          +4

          @samfisher5986 ..it's easy to go out of reception if you're with Vodafone ..sometimes by the time the map loads i've already passed the turn. :p

        • blahman on 11/05/2012 - 13:59

          Unless you're with Telstra, going anywhere regional means you'll lose reception. Drove to Mt Buller last year. Lost reception way before reaching Kinglake.

        • Rigby on 11/05/2012 - 15:00

          To be fair, Google maps on android caches the maps of the local area you're in so this shouldn't happen too often.

        • Nickels n Dimes on 13/05/2012 - 00:24

          … also if you have a device that has android but no data SIM / data plan you won't be able to download data to use GoogleMaps in most cases. just try firing it up when you're out and about and setting a new route, if it can't download data it won't work. there is no good reason for these apps to not have the Australia-wide maps and POIs database builtin, when the size is typically under 0.5Gb.

        • hoxygt on 14/05/2012 - 12:04

          Even if you're with Telstra their reception can be poor in the country. Google maps can cache - http://lifehacker.com/5819742/google-maps-for-android-labs-add-offline-caching-scale-and-measuring-tools#13369610172733&{"type":"iframeUpdated","height":282}

    • aml276 on 11/05/2012 - 13:04

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  • Ughhh on 11/05/2012 - 11:33

    How does this compare to RMaps?

    • boretentsu on 11/05/2012 - 11:48
      +1

      I dunno about Android, but I used Nokia maps perfectly fine when I went in 2010.

    • Zero on 11/05/2012 - 12:16
      +1

      I don't know what China but I was in Hong Kong and Taiwan not long ago, never had a problem with my Noka N8 or Navman unit. Even Google maps worked there.

      • aec on 11/05/2012 - 12:23

        at least HK is part of China. one single China, or mainland China and HK.

        • Zero on 11/05/2012 - 13:19
          +1

          They are governed differently. As an example, an Australian citizen can go to Hong Kong for 30 days or less without a Visa, you need a Visa to go to China for any amount of time.
          FM transmitters (play mp3's in the car) are illegal in China but not in Hong Kong.
          There are heaps of other examples too.

          at least HK is part of China. one single China, or mainland China and HK.

          This isn't entirely true. Part if China, yes. One single China, no.
          (Not exactly sure what you are trying to say but I hope I understood you.)

        • aec on 11/05/2012 - 18:32

          @zero, certainly they r currently governed differently, but hk is still part of China. It was a colony of uk,but back to CN in 1997. Simple like that.

    • aec on 11/05/2012 - 12:26
      +8

      last time you checked? when and how? Qing Dynasty?

    • TZK on 11/05/2012 - 12:32
      +5

      And it means what? Bohemian Rhapsody is around 20MB in 320k mp3.

      • noz on 12/05/2012 - 00:08

        Even bigger in size when the drunk guy sings it :)

    • Vladdo on 11/05/2012 - 11:46
      +1

      Paranoid much?

      • IVI on 11/05/2012 - 11:50
        -6

        Odd comment… We don't comment to be insulted, but to give a heads-up.

        I just want folks to know they could be up for charges.

        Do you mind…? :-/

        • Vladdo on 11/05/2012 - 12:09
          +2

          Considering that CoPilot is one of the biggest names in GPS software, I very much doubt that they'll hide some backdoor dialer in their software.. Personally I'd rather install a 'free' commercial product than some carbon neutral, tree hugging, hippy, peace loving, usually outdated, buggy but good hearted yet still not quite right open source software.

        • johnno07 on 11/05/2012 - 13:01
          +1

          "We don't comment to be insulted"

          It's settled, lVl is a hippy hive-mind.

          …or he is Gollum.

          Either way it's -irritating-.

    • wog_ta on 11/05/2012 - 11:50
      +1

      @IVI Do you really think these are valid points to neg on? Did anyone say it will work in china (this site is .com.AU), since when is 20 MB too big and what proof do you have of this program actually making calls?

      come on bud, think before you post!

  • IVI on 11/05/2012 - 11:52
    -4

    Of course, it might be -hard- to make calls (that could cost) on a WiFi-only tablet (or a SIM-less phone) :-)

  • demod on 11/05/2012 - 11:52

    I just tried it. I'm heading to Israel on Monday, thought this might be good to have on the phone as I'm not sure about data on a pre-paid sim. Watch out. It locks you into the first map you select, you need to pay for any other maps. FYI Israel maps are hard to find :) Not in co-pilot or NavFree.

    • IVI on 11/05/2012 - 11:58
      -1

      Hard to find maps for Israel? Why is that? [Has a car-GPS maker bought the rights to all the maps?]

      Have you tried the Open Source mapping project? dunno if they'd be compatible for this app, but you might find an app - or, on Linux, a bigger application.

      (Austrian-designed "GPSdrive" (or similar) might be one that runs under Linux & is likely to work with Open Src maps… so - if nothing else turns up - Ubuntu-based notebooks are said to be coming any day now…)

      • demod on 11/05/2012 - 12:02

        No idea - This post reminded me to look into it. Just installed MAPFactor Navigator, and it has an Israel map. It also pulls maps from OpenStreetMap.

        • IVI on 11/05/2012 - 12:12
          -2

          That's good to know… so, can you "browse" the map, eg from here? Do the maps seem reasonable for trip planning from the home/office?

          Or would Google Earth be the way to go for that kind of thing?

  • samfisher5986 on 11/05/2012 - 12:27
    +10

    Seriously IVI?

    Don't fill ozbargain up with your spam.

    GPS software needs to make calls and cost you money for the sole purpose of points of interest that have their phone number listed.

    Do you seriously expect the GPS software to tell you to write down the phone number on paper, close the GPS and dial it yourself?

  • stumo on 11/05/2012 - 12:28
    +1

    It's pretty crap really.

    1. The keyboard input is broken, it keeps repeating the whole word rather that auto completing.

    2. It's also €25 in app purchase for 3D voice navigation.

    3. Requires an account set up Wtf?

  • grab_ur_freebies on 11/05/2012 - 12:29
    +1

    Used to use this great GPS software on my windows mobile 5, but now use 'Sygic' on android ics. Has very extensive range of maps & multilingual voices too.

    • sonic2011 on 11/05/2012 - 13:07

      sygic is great but not free…google map is the best

  • DeadlySaber on 11/05/2012 - 12:54
    +7

    Damn, out of neg vote today just for the love of IVI. Dude! Go somewhere else to fill your garbage.

    • johnno07 on 11/05/2012 - 13:00
      +2

      Yeah me too, man. Common thing when dealing with lVl unfortunately.

    • scrimshaw on 11/05/2012 - 13:35
      +6

      [It causes cancer! It might cost you money! It might kidnap your kids and frame your wife! ]

      Just in case anyone here hasn't got the message.

      • StewBalls on 13/05/2012 - 23:35
        +1

        …and frame your wife!

        Now you have piqued my interest! :p

    • Maestrok on 11/05/2012 - 13:48
      +7

      Now all we need is Jv to start commenting too and we've got a party.. Lol

  • daydream on 12/05/2012 - 12:43

    Any of these save maps direct to SD card rather than phone mem. NavFree saves to mem (at least initially) unfortunately.

    • [Deactivated] on 12/05/2012 - 14:16

      i like it to save to sd card, my phone aint got much memory

      I do have to switch off the app using the button in the main menu as pressing home on the phone doesnt switch it off. the gps stays on and chews up the battery otherwise

      good post!

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