Droid GPS and Google Navigate: Accurate and Convenient
Anyone who knows me knows my sense of direction needs a little work. When I got the GPS in my car everything was great, as long as I knew where I was going when I started my journey, but what happens when a call comes in for a home visit while you are driving?
1. You or your shotgun can’t enter the address while you are driving, “safety feature”.
2. Odds are, you don’t have the address in your GPS
Droid to the rescue. Once you hang up the phone, 4 clicks on the screen and bingo, Google navigation is talking you to your destination.
This afternoon proved out this scenario to a “T”.
While driving, a call comes in from a client, “Matt, could you stop by and give us a hand with …” I was in the vicinity, so I accepted, but I was on the “wrong side”, geographically, of the client. The first thought that came to mind was, “oh shit, I have to get to where I know.”
Droid to the rescue. At my fingertips, GPS and Google Navigate(beta), and in a form factor that we’re all used to using while driving (I am assuming that the majority of the people reading this post emails and texts while they drive, for the others I could see if it takes a voice command). A few taps of the finger and there’s a friendly voice, if you like female electronic voices, giving you directions with the next turn. The directions were spectacular and the accuracy was amazing. She tells me about my turns 800 feet before they occur and she appears to be dead on.
While this location did not have a street view, there have been times when a picture of the location is available, and the voice tells me which side of the road my destination is cash money.
Texting while driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving. I might check the map while driving, but only while stopped at a light or in traffic.