We are using Navigator since 2014. In most cases we are quite happy with the routing results...
But what happened to us last week, when we crossed the border between Bolivia and Chile, was ridiculous. To travel some 60 kilometers our Mapfactor Navigator (with paid upgrade to 3 routing options!) wanted to send us on 'world trip', south through Argentina - the shortest route being 5473 kilometers long! To get to Chile it ignored three (or more) convenient mountain passes and picked instead an unpaved road leading to Talca in Chile, far south of Santiago!! The nearest paved pass would be Paso de Jama, from the north of Argentina to Calama in Chile (then onwards to either Antofagasta or Iquique); still a looong detour compared with just 60 kilometers direct route.
We also run Navigator on a tablet on our dashboard. This doesn't have the paid upgrade for 3 routing options, but in the same location it got the route almost right... But it picked the wrong 'Cancosa' in Chile (one I cannot find on any paper map!):
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I guess that's why I prefer to use Skobbler Scout. It refuses to update maps (since mid 2015) but still gets most routes right. Unless there's a completely new road since last map update:
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But how can this happen? Such outrageous routing errors!! I wouldn't mind a mistake by a couple of hundred kilometers - but over 5,000 kilometers detour is just plain stupid! And not a single route going north was even taken into account - that would have been our next alternative.
ps: I have posted on our blog several off-line GPS reviews, which include your software: http://dare2go.com/new-review-off-line-android-gps-navigation-apps/
But what happened to us last week, when we crossed the border between Bolivia and Chile, was ridiculous. To travel some 60 kilometers our Mapfactor Navigator (with paid upgrade to 3 routing options!) wanted to send us on 'world trip', south through Argentina - the shortest route being 5473 kilometers long! To get to Chile it ignored three (or more) convenient mountain passes and picked instead an unpaved road leading to Talca in Chile, far south of Santiago!! The nearest paved pass would be Paso de Jama, from the north of Argentina to Calama in Chile (then onwards to either Antofagasta or Iquique); still a looong detour compared with just 60 kilometers direct route.
We also run Navigator on a tablet on our dashboard. This doesn't have the paid upgrade for 3 routing options, but in the same location it got the route almost right... But it picked the wrong 'Cancosa' in Chile (one I cannot find on any paper map!):
I guess that's why I prefer to use Skobbler Scout. It refuses to update maps (since mid 2015) but still gets most routes right. Unless there's a completely new road since last map update:
But how can this happen? Such outrageous routing errors!! I wouldn't mind a mistake by a couple of hundred kilometers - but over 5,000 kilometers detour is just plain stupid! And not a single route going north was even taken into account - that would have been our next alternative.
ps: I have posted on our blog several off-line GPS reviews, which include your software: http://dare2go.com/new-review-off-line-android-gps-navigation-apps/