Apps and UK maps

[arvin555]

Hello!

A friend of mine is traveling to UK he has Navitel on his Galaxy tab, but can't find any Navitel Maps for UK. If anyone knows where to download or purchase please help.

On the other hand, Navitel might not have maps for UK, if so then can anyone suggest an affordable alternative for GPS?

1. Apps for Android that surely has UK maps available, Papago maybe? How about others?

2. Personal Navi Device (PND) that is affordable, that has UK maps.

Yup obviously a good idea is to get a Garmin with UK maps, but this I think is the most expensive option.

Thanks in advance.

TTFN
Arvin

[hbt]

osm maybe?

[magus888]

try this out : Sygic GPS Navigation UK & Ireland 11.0.2 Navigation App for Android with Offline Maps

Turn-by-turn car navigation with voice guidance
Maps stored on the phone
3D view of cities and landscape
Multi-stop route planning with interim destinations
Road incident sharing and real-time notifications
Speed camera and speed limit display and audio warning
Lane Assistant and signposts
Traveled routes statistics and altitude profiles in Travel Book



Maps included:

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Ireland.

Cities with 3D coverage:

United Kingdom: Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southhampton, York. Ireland: Cork, Dublin.

City guides available:

United Kingdom: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburg, Glasgow, London, Oxford, York. Ireland: Cork, Dublin.

[arvin555]

Will check on OSM and Sygic thanks.

Any other suggestions?

TTFN
Arvin

[Britster]

Arvin,

Refurbished Garmin Nuvi in UK are higher than from USA, but still good price compared with Philippines as Exchange rate is GBP1 = Php70

A Refurbished Garmin Nuvi 1300 can be bought for GBP65 = Php4550 (but how to get to Philippines - extra cost and possibly Customs Duty /VAT but it will have UK Maps and city Explorer.

Buying in the UK means paying VAT so price becomes GBP78 = Php5460

Do you consider that expensive?



Garmin nuvi 1300 with UK and ROI maps
Refurbished by Garmin with maps of the UK and Ireland, Garmin eco-route and cityXplorer - the nuvi 1300 gets you where you want to go no matter how you travel.

nuvi 1300 with UK and ROI maps

£109.99 £64.99
(£77.99 Inc VAT)

Grade Info : Manufacturer Refurbished
Part No: 010-00782-42

• Garmin numap guarantee
• Lane Assist
• Garmin’s unique speed camera warnings
• Street-level mapping for the U.K. and Ireland
• Refurbished by Garmin

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Manufacturer refurbished

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Simplicity

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These Radar and Speed Triggered Cameras, imposing Speed Limits can get costly if you don't know where they are, and doing 40mph in a 30mph limit. Investment in a Garmin with an updated DataBase that warns you of any over-speed so you should not inadvertently get caught, could easily pay for itself.

[arvin555]

Britster,

Thanks for a very through Garmin UK perspective. As mentioned this is one of the suggestions, in fact the first idea that I have to suggest to my friend. He is flying to UK now, so he can buy a Garmin UK unit when he arrives from Amazon.uk or totalpda link that you gave.

I would also tell him that he can either join RG when he comes back so he can get a Phil. Map and use it, or just sell it here when he gets back.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

TTFN
Arvin