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Has anybody tried to update the maps on a Boom GT 6.5 in the last year or so? If so, what version of the map did you actually get (e.g., MY2020 or something newer) ?
When the H-D demo truck came to town, I test road the 2022s, and even though they use the Boom GTS (as opposed to the 6.5 GT) the version number of the map was MY2022. I would be surprised if they followed the same naming convention with an incompatible map, so I suspect there is a more current map out there, than MY2020, that will work on our bikes and I wonder if naviextras will actually provide the latest map, even though their site shows MY2020 as the latest available.
On the other hand, I believe Apple Car Play and Android Auto (which always provide up to date, free maps) are the coffin nail for onboard nav systems and so is is entirely possible that companies like naviextras have stopped all new development except for large, in-hand contracts (e.g., providing up to date maps for thousands of factory new bikes).
There are plenty of places in this country that still have no cell service. If you start to try and use the GPS on your phone with no service, it cannot download the maps needed for navigation, rendering your phone useless. Not to mention the small screen, pouring rain or phone skipping across the road for a mount fail. As crappy as it may be, the OB GPS is attached to you transportation and made for the environment in which you may ride in.
Who knows, maybe in the future, you will have GPS implanted at birth! I know a few people who would benefit from that!
There are plenty of places in this country that still have no cell service. If you start to try and use the GPS on your phone with no service, it cannot download the maps needed for navigation, rendering your phone useless. Not to mention the small screen, pouring rain or phone skipping across the road for a mount fail. As crappy as it may be, the OB GPS is attached to you transportation and made for the environment in which you may ride in.
Who knows, maybe in the future, you will have GPS implanted at birth! I know a few people who would benefit from that!
Google Maps, Apple Mapps, Waze, all allow you do download very large sections of the country to your phone.
[QUOTE=Keithhu;20748569]Google Maps, Apple Mapps, Waze, all allow you do download very large sections of the country to your phone.
So this is a non-point.[/QUOTE
As I said before, if you fire up you phone GPS in an area that has No service, you cant download maps to let phone work, is my point. It's all good if you do it before you run into a non service area. Truck drivers, large RVs etc. also need non phone GPS, as there all kinds of restrictions for these vehicles which are not outlined in the Waze and google apps, but that's another story.
Google Maps, Apple Mapps, Waze, all allow you do download very large sections of the country to your phone.
So this is a non-point.[/QUOTE
As I said before, if you fire up you phone GPS in an area that has No service, you cant download maps to let phone work, is my point. It's all good if you do it before you run into a non service area. Truck drivers, large RVs etc. also need non phone GPS, as there all kinds of restrictions for these vehicles which are not outlined in the Waze and google apps, but that's another story.
it is not always that easy. My wife and I were recently on the Blue Ridge Parkway in her car, equipped with CarPlay, but no local navigation. We checked into the room, at a BRP park hotel at 11:00 PM on a rainy night, we found the hotel with no cell data just fine; but the room was moldy and my wife is allergic. So off to find another hotel. If you have ever been on the BRP, it can be miles between exits, and when you get to the exit, you can go down the mountain (several miles) to the east or (several miles) to the west so we had 4 choices, north, then east or west, or south then east or west, with no guarantee that there would be a hotel within 20 miles once we got off the parkway.. it sure would have been nice to have onboard navigation that night!
it is not always that easy. My wife and I were recently on the Blue Ridge Parkway in her car, equipped with CarPlay, but no local navigation. We checked into the room, at a BRP park hotel at 11:00 PM on a rainy night, we found the hotel with no cell data just fine; but the room was moldy and my wife is allergic. So off to find another hotel. If you have ever been on the BRP, it can be miles between exits, and when you get to the exit, you can go down the mountain (several miles) to the east or (several miles) to the west… so we had 4 choices, north, then east or west, or south then east or west, with no guarantee that there would be a hotel within 20 miles once we got off the parkway.. it sure would have been nice to have onboard navigation that night!
Well, you didn't plan your trip! . (assuming you were on a trip from your home state of New Jersey)
Of course there may be times you can't plan for this, but Prior to any trip, I will make sure I have the whole area on my phone. You can store huge swaths of the country on any phone less than a few years old.
But I have to ask - your car supports Car Play but doesnt have a nav system?
Well, you didn't plan your trip! . (assuming you were on a trip from your home state of New Jersey)
Of course there may be times you can't plan for this, but Prior to any trip, I will make sure I have the whole area on my phone. You can store huge swaths of the country on any phone less than a few years old.
But I have to ask - your car supports Car Play but doesnt have a nav system?
On my wifes 2019 VW, CarPlay was standard on, I believe, every trim level, without the onboard nav, except on the top-of-the line trim level which had it. I would have upgraded the infotainment if it could have been done reasonably, but the top of the line level included: upgraded stereo, larger wheels and low profile tires, one of those front-to-back moon roofs and who knows what else.. it cost about $10 more than what we got and the only option I wanted was the onboard nav. (I hate those big moonroofs almost as much as big wheels and low profile tires).
2019 was the last time I car shopped, but I believe that (infotainment with CarPlay but no nav) was already pretty common.
The trip was planned, I wasnt about to download all of rural Virginia onto my phone.
Well, you didn't plan your trip! . (assuming you were on a trip from your home state of New Jersey)
Of course there may be times you can't plan for this, but Prior to any trip, I will make sure I have the whole area on my phone. You can store huge swaths of the country on any phone less than a few years old.
But I have to ask - your car supports Car Play but doesnt have a nav system?
You can save an area from Google Maps to your phone or tablet and use it when you're offline.
... Select your own map
On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
Tap your profile picture or initial. Offline maps.
Tap Select your own map.
Adjust the map according to the area you want to download.
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. (assuming you were on a trip from your home state of New Jersey)
