[Keefelane66]

The Villages (free) does not appear to be available on Apple Car Play have no idea if the paid Village may work since we are not subscribers.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

The Villages (free) does not appear to be available on Apple Car Play have no idea if the paid Village may work since we are not subscribers.

I didn't think about that when I mentioned it earlier. Not everything is available on CarPlay (I wish it was) and the Villages app appears to be one of those things.

One of the routes the OP mentioned was from 466A to McClure. I just mapped that on the desktop version of google maps and it also recommended 301 to Warm Springs. Since you can force the desktop version to take a route of your choosing I told it to take Marsh Bend like the OP suggested. Google maps told me that would take five additional minutes. It appears that in this case it was recommending the fastest route.

The OP also mentioned a 15 mile trip to a location that was only two miles away. I'd like to know what those endpoints were so we could look at them on google maps as well. It still could be a case of the maps not being up to date but it would be interesting to check it out.

[KenLee100]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!

Download the mobile Villages GPS app for $7 and the free Villages app.
Both are quirky at times, but they are your best bet in the new areas.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!

We use The Villages app or Villages GPS and have no problem.

[deanjohnson]

Get Villages app

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Kelevision

I use the GPS all the time but I use either google maps or imaps and have never had any issues.

Originally Posted by deanjohnson

Get Villages app

Originally Posted by Rodneysblue

We use The Villages app or Villages GPS and have no problem.

ditch the digital director and use your own neural network. .
someday you will forget your phone or the cell tower is down, and you won't be hobbling around without the digital director

[dlebuis]

My GPS asks asks if I would like to go on private gated roads. When I say yes it usually takes me that route.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!

Welcome to DeLuna! We’ve been here 8 months and have the same issue. It’s actually much faster to go to McClure or Fenney or any of the southern newer villages via 301 to Warm Springs, etc. The route down Marsh Bend Trail to Warm Springs is very slow because of the curvy road, though it’s definitely more scenic, and I personally prefer it.

If you’re wanting to go to a northern location of TV avoiding 301 then the easiest way for now is to take Marsh Bend Trail to Warm Springs, turn left, then left again on Meggison, and then once on Meggison enter the address or destination in your GPS and it should route you through the Villages. It’s a longer route, but keeps you in TV. My husband always prefers the quickest and most direct route to any TV location, which is usually via 301, but sometimes I just want to stay in the bubble and enjoy the scenery. The routes and alternative routes throughout TV will become second nature to you very quickly. Hopefully GPS will give these non-301 routes as an option eventually. Our car is pre-navigation system so my husband uses Google Maps on his iPhone, and I think it’s giving him more than one route when he enters the destination.

If you’re on Facebook we have a Village of DeLuna group that will be very helpful to you as newbies. 😊

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Rzepecki

For overall perspective, ask your Villages sales rep for maps of The Villages or go to a country club and purchase them. I use gps, but I like generally knowing the roads so I can tell if gps is leading me astray.

Have the maps been updated recently? The ones we were given last year were dated 2019, and many southern villages including mine weren’t even shown on the Villages South map.

[Dgodin]

The program may be optimizing for fastest route.
You may try going old school. Get a Villages Map. Cost about $5 at the villages merchandise stores or maybe your real estate agent will give you one.

[toeser]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!

This problem has existed for years because of our faux gates. I just memorized one-half dozen of the major roads in TV, check Google Maps for the location I wish to go, head in the general direction of my target, and maybe use the GPS for the last couple of blocks. Once you are close to your destination, provided there are not a lot more gates, you will usually get an accurate route.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by toeser

This problem has existed for years because of our faux gates. I just memorized one-half dozen of the major roads in TV, check Google Maps for the location I wish to go, head in the general direction of my target, and maybe use the GPS for the last couple of blocks. Once you are close to your destination, provided there are not a lot more gates, you will usually get an accurate route.

The gates have nothing to do with it...

I'm still using the (pay Villages GPS App almost daily when I'm there.

Once in a blue moon, it gets stuck in a loop (most likely due to a bad cell connection). But 99% of the time, no problems...

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by toeser

This problem has existed for years because of our faux gates. I just memorized one-half dozen of the major roads in TV, check Google Maps for the location I wish to go, head in the general direction of my target, and maybe use the GPS for the last couple of blocks. Once you are close to your destination, provided there are not a lot more gates, you will usually get an accurate route.

I've never had a gate identified on any of my auto map programs in my travels…

[gobuck827]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!

In the example given in your second paragraph the app simply took you on the shortest and fastest route. From the intersection of Marsh Bend Trl and 301 to the roundabout @ Warm Springs and Fenney Way it is 3.66 miles with speed limits of 55 and 45 MPH if you travel 301 to Warm Springs. If you travel Marsh Bend Trl instead it is 4.5 miles with speed limits of 30 or 35 MPH.

[Malsua]

Originally Posted by Pinball wizard

It amazes me how many people don't read the OP.

I use WAZE extensively in and around The Villages. It almost never takes me out of my way and never 'around' The Villages unless that is the best route. There is no setting in WAZE for Shortest Time vs Shortest Route.

Waze uses the average road segment speed for the time slot that applies at the time when a user is expected to arrive at that road segment. Because of this time window, Waze suggests different routes at different times of day. This is dependent on how many times are recorded on the roads along the route.

I'm a home inspector here in The Villages. I use Waze. I have inspected homes built in 2022 on brand new roads and not once has it routed me around Hogan's barn.

I live north of 466 near Tiera Del Sol, so some of those homes in Deluna were pastures not that long ago yet It gets me there no fuss no muss. It doesn't route me out to 75 or 301 or whatever. Just straight to the point usually down Morse or BV unless there's a jam up somewhere.