[Jolson]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We're new residents. We used the Free App to go from DeLuna to Sawgrass and back last night. Good thing we happened to remember the way to get back, because the app kept giving opposite instructions.

"Turn left" when there was no left, etc. Also, when we got onto the path when we left Sawgrass we were 100 feet along and it said, "Make a U-Turn", so we did. Then 100 feet into going the opposite way it said again, "Make a U-turn" so we turned around again. Then it said it a 3rd time so we ignored it.

So eventually it started to give the correct instructions but then stopped talking for several miles. When it did start talking again it was giving us incorrect instructions. It would tell us to take a turn where there was no turn to take, or "Take a right" when we knew it was a left. etc., etc. BTW we followed our memory turn by turn and got back without trouble.

So. Is this a common issue? I don't want to go exploring if this thing won't know how to get me home and I don't remember the route.

Thanks!

I live in Deluna and did a route map going to the brownwood hotel by bicycle. It took me over the WaterLily bridge through the parking lot at Brownwood and then straight out through the circle on Powell Road. Golf carts cannot go that way but bicycles can so that’s why you shouldn’t use Maps or Google maps when you’re going by golfcart.

[Heytubes]

Pay the 6 bucks for the village gps with the green compass background. The free one doesn’t have all the info the paid one has. You get what you pay for.

[Sherkugawa]

Yes, I’ve had problems with the app. It’s quirky and until you are more familiar with how it works it can get you into trouble. For the problems you experienced, long delay without any instructions, quit the app and start it up again reentering the navigation info. The same with the multiple u turns.

QUOTE=bsloan1960;2236610]We're new residents. We used the Free App to go from DeLuna to Sawgrass and back last night. Good thing we happened to remember the way to get back, because the app kept giving opposite instructions.

"Turn left" when there was no left, etc. Also, when we got onto the path when we left Sawgrass we were 100 feet along and it said, "Make a U-Turn", so we did. Then 100 feet into going the opposite way it said again, "Make a U-turn" so we turned around again. Then it said it a 3rd time so we ignored it.

So eventually it started to give the correct instructions but then stopped talking for several miles. When it did start talking again it was giving us incorrect instructions. It would tell us to take a turn where there was no turn to take, or "Take a right" when we knew it was a left. etc., etc. BTW we followed our memory turn by turn and got back without trouble.

So. Is this a common issue? I don't want to go exploring if this thing won't know how to get me home and I don't remember the route.

Thanks![/QUOTE]

[Marsha11]

Regardless of which app has, the bad for you to take the shortcut is always wrong, including the normal gos. The carts pass my home in Rio Grand en route to Spanish Springs. Now an Increaae of 6 vehicles every minute all day. They bypass the normal streets. I don't like this outcome at all at my home that was never that way.

[maistocars]

Use google maps on bicycle mode.

[Andyhope]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

We're new residents. We used the Free App to go from DeLuna to Sawgrass and back last night. Good thing we happened to remember the way to get back, because the app kept giving opposite instructions.

"Turn left" when there was no left, etc. Also, when we got onto the path when we left Sawgrass we were 100 feet along and it said, "Make a U-Turn", so we did. Then 100 feet into going the opposite way it said again, "Make a U-turn" so we turned around again. Then it said it a 3rd time so we ignored it.

So eventually it started to give the correct instructions but then stopped talking for several miles. When it did start talking again it was giving us incorrect instructions. It would tell us to take a turn where there was no turn to take, or "Take a right" when we knew it was a left. etc., etc. BTW we followed our memory turn by turn and got back without trouble.

So. Is this a common issue? I don't want to go exploring if this thing won't know how to get me home and I don't remember the route.

Thanks!

If it’s free , that’s what it’s worth . Pay for village gps.. it worth hit

[HIgolfers]

Originally Posted by Andyhope

If it’s free , that’s what it’s worth . Pay for village gps.. it worth hit

Have used the free Villages app (green background with white V) for 6 years. Very rarely have issues with it. Amazes me that people insist that free apps are never any good! I download free podcasts all the time that are excellent. Why should I pay for something when there are perfectly good substitutes for free?

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by HIgolfers

Have used the free Villages app (green background with white V) for 6 years. Very rarely have issues with it. Amazes me that people insist that free apps are never any good! I download free podcasts all the time that are excellent. Why should I pay for something when there are perfectly good substitutes for free?