[Villages GPS]

Originally Posted by SeanAndrews

Currently house-hunting in TV and we are looking at villas close to Lake Sumter Landing or Brownwood Paddock.

We want to be "golf cart close" to one (or both) of these town squares, but The Villages GPS is giving what seems to be outrageously long golf cart times from the neighborhoods to the squares. For example, last month we were able to take a golf cart ride from Clifford Ct. to Lake Sumter Landing in about 25 minutes, yet Villages GPS is now saying that is a 39-minute trip. The cart was a rental and maxed out at 12 MPH. I don't understand! Is Villages GPS accurate?

Follow-up question. For anyone living in a centrally located neighborhood such as Duval, how long does it take you to drive your golf cart to Lake Sumter or to Brownwood Paddock? Would they both be comfortable rides from Duval? I really appreciate any advice you can offer!!

EDIT:
Thank you all for your helpful answers!! We look forward to joining you soon!

Hi SeanAndrews,
I just saw this question in my email from TOTV Daily Talk.

You are correct. It is a estimation based on around 10 miles per hour. We aren’t able to change this right now but are trying to find a workaround.

Once you get out there and start driving on your route, the time will change as you drive.

Also, we just added a Real Estate tab that links all of the houses for Sale and for Rent that are listed on Talk of The Villages.

If you don't see this tab, go to your App Store or play store and update the app now.

Tip: To see these houses on the map, click the top right map icon.

For those of you reading this. If you don't know... we are just a couple Villagers like yourself. We are doing our best for all of us Villagers.

If anyone reading this has any issues with our app, we are a email away!

Please email us at VillagesGPS@gmail.com.

[stebooo]

Originally Posted by SeanAndrews

Currently house-hunting in TV and we are looking at villas close to Lake Sumter Landing or Brownwood Paddock.

We want to be "golf cart close" to one (or both) of these town squares, but The Villages GPS is giving what seems to be outrageously long golf cart times from the neighborhoods to the squares. For example, last month we were able to take a golf cart ride from Clifford Ct. to Lake Sumter Landing in about 25 minutes, yet Villages GPS is now saying that is a 39-minute trip. The cart was a rental and maxed out at 12 MPH. I don't understand! Is Villages GPS accurate?

Follow-up question. For anyone living in a centrally located neighborhood such as Duval, how long does it take you to drive your golf cart to Lake Sumter or to Brownwood Paddock? Would they both be comfortable rides from Duval? I really appreciate any advice you can offer!!

EDIT:
Thank you all for your helpful answers!! We look forward to joining you soon!

The times are probably close to 40%off.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by SeanAndrews

Currently house-hunting in TV and we are looking at villas close to Lake Sumter Landing or Brownwood Paddock.

We want to be "golf cart close" to one (or both) of these town squares, but The Villages GPS is giving what seems to be outrageously long golf cart times from the neighborhoods to the squares. For example, last month we were able to take a golf cart ride from Clifford Ct. to Lake Sumter Landing in about 25 minutes, yet Villages GPS is now saying that is a 39-minute trip. The cart was a rental and maxed out at 12 MPH. I don't understand! Is Villages GPS accurate?

Follow-up question. For anyone living in a centrally located neighborhood such as Duval, how long does it take you to drive your golf cart to Lake Sumter or to Brownwood Paddock? Would they both be comfortable rides from Duval? I really appreciate any advice you can offer!!

EDIT:
Thank you all for your helpful answers!! We look forward to joining you soon!

I’m not going to read 5 pages of posts so my answer is probably a repeat ....

You are correct . The estimated times on these apps are grossly over estimated......

[wayneostling]

The Villages GPS app that you pay for just about doubles the estimated travel time by golf cart. Our golf cart will hit about 23-24 mph.

[Klassykathy]

Originally Posted by SeanAndrews

Yes, I checked the "by car" option, but that also seemed to be longer. Just wondering if this is a glitch or something. I want to buy a house that is within 15-20 minutes of a major town square, driving a 19 MPH golf cart.

We are in Pine Ridge (just beliw 466A). Our cart probably goes a little faster at 20pmh but it takes 17 mins to Lake Sumter & 21 min to Brownwood by golf cart.
That was one of our top 5 requirements <25 mins by cart to 2 town squares!

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by SeanAndrews

Currently house-hunting in TV and we are looking at villas close to Lake Sumter Landing or Brownwood Paddock.

We want to be "golf cart close" to one (or both) of these town squares, but The Villages GPS is giving what seems to be outrageously long golf cart times from the neighborhoods to the squares. For example, last month we were able to take a golf cart ride from Clifford Ct. to Lake Sumter Landing in about 25 minutes, yet Villages GPS is now saying that is a 39-minute trip. The cart was a rental and maxed out at 12 MPH. I don't understand! Is Villages GPS accurate?

Follow-up question. For anyone living in a centrally located neighborhood such as Duval, how long does it take you to drive your golf cart to Lake Sumter or to Brownwood Paddock? Would they both be comfortable rides from Duval? I really appreciate any advice you can offer!!

EDIT:
Thank you all for your helpful answers!! We look forward to joining you soon!

I have found the app to be very accurate *except* for their estimated times. They are WAY off on everyone that I've checked. Their distances are pretty accurate but their times are not. It takes much less time than they show.

[Papa_lecki]

Tried using the app from the Fenney Grill to Brownwood today - estimated travel time was 3 hours and 13 minutes.

[PoolBrews]

For the Villages GPS app (not the free one, but the app that they charge $5.99 for), you can take the time they show for a golf cart and divide by 2. You will be within a minute of the real travel time. I wish they would just let you enter in your own average golf cart speed to make this more accurate.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by lrvalley

For the Villages GPS app (not the free one, but the app that they charge $5.99 for), you can take the time they show for a golf cart and divide by 2. You will be within a minute of the real travel time. I wish they would just let you enter in your own average golf cart speed to make this more accurate.

That’s what i have a problem with - i paid $6 for an app that is not accurate.
The free one has a terrible interface, but it is accurate.

[SeanAndrews]

Originally Posted by Villages GPS

Hi SeanAndrews,
I just saw this question in my email from TOTV Daily Talk.

You are correct. It is a estimation based on around 10 miles per hour. We aren’t able to change this right now but are trying to find a workaround.

Once you get out there and start driving on your route, the time will change as you drive.

Also, we just added a Real Estate tab that links all of the houses for Sale and for Rent that are listed on Talk of The Villages.

If you don't see this tab, go to your App Store or play store and update the app now.

Tip: To see these houses on the map, click the top right map icon.

For those of you reading this. If you don't know... we are just a couple Villagers like yourself. We are doing our best for all of us Villagers.

If anyone reading this has any issues with our app, we are a email away!

Please email us at VillagesGPS@gmail.com.

Thank you for your answer! Now that I know how the app calculates the driving times, it will make more sense to me. I have found the other functions helpful too!

[kathyspear]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

That’s what i have a problem with - i paid $6 for an app that is not accurate.
The free one has a terrible interface, but it is accurate.

Maybe the app was written with the Google API which would mean they can't adjust the cart travel time (what Google uses to figure "bike travel time") unless and until Google includes that capability in their API.

kathy

[bp243]

Originally Posted by John_W

Here's the one I've posted before, it's hand drawn but it's only one I know. It came form the Villager FSBO website:

Every Village Location on a Map

Here's one published by TV that you can zoom in to the lot of any home in TV:

The Villages(R) Community Map - Explore & Find Your Way Around

Here's a bunch of other links that may come in handy:

Now you should know what is going on in TV

Entertainment at the Squares

Villages Savannah Center, Sharon & Special Events

Villages Box Office Buy your tickets Online

Villlage of Virginia Trace Link Directory

The Villages Daily Sun Newspaper

This link might be blocked by TOTV, just use www . villages - news . com
Villages-New Online Independent Newspaper

The Villages 3 Squares Webcams

Golf The Villages - Course Updates

The Weather Channel Radar Central Florida

Villages Gourmet Club 900 Restaurant Reviews

The Villages Owned Shopping Centers

Florida Lottery

Your Villages Community District Governments

Kart Aide

Sumter County Property Tax Search

Lake County Property Search

Jobs with The Villages Wanted

Villages Homes 4 Rent 1600 Rentals

The Daily Sun Online Recreation News Published Every Thursday

The Villages Govt Recreation News

How very wonderful...thank you so much! Really appreciate your response and other connections!

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

That’s what i have a problem with - i paid $6 for an app that is not accurate.
The free one has a terrible interface, but it is accurate.

They are working on a solution.... in the mean time, you can’t divide by 2 ??

[Nucky]

The App is infinitely better by leaps and bounds then it was several years ago. The team really hung in there and came through for their customers. They addressed each and every shortcoming that the original App had. I think it’s great now. There are a lot less Carts pulled over on the lawn with the old school paper maps out. Gotta give them credit. I was not a supporter early on but am now.