GPS for Drivers?
- Thread starter EZPZ
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am I? XD
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
I use the stars and the moon.
The Howling
Member
Our center already has this. They replaced the RDO button with map nav. It shows a 
ty map on how to get to your next few stops. Sometimes it’s helpful to see the number breaks on a street.
ty map on how to get to your next few stops. Sometimes it’s helpful to see the number breaks on a street.
Brisket
Well-Known Member
Our center already has this. They replaced the RDO button with map nav. It shows a
Don’t forget the massive battery drain if you use it a lot.
JL 0513
Well-Known Member
Our center already has this. They replaced the RDO button with map nav. It shows a
That's its main benefit. When the next stop is on the next intersecting road, it makes it easier to know whether to go left or right when you don't know the number breaks. It's no navigation device though.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Great time to add the new power cradles, right when they are adding new DIADs that won’t fit.
The Howling
Member
Exactly. If you use it a lot it smokes your battery.
Can you MapNav a misload? I never tried it. I had one that was 9 miles away the other day.
I always used Google Maps because the great thing about it is that it shows you a picture of what that place looks like. You will be able to determine if the misload is a business or not.
I always used Google Maps because the great thing about it is that it shows you a picture of what that place looks like. You will be able to determine if the misload is a business or not.
Delivery!!!
Well-Known Member
No. But you can map nav stops given to you if helping another driver.
oldngray
nowhere special
New trucks have a skylight so you can use your sextant to navigate.
oldngray
nowhere special
Google Maps is a good tool but you can't let it become a crutch to find every stop. Its not 100% accurate anyway.
GenericUsername
Well-Known Member
Actually, if you sheet the misload and send it in, the center can send the misload back to your board under the route that it was supposed to be on and you can use the map that way.
You can also use the map without it being in the cradle inside the truck. You can zoom out of the map, get a turn by turn look similar to what mapquest used to let you print out. While it's in the cradle, it charges and doesn't kill your battery. It does beep at you when you're about 200 feet away from your stop (though very lightly) then does a louder beep when you're at your stop.
Most people hate the map navigation, but on Saturdays I use the hell out of it. I don't know where a lot of the stops are so I just follow Orion 100% until I get to an area I know and then just work normally. It makes the job pretty brainless as long as you keep your eye on the road more than the diad.
You can also use the map without it being in the cradle inside the truck. You can zoom out of the map, get a turn by turn look similar to what mapquest used to let you print out. While it's in the cradle, it charges and doesn't kill your battery. It does beep at you when you're about 200 feet away from your stop (though very lightly) then does a louder beep when you're at your stop.
Most people hate the map navigation, but on Saturdays I use the hell out of it. I don't know where a lot of the stops are so I just follow Orion 100% until I get to an area I know and then just work normally. It makes the job pretty brainless as long as you keep your eye on the road more than the diad.
Christian M
Active Member
You say that joke a lot. It’s not funny anymore
That’s how he gets you to upgrade to his paid service tier.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Cover the diad with foil!
