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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1827173" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>That was a very helpful summary of how the different systems work. I guess I assumed some of that - my RV has a built-in navigation unit so it works everywhere without any external signal, but it knows nothing about traffic conditions - but it is always good to get confirmation and much of what you posted I did not know. Thank you for taking the time.</p><p></p><p>As far as getting a used iPhone without a SIM card for the nav system, I ordered that this afternoon and it should be here in a couple of days. Iended up ordering an iPhone 6 with 64GB since I could not find one with 32GB. We have a trip scheduled early next week so I should know how the whole thing works relatively soon. I expect to add Waze, Google Maps and Sygic and its maps to the iPhone and see how they work. Sygic offers real time traffic information, but it is apparently an add-on and I have not checked how much extra it costs.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly enough we have an old Garmin hand-held gps unit that we used to use for hiking and it had the satellite display that you referred to and it was easy to see how many satellites the device was referencing. All of that seems to be gone.</p><p></p><p>One of the puzzling things to me is why these nav systems do not show elevation. Our old portable system - a Rand McNally - showed elevation but Waze does not and neither does Google Maps. I don't know about Sygic because I really have not used it, but I expect to on our next trip.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all of the information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1827173, member: 305741"] That was a very helpful summary of how the different systems work. I guess I assumed some of that - my RV has a built-in navigation unit so it works everywhere without any external signal, but it knows nothing about traffic conditions - but it is always good to get confirmation and much of what you posted I did not know. Thank you for taking the time. As far as getting a used iPhone without a SIM card for the nav system, I ordered that this afternoon and it should be here in a couple of days. Iended up ordering an iPhone 6 with 64GB since I could not find one with 32GB. We have a trip scheduled early next week so I should know how the whole thing works relatively soon. I expect to add Waze, Google Maps and Sygic and its maps to the iPhone and see how they work. Sygic offers real time traffic information, but it is apparently an add-on and I have not checked how much extra it costs. Interestingly enough we have an old Garmin hand-held gps unit that we used to use for hiking and it had the satellite display that you referred to and it was easy to see how many satellites the device was referencing. All of that seems to be gone. One of the puzzling things to me is why these nav systems do not show elevation. Our old portable system - a Rand McNally - showed elevation but Waze does not and neither does Google Maps. I don't know about Sygic because I really have not used it, but I expect to on our next trip. Thanks again for all of the information. [/QUOTE]
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