Navigation apps.... for PCs

[Kushina]

Director is clearly on crack and too happy with his new Windows 8.1 Pro tablet. Needs to be comparable to google maps on android and iphone (live traffic).

 

[jlee]

First Google result:

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/maps-pro/afe19081-5161-4399-8850-06c9a858a072

Where should I send the invoice?

 

[Kushina]

Already have that but it doesn't do traffic. Thanks tho. I guess if we don't find anything i'll give him this. He likes sciencey stuff.

 

[jlee]

Does Waze have a Windows app?

 

[takeru]

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/here-maps/f8ec7f40-8a1b-4df9-8dbb-47eb30304a88

there you go. now gimme my cookie.

 

[Kushina]

^ Does it speak turn by turn navigation ?

Shitty cookie for you cause it's shitty day

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8100201800_7629fa455b.jpg

 

[Pantoot]

Does Waze have a Windows app?

Yessir:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/waze/f07f83eb-a8a4-49fd-8946-c67a9349e062

Edit...doh, thats for windows phone.
If you can find a waze windows app, that wins.

 

[Ken g6]

Search terms "turn-by-turn live traffic" returned one app:

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/61757ddf-9272-4537-a198-1d391c471267

I now see that jlee's suggestion claims to be "the only Windows 8 app with full, voice guided, turn-by-turn navigation!" If true, there's nothing else.

 

[Kushina]

Thank you guys, I'll try these out tomorrow.

 

[Kushina]

Alright so G Maps doesn't actually speak and it's not turn by turn navigation but rather just directions ... turn by turn.... doesn't look like we have many other options left.

 

[Imaginer]

I would suggest Microsoft Streets and Trips, they also have voice directions along with route planning with waypoints...

But that line of software is to be discontinued... in favor of that default Map app (due to the app mentality).

If you want a full robust software route planner, there is no problem in the Streets and Trips software (you would have to mount the install media as a virtual optical drive mount or use an external optical drive as this is a desktop software package).

Since I have not used my Surface Pro 2 for the navigation map areas, I am interested in further development (it is quite possible for even in tethering modes, to pull the location of your tethered phone and use a local map preloaded to navigate.

Just pure personal opinion, but some software developers are not that forward thinking - relying on being constantly pinging Google maps which is a problem of Waze on my phone.