A newbie here (1 Viewer)

[Enjibenji5]

Hi everyone,
You have probably been asked this a thousand times but what satnav do you use for France and Spain. We are going just after Christmas and want something that can tell us where not to drive i.e. low bridges, width restriction, tiny country lanes etc.
Much appreciated

 

[ambulancekidd]

 

[buzz1]

Hi
welcome
Sorry haven’t a clue , not ventured over my self
But loads have on here and I’m sure someone will give you info you require shortly .
Have a good trip

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[irnbru]

We have a Garmin 770 but not recommended abroad. It makes numerous mistakes on guidance.

 

[Figaro]

None are 100% reliable as far as I can tell and road widths are not an option the navigation companies seem to buy from the providers.
I've been using Google maps on France and found it ok. But you do need to use common sense as well as I've come across several narrow bridges.
Same when it instructs you to turn left into a drainage ditch.

 

[davidbaldam]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

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[ChrisL]

I use copilot gps caravan edition android app on an 8" tablet, but it also works fine on my phone, you can enter your dimensions and weight, so far it has been really good, the only time it's sent me somewhere i shouldn't have gone was a mistake on my part. If you decide to go with it change the default caravan dimension settings to your own, but don't save it with a new name just save it as the default, this will mean that if copilot is called from another app like search for sites it will call the default and you will have saved that with your dimensions, i hope that makes sense.

 

[Enjibenji5]

None are 100% reliable as far as I can tell and road widths are not an option the navigation companies seem to buy from the providers.
I've been using Google maps on France and found it ok. But you do need to use common sense as well as I've come across several narrow bridges.
Same when it instructs you to turn left into a drainage ditch.

Lol, we are going to stick with google maps I think.

 

[Enjibenji5]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

Thank you

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[Enjibenji5]

I use copilot gps caravan edition android app on an 8" tablet, but it also works fine on my phone, you can enter your dimensions and weight, so far it has been really good, the only time it's sent me somewhere i shouldn't have gone was a mistake on my part. If you decide to go with it change the default caravan dimension settings to your own, but don't save it with a new name just save it as the default, this will mean that if copilot is called from another app like search for sites it will call the default and you will have saved that with your dimensions, i hope that makes sense.

Oh ok, that sounds promising

 

[Jim]

For touring abroad a Sat-Nav is OK for back up, but most of the time, your phone is fine. Using the Apps; SearchforSites or Park4night, choose where you want to go and then click navigate. You are then given a choice of what to navigate with, which depends on your phone and what you have installed. My iPhone gives me a number of options, Google Maps, Co-Pilot, but these days Apple Maps beats them both for planning, traffic and route selection; so I choose that

Enjoy your trip and welcome to the fun

 

[Baldeagle7470]

Hi and another big Enjoy.

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[Enjibenji5]

For touring abroad a Sat-Nav is OK for back up, but most of the time, your phone is fine. Using the Apps; SearchforSites or Park4night, choose where you want to go and then click navigate. You are then given a choice of what to navigate with, which depends on your phone and what you have installed. My iPhone gives me a number of options, Google Maps, Co-Pilot, but these days Apple Maps beats them both for planning, traffic and route selection; so I choose that

Enjoy your trip and welcome to the fun

Ok thanks, we have searchforsites or park4night, so hopefully can get some good aires on there

 

[Jo662]

 

[Dramfineday]

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[BillyKontiki]

Download the app Waze, it’s very good in the uk don’t know about the continent. Happy travels.