C0-Pilot Truck Software ?
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#1
Back on the Road , 10-17-2008 10:23 PM
10-24-2017Anyone using this software for there trip routes and directions ? I was using microsoft treets and trips when I was on the road however, it does not have truck specific routes and alerts for low bridges etc etc.
Looking into purchasing this software when I go back on the road and wanted to get some first hand information from the folks using it.
Thanks, Joe
Looking into purchasing this software when I go back on the road and wanted to get some first hand information from the folks using it.
Thanks, Joe
#2
I have both co-pilot and delorme.
I only use co-pilot to double check delorme as a truck route when i need to.
because, for me, delorme's graphic's, color's (most important reason) are easier on the eye's.
and picking routes and poi's are extremely simple.
i had delorme first, but it took me on the wrong road sometimes (rarely, but still....).
so i got co-pilot and it was hard to map a route, i could'nt see the whole route as i drove...ie, about 100 miles and more (approx), i think. anyway, like, if a was going to AL from CA, i don't need co-pilot to show me the road in front of me the whole way. so i use delorme just to have the gps on the U.S map, and each states as i go thru them so i know which towns and truckstops are around, way before i get there.
I only use co-pilot to double check delorme as a truck route when i need to.
because, for me, delorme's graphic's, color's (most important reason) are easier on the eye's.
and picking routes and poi's are extremely simple.
i had delorme first, but it took me on the wrong road sometimes (rarely, but still....).
so i got co-pilot and it was hard to map a route, i could'nt see the whole route as i drove...ie, about 100 miles and more (approx), i think. anyway, like, if a was going to AL from CA, i don't need co-pilot to show me the road in front of me the whole way. so i use delorme just to have the gps on the U.S map, and each states as i go thru them so i know which towns and truckstops are around, way before i get there.
#3
i hear co pilot 11 sucks and that they don't know WHEN they will have the fixes ready. we have co pilot 9 as company installed GPS and we hate it. we use laptop base Delorme 2008+ (have loaded 2009+ but don't like it as well)( the + versions has the white, blue & yellow pages phone book built into it) and streets & trips 2007. (maps are a little better)
like fdmax said we to like the display of delorme best. and with the (free) add on file for (RV) low bridges and the like (13'2") helps in 4 years it has only get us into the wrong place 2 times and 1 was because i don't check it.
gps software is only as good as the person at the keyboard. i've had co pilot route us on to a 9 ton bridge..? and tell me that i can't use I-635 around Dallas because we had has-mat...?
a map is still best but as a tool gps is a real help for on the go checking for time and milage to your next turn, fuel stop and finish. and a real help when it's foggy or that dam tree branch is coving that street sign at your turn.
just my thoughts
like fdmax said we to like the display of delorme best. and with the (free) add on file for (RV) low bridges and the like (13'2") helps in 4 years it has only get us into the wrong place 2 times and 1 was because i don't check it.
gps software is only as good as the person at the keyboard. i've had co pilot route us on to a 9 ton bridge..? and tell me that i can't use I-635 around Dallas because we had has-mat...?
a map is still best but as a tool gps is a real help for on the go checking for time and milage to your next turn, fuel stop and finish. and a real help when it's foggy or that dam tree branch is coving that street sign at your turn.
just my thoughts
