{"id":5295,"date":"2013-05-08T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T21:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:42:08","slug":"driving-in-europe-you-must-have-this-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/driving-in-europe-you-must-have-this-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving in Europe \u2013 you must have this app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5298\" alt=\"TomTom GPS App\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=168%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=84%2C150&amp;ssl=1 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a>When you are driving someplace unfamiliar, navigating roundabouts every other minute and trying to drive on the wrong side of the road \u2013 you need help. I can\u2019t stress strongly enough how valuable a good GPS can be.<\/p>\n<p>I recently drove through Europe and put on over 5,500 km in just under three weeks. Not speaking any language other than English and not taking a single map, I relied exclusively on a <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tomtom.com\/en_us\/products\/car-navigation\/tomtom-navigation-for-iphone-ipad\/navigation-app\/\">Western Europe TomTom GPS app for my iPhone<\/span> and <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tomtom.weurope&amp;feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50b210b20ud2V1cm9wZSJd\">one for my Nexus7 tablet<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazed\u201d is the best way I can describe how well the trip went. The apps performed almost flawlessly and in 5,500 km I only went off-course six times. Being a full blown GPS app, it rerouted me with hardly any delay. Considering the complexity of the signage and the road construction underway, I never expected such success.<\/p>\n<p>Flying into Amsterdam, I toured:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>Austria<\/li>\n<li>Lichtenstein<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>U.K.<\/li>\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and back to Amsterdam again. That included three ferry crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to successfully navigate from one country to the next was what I wanted and expected. The real benefit (in hindsight) was the ability to leave the paved highway and explore off the beaten path. While I had \u201cx\u201d number of days to complete my trip, I really had no set schedule as to when I had to be any certain place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5296\" alt=\"TomTom GPS apps\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=600%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=150%2C98&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=207%2C136&amp;ssl=1 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=260%2C170&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-0442.jpg?resize=430%2C283&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I saw a beautiful church or river valley from the highway, I just jumped off at the next exit and went exploring. I knew TomTom would put me right back on the highway whenever I wanted to proceed on to my next destination.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, with my Nexus7 tablet, I could look for POI\u2019s (points of interest) along my route while I sat having breakfast or lunch, and not miss anything interesting along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-3146.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5297\" alt=\"Saw lots of these speed camera signs - hopefully they didn't see me.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-3146.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-3146.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-3146.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Europe-3146.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>TomTom thankfully includes verbal and visual warnings on screen for speed cameras. I must have passed 200 of those things. (They\u2019ve got those signs everywhere.)<\/p>\n<p>I used a <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2012\/03\/15\/does-your-iphone-go-to-the-golf-course\/\">Bracketron Cradle-It holder for my iPhone<\/span>, which acted as my main GPS navigation aid. I mounted it right above the rearview mirror in my rental car. \u00a0I held my Nexus7 on a <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2011\/03\/22\/product-review-%E2%80%93-spiderpodium\/\">Spiderpodium<\/span> which I attached to the air-conditioning vents above the radio. The tablet app was more convenient when trying to find attractions in the big cities, but usually I just followed the app on my iPhone for 99% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never experienced the convenience of positive navigation that a GPS gives, you really owe it to yourself to try it. Once there, you\u2019ll never go back to paper maps again.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Doug Bardwell on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bardwellwrites?sk=wall\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook <\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photodb\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter,\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dougbardwell\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104364214412141376690?rel=author\">Google+<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><SCRIPT charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?rt=ss_mfw&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822\/US\/thetra03-20\/8001\/deca90b0-0576-4947-9248-facd2cce8144\"> <\/SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT><A HREF=\"https:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?rt=ss_mfw&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthetra03-20%2F8001%2Fdeca90b0-0576-4947-9248-facd2cce8144&#038;Operation=NoScript\">Amazon.com Widgets<\/A><\/NOSCRIPT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are driving someplace unfamiliar, navigating roundabouts every other minute and trying to drive on the wrong side of the road \u2013 you need help. I can\u2019t stress strongly enough how valuable a good GPS can be. I recently drove through Europe and put on over 5,500 km in just under three weeks. Not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[607],"tags":[557,1768,1767,559,100,1112,1757,449,1769],"class_list":["post-5295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-gear-2","tag-app","tag-bracketron","tag-europe","tag-gps-app","tag-iphone","tag-navigation","tag-nexus7","tag-road-trip","tag-spiderpodium"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=84%2C150&ssl=1",84,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=168%2C300&ssl=1",168,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C400&ssl=1",259,400,true],"gb-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C250&ssl=1",259,250,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C284&ssl=1",259,284,true],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C382&ssl=1",259,382,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?fit=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C460&ssl=1",259,460,true],"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GPS-Screen.jpg?resize=259%2C270&ssl=1",259,270,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>When you are driving someplace unfamiliar, navigating roundabouts every other minute and trying to drive on the wrong side of the road \u2013 you need help. I can\u2019t stress strongly enough how valuable a good GPS can be. I recently drove through Europe and put on over 5,500 km in just under three weeks. Not speaking any language other than English and not taking a single map, I relied exclusively on a Western Europe TomTom GPS app for my iPhone and one for my Nexus7 tablet. \u201cAmazed\u201d is the best way I can describe how well the trip went. 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