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What3words entry on MIB2 navigation unit? Is it possible?
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Try this as a web link
www.doogal.co.uk
On the cars navigation screen as a new destination entry you dial in degrees, minutes and sends (DMS) it's what the car coordinate system accepts as input.
So that web link gives you DMS.
The abridged instructions with an example.
The answer
So 51.... dah de dah is your DMS for N and W
this 51° 45' 4.2192" N,1° 14' 46.428" W
that is what you dial in. It’s a bridge in Oxford.
You can do batch conversions with it... also suppose to be Excel sheet addins. My Excel is a bit long in the tooth so I didn't try that and you probably pay for that via Microsoft library.
For normal getting the DMS I use Android app N45E25 which takes either address, standard x,y coordinates and generates DMS. You get Google maps and Openstreet and Streetview although I might be keeping a disused app for the latter. Not sure. It works thou. N45E25 doesn't support importing what3words thou.
I can see if you had a lot of those what3words you could do it via Doogal. Club or something.
Coordinate conversion
A free online tool to convert large numbers of coordinates to other coordinate systems
www.doogal.co.uk
On the cars navigation screen as a new destination entry you dial in degrees, minutes and sends (DMS) it's what the car coordinate system accepts as input.
So that web link gives you DMS.
The abridged instructions with an example.
The answer
So 51.... dah de dah is your DMS for N and W
this 51° 45' 4.2192" N,1° 14' 46.428" W
that is what you dial in. It’s a bridge in Oxford.
You can do batch conversions with it... also suppose to be Excel sheet addins. My Excel is a bit long in the tooth so I didn't try that and you probably pay for that via Microsoft library.
For normal getting the DMS I use Android app N45E25 which takes either address, standard x,y coordinates and generates DMS. You get Google maps and Openstreet and Streetview although I might be keeping a disused app for the latter. Not sure. It works thou. N45E25 doesn't support importing what3words thou.
I can see if you had a lot of those what3words you could do it via Doogal. Club or something.
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OK thanks, I use this method for the sat nav in the truck, but wondered if there was any work round to directly input, no worries, thanks
Yes but it will cost you is the short answer.
Reckon this is where the requirement is to use the built in car navigation system rather than branching out... because we don't like Google Maps
. The proprietary nature of What3Words has limited apps since they make their money off the API so it appears. So as long as someone is contributing to their business model it gets included. Un officially people get unsupported Android Auto apps on the car by using mib tool boxes that by pass the requirement to be compatible but obviously that's considerable a modification. Some of those apps support What3Words.
Question is whether those apps are now in Android Auto without the surgery. Answer is yes with the What3Words Pro account £. (Your question)
Costs:
support.what3words.com
So I reckon you aren't going to get round coughing up for the feature either by direct payment as above or a license within a product. They are going to get their £30 a year one way or another.
The Japanese version used only in Japan is free. Thats the one I've used travelling in Japan, you fumble the codes in, press some Japanese characters on the cars system and off you go. It keeps Google Maps out of Japan. Korea has a similar approach and makes it a legal requirement to smudge out aeriel images with digital foliage so those pesky North Koreans get lost should they invade and get close to installation they dont want them around....
en.wikipedia.org
drivejapan.co.jp
Then you have the Mapcode Foundation different from Denso's Mapcode system.
en.wikipedia.org
Those are all free together with the normal coordinate system for which there are quite a few.
The What3Words being words are suppose to be easier than numbers and letters but mean different things in different languages... the fun. Hence the language drop down box in the What3Words look up.
Geographers trying to make a buck out of geography.
.
Reckon this is where the requirement is to use the built in car navigation system rather than branching out... because we don't like Google Maps
. The proprietary nature of What3Words has limited apps since they make their money off the API so it appears. So as long as someone is contributing to their business model it gets included. Un officially people get unsupported Android Auto apps on the car by using mib tool boxes that by pass the requirement to be compatible but obviously that's considerable a modification. Some of those apps support What3Words.Question is whether those apps are now in Android Auto without the surgery. Answer is yes with the What3Words Pro account £. (Your question)
Costs:
How much does what3words Pro cost?
UK (GBP) Europe (EUR) USA & rest of world (USD) Pro Monthly £3.49 per month €4.19 per month $4.69 per month Pro Annual Save 28% plus, get a 7-day fr...
support.what3words.com
So I reckon you aren't going to get round coughing up for the feature either by direct payment as above or a license within a product. They are going to get their £30 a year one way or another.
The Japanese version used only in Japan is free. Thats the one I've used travelling in Japan, you fumble the codes in, press some Japanese characters on the cars system and off you go. It keeps Google Maps out of Japan. Korea has a similar approach and makes it a legal requirement to smudge out aeriel images with digital foliage so those pesky North Koreans get lost should they invade and get close to installation they dont want them around....
Denso mapcode - Wikipedia
Mapcode Guide for Japan | GPS Navigation Help | Drive Japan
Learn how to use mapcodes in Japan to navigate easily by GPS on your road trip.
Then you have the Mapcode Foundation different from Denso's Mapcode system.
Mapcode - Wikipedia
Those are all free together with the normal coordinate system for which there are quite a few.
The What3Words being words are suppose to be easier than numbers and letters but mean different things in different languages... the fun. Hence the language drop down box in the What3Words look up.
Geographers trying to make a buck out of geography.
.
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In the free 'what three words app' - I can click navigate, and the google maps option is free. Other mapping options would need the pro/paid version.
Obviously if you are trying to avoid google? - this wouldn't work! (which I totally get! Nest and Chromecast have both screwed me over - so i'm actively trying to avoid all google products, starting by using firefox rather than chrome! avoiding google maps would be difficult!)
Obviously if you are trying to avoid google? - this wouldn't work! (which I totally get! Nest and Chromecast have both screwed me over - so i'm actively trying to avoid all google products, starting by using firefox rather than chrome! avoiding google maps would be difficult!)
If you need Android Auto there are other mapping apps. So yes you are taken into paying for the Pro license of What3Words to integrate with Android Auto if you need Google maps, if you want to make it easy... other than that it's looking up coordinates and tapping them in.
Once you move over to a connected car you will be forking out, it's the way of the world. The car becomes like a mobile phone with ongoing costs if you want all the functionality. Probably allow a couple of hundred pounds a year. Someone will probably jump forwards with all the costs.
Once you move over to a connected car you will be forking out, it's the way of the world. The car becomes like a mobile phone with ongoing costs if you want all the functionality. Probably allow a couple of hundred pounds a year. Someone will probably jump forwards with all the costs.
I've previously used Waze and Here WeGo with Android Auto, but I still prefer Google Maps.
I don't like bothering with connections. Just set the navigation and drive but since there are few traffic hold ups round here real time traffic information isn't that important. The 4g is hopeless. Heavens know what will happen when I do get a connected car it wont update although I think you can put them on WiFi for that
. Weekly charging and looking for updates or something like that. Internet radio by 4g would be a dead loss. Townies have it all .... just as well they rolled out full fibre to property.I got the holiday locations saved in the infotainment memory and will just dial in the daily hiking spots. National Park keep all those in memory but then mib2 allows you to have +250 compared with 20 or so in mib3. There I'd fire them over via the app when the day comes. All 250 destinations I got as x,y coordinates. Legacy ones I imported from my 2009 mobile in 2017. All fun... good old fashioned satnav.
I believe the author of the mib2 high toolbox with a mib3 if I have IDed him correctly on the Briskoda board says he's retired from programming (read as not writing anything for mib3/4) and uses the connected serves app to populate his inbuilt satnav on mib3/4, Here Maps and will be using the Vag provided traffic information. Eg ie whatever isn't a Google fan and coughs up for connected services.
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