AutoJaguar Land Rover takes on Google Maps with this advanced featureNever get lost again…When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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(Image credit: Land Rover)
(Image credit: Land Rover)
Google MapsandAppleMaps are navigation apps most of us reach for as soon as we get in a vehicle, but car manufacturers have been trying to change that with constant development and new features added to their preloaded navigation services.
For example, you’ve got the excellent ‘Navigation with Electric Intelligence’ in theEQSand other EQ cars, and now Jaguar Land Rover has given you another reason to drop Google Maps.
HERE Maps is no slouch when it comes to the navigation game, with many of the big car manufacturers using their mapping platform. Jaguar Land Rover has been working withHERE Mapsto further integrate support for what3words – a location service that pushes the accuracy way further than Google Maps users ever could.
The new update will be released as an over-the-air update available for all Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles equipped with the Pivi Pro infotainment system the support for offline what3words will be making navigation as accurate as possible.
You see, compared to traditional navigation apps, which use street names, building numbers and postcodes for navigation, what3words has divided the entire world into 3 meters x 3 meters squares.
This is particularly useful if, for example, you’re stuck in a field, driving off-road, or on a long stretch of road with no landmarks to say where you are.
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Jaguar Land Rover already has support for what3words, but now their vehicles will be able to access the service offline, i.e. when they’re not connected to the internet.
This is the time a carmaker offered access to what3words without a data connection and will be particularly useful if you happen to break down in a remote location that doesn’t have mobile internet reception.
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