Shturmann: multifunctional navigator for iPhone
Ios / / December 22, 2019
Today Layfhaker returns to the theme that is relevant to all car owners. Does it make sense to use a smartphone as a GPS-navigator? In the presence of high-quality applications with normal maps - definitely yes. How much is a navigator with a 4-inch IPS screen, Wi-Fi, 3G and user-friendly system of automatic updating of maps and shell? Yes Yes. But in today's smart phones by default is all buns, for the presence of which in a separate browser have decent pay. Charging in the car there, so the battery will be no problems.
We have considered Shturmann navigation application installed on the iPhone. Unlike its Android-brother, which Layfhaker said earlier, iOS-version Shturmann does not allow the user to free test the navigator on the road, so we decided to share with you their own experiences on the use of this product practice.
Maps and Navigation
The most important part of the Navigator - this card. Without a sane cards even the most beautiful app will inevitably go to the deletion. In Shturmann used map service Here (Nokia) - it is a direct descendant of Nokia Maps, started on his way back in 2001. For 12 years, a lot of product and strongly dopilivat, and at the moment of any complaints about these cards is not. We are talking about a route within the city in view of online services assistants (about them later), and on long-distance trips.
Shturmann successfully coped with the task in the capital, in a provincial town (quality cards in smaller cities are always worrying, but then everything is OK), and while traveling between cities.
Well, with the cards all right, however, for the final selection of the navigation application needs something more. In this case, the developer luring interface, and the presence of auxiliary services.
Interface
for browser interface originally developed and draw Lebedev Studio. It turned out pretty interesting. In this case, beauty gives place convenience and intuitiveness. We do not know the person who is sitting in the car and paving the route, to pay attention to the elegant lines of the interface elements. Here the menu is simple and convenient, but not least importantly, logical.
It is worth noting the virtual keyboard: As you enter the street name on the keyboard remain active only those letters that fall within the preset list in the navigator city streets.
online
One of the main chips Shturmann - presence in the Navigator several useful online services that can help the driver on the road.
navigator map is supplemented with data from known and popular Yandex. Corks, providing the user with data about traffic jams and congestion in real time. According to our observations, this information is actually taken into account when laying navigator optimal route.
While we were writing this review, the application has been updated and pleased functions route in color caps. It seemed that the traffic information has become updated more frequently, and the description of update confirmed our assumption. In addition, the new version has become a display yard detours busiest road sections directly in the process of movement.
Besides plugs Shturmann show on the camera-recorders map positions DPS, bumps, warn about the dangerous road section.
Here even integrated service RosYama - if you want, you can show on a map of dangerous defects of the roadway. In the event of force majeure by the application can be one tap to call a tow truck.
Also Shturmann has a large database of various city facilities as may be necessary to the driver with information about the charging petrol prices, parking, parking, car washes, garages, tire service, ATMs, hospitals, cafes and recreational place.
Display of objects in each category can be set separately, and turn at the right time.
offline
Now we need to talk about how to behave in the absence of Shturmann Internet. Naturally, in such a situation, no real-time information is not obtained, but the cards themselves along with the database objects are working perfectly.
prices
As mentioned above, iOS version Shturmann does not provide free testing navigator, but also very happy with their prices, especially in the case of the local card pack. In the App Store, we found 3 version of the application: separate detailed maps of Moscow and St. Petersburg on 199 rubles for each, as well as a large universal set of maps "Russia-Ukraine-FinlandĀ» 799 rubles.
Moscow Maps:
Maps of St. Petersburg:
Russian Maps + + Ukraine Finland: