navigation app

Phone route finder

A navigation app is software that provides directions from one location to another, typically using GPS to track your position in real time.

The category includes Google Maps, Waze, and Apple Maps.

Navigation apps have largely replaced paper maps and dedicated GPS devices: Just put the address in your navigation app.

Related
  • GPSSatellite-based location technology
  • directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
  • mapsGeographic visual representations
  • routePath from A to B
  • trafficMovement along routes

destination · Waze · Google Maps · turn-by-turn · turn left · real-time traffic · rerouting · ETA · satellite · lost signal · location · pin · compass · driving · commute · recalculating · alternate route · voice

Categories
Opposites
technology format

navigation apppaper map

Printed geographic reference

street atlas · road atlas · physical map · folding map · globe

guidance method

navigation appdead reckoning

Position-tracking via estimated motion

mental map · sense of direction · intuition · celestial navigation · gut feeling

navigation philosophy

navigation appwandering

Traveling with no fixed course

drifting · meandering

Family

navigation, navigate, navigator, navigable, navigability, naval, application, applications, applied

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G