The Mazda NAV will also give you verbal directions through the speakers.
So will Waze, Google Maps and Apple Maps thru Apple Car Play or Android Auto.
The Mazda NAV will also give you verbal directions through the speakers.
Does anyone have the SD navigation card in their vehicle? Is it just redundant if you have WAZE or does it offer any benefits? Is there any visual map information not supplied in WAZE. Also does it provide a straight down view or the perspective view of WAZE? And would one have better coverage of rural roads, dirt roads etc than the other?
The only advantage the Mazda Nav has is that next turn info will display on the Heads-Up Display. Waze does not display on the HUD. That said, WAZE is so much better IMO that I have not used the OEM NAV more than once or twice.
Does anyone have the SD navigation card in their vehicle? Is it just redundant if you have WAZE or does it offer any benefits? Is there any visual map information not supplied in WAZE. Also does it provide a straight down view or the perspective view of WAZE? And would one have better coverage of rural roads, dirt roads etc than the other?
I agree with @pcrdoza. The only other benefit to any in-car nav system is dead reckoning. If you lose your satellite signal (think about if you've ever gone thru a long tunnel), the in-car system uses input from the car's speedometer and steering system to keep showing where your car is, with relative accuracy. In Waze and other phone apps, if your phone loses the GPS signal, many times the app just gives up and keeps showing your car at the last position it had a signal.