GPS review: Copilot vs NavNGo

After the “battle of the giants” that we had yesterday, I have yet two more interesting names in the GPS world to compare. Today I give you the navigation software of Copilot and NavNGo.

You will also find after each table, 2 videos with each of the software. You can watch them like they are, go to my Youtube channel and watch  them there (if you prefer) or check them out in the vodpod box in the sidebar here in the right. Your choice…

But enough talk… enjoy:

1. Computer graphics / Display performance

	Copilot	NavNGo
In 524Mhz processor – Frames per second in routing and non routing	4 FPS	2 FPS
Support of Anti-aliasing on routing	Yes	Yes
Support of LandMark	No	Yes, static
3D free camera view on routing and map	No	Yes
In navigation get street or POI names by pick in LCD	Yes	No
Configurable map design based on templates	Yes	Yes
Uses real 3D aerial navigation photos	No	No

2. Search efficiency

	Copilot	NavNGo
Search concepts accepted	City center, Street name, House number, Postal codes, Crossings, coordinates, POI names, POI proximity	City center, Street name, House number, Postal codes, Crossings, coordinates, POI names, POI proximity
Search for 10, Gran Via – Madrid – No. of clicks needed	25	23
Search for POI: Tourism: Puerta del Sol – Madrid -  No. of clicks needed	30; no feedback; takes more than 20 seconds in search	20
Search for Barcelona, Gran via de los cortes catalanes / Carrer de bac de roda – No. of clicks needed	30	33
Accepts Initials for search	No	No
Recognizes finger movements	No	No
Uses POI category and subcategories	No	No

3. Routing

	Copilot	NavNGo
(Madrid / Toledo) – 90KM – seconds to calculate*	5	6
(Madrid / Toledo) – 90KM – No. of clicks needed*	21	23
(Barcelona / Vigo) – 1150km – seconds to calculate*	7	12
(Barcelona / Vigo) – 1150km – No. of clicks needed*	20	23
Quality of calculation	Not optimal	***
Velocity of re-routing*	3	4
Routing options accepted	faster, shorter, pedestrian, line, tools, type of vehicul	short, fast, easy, economical, types of car, 8 possibilities of road to include
Routing block possibilities	roads, alternative calculation, distance	none
Safety camera support	Yes	Yes
Info Lane assistance	Yes	Yes
Add favourite while routing	No	No
Multiple routing	Yes	Yes
Save, import, export routes	No, but can save and load	Yes
* In a 524mhz processor PDA

4. Favourites

	Copilot	NavNGo
Number of different categories of favorites accepted	1	1
Information accepted	Name	Name
Customization possibilities	None	None
Search possibilities	None	None
Import / Export	None	None

5. Reality view technology

Copilot:

Not available.

NavNGo:

On 100 European cities, 3D artificial buildings view

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6. Conclusions:

Computer graphics / Display performance

Just like TomTom and Garmin that I’ve reviewed in the previous post, Copilot and NavNGo’s navigation frame rate is very poor also.

Search efficiency

The search engine efficiency has been proven to be satisfactory using any of the software, regarding the capability of search by concepts like: City center, Street name, House number, Postal codes, Crossings, Coordinates, POI names, POI proximity.

Routing

Under this section I analyzed two different routes by car, a medium one: 90km and a long one: 1150km, using a 524Mhz processor.

Both Copilot and NavNGo support Info lane assistance and multiple routing and NavNGo can also Import/Export routes, while the other can’t.

NavNGo and Copilot have complete routing options also.

Favourites

Copilot and NavNGo are quite behind in this matter and their Favourites can only store the names of favorite locations.

Reality view technology

While Copilot isn’t capable to reproduce the real world, NavNGo can show 3D buildings.

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My second review is again over… a next SHOCKING one follows in a couple of days!

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