Send Google Maps to your BMW nav!

jbake · 04-02-2007, 02:44 AM

edgarj · 04-02-2007, 03:16 AM

Link is dead. Is this North American now? This was out weeks ago in Germany, so this is a

unless they've moved out of beta testing in a matter of weeks.

ski360 · 04-02-2007, 03:23 AM

But did anyone catch what the borken link said? Highly trained monkey will fix it as soon as possible i guess.

jbake · 04-02-2007, 03:43 AM

hmm it doesn't work for some reason right now...you can still watch it off of youtube...just search 'google maps bmw'

sorry for the

edgarj · 04-02-2007, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ski360

But did anyone catch what the borken link said? Highly trained monkey will fix it as soon as possible i guess.

It's the same video that's been posted multiple times ont his forum for over a month now...... nothing new at all. Search youtube for "BMW & google" if you want the video. Again, its Germany only now, but the video gives you a preview of what we might get two years from now.

Paul330d · 04-02-2007, 04:49 AM

Well, thanks for the (re)post, because I certainly hadn't seen it

Very interesting.

kuthair · 04-02-2007, 12:10 PM

I can't view youtube from work.... Can someone please tell me, does the car have to be turned on for this to work? Or will it pick up the directions the next time you get in your car and turn it on? Thanks.

findtom · 04-02-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul330d

Well, thanks for the (re)post, because I certainly hadn't seen it

Very interesting.

+1... very cool.

terry · 04-02-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kuthair

I can't view youtube from work.... Can someone please tell me, does the car have to be turned on for this to work? Or will it pick up the directions the next time you get in your car and turn it on? Thanks.

looks like it's the next time you get in the car, the system will update the destination.

matt_435xi · 04-02-2007, 01:51 PM

so this doesn't work with the updated version of iDrive (march '07)?

kuthair · 04-02-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by terry

looks like it's the next time you get in the car, the system will update the destination.

Cool, thanks... so if you really wanna screw with somebody, get a hold of their BMW Assist account number.

matt_435xi · 04-02-2007, 01:58 PM

does this work in the US? March 2007 production?

LEDZEP · 04-02-2007, 02:38 PM

Of course if you have the optional BMW Assist Convienience package you can have them send a destination to your nav. Has anyone used that service?

azbmw · 04-02-2007, 03:34 PM

This google maps/BMW Nav feature is only available in Germany. Basically it works by sending an email from the google maps page. The data from the email gets converted into a destination the BMW nav systems can use. Next time the car is turned on the new destination is available in the destinations list for the driver to select.

As LedZep pointed out, the way the google destination comes up on nav is similar to the US Convenience/Concierge package ($199/yr). With that package a US owner can hit the SOS button and a BMW employee can beam a destination to the nav system.

The US concierge package proves e9x's have the ability to get destinations remotely. So, in theory the google maps feature could be added to the US market without any need for new hardware. Since BMW is getting $200/yr from people for the convenience package dont expect the google maps feature to reach the US for free. I do think we'll see it in the US within the next 2 years and probably as part of the convenience package.

MacAttack · 04-02-2007, 03:39 PM

Cool either way.

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