Sync/MyFord Touch - Nav. Download from Google Maps!

[xphile]

Hello Fellow Edge Owners:

 

First, I only just affirmed, tried and validated you can have Google Maps (From your PC) send a destination too your Sync/MFT/MLT. Very handy if you are at your desk, lookup that cool new restaurant, find it, tell Google Maps "send to my Sync Ford" and when you get in the car, hit Sync services and it tells you have have a destination, then pops it right into the o'l nav system. Nice! :happy feet:

 

Now the question: I have tried to find out how to do this from my iphone and had no luck. Nothing on the main Google Maps App (or Mapquest app.). I tried Google Maps via the web rather than the app, and still could not get to a "send" function to appear like you can get on their main website when accessing from a full PC Browser.

 

Has anyone had any luck getting a mobile app or accessed Google Maps from your phone's browser and gotten it to send the destination to your car? This would be even MORE handy than from the PC.

 

:stats: Please post specifics on how you did this if you were sucessful.

 

Thanks!

[tpm419419]

Hello Fellow Edge Owners:

 

First, I only just affirmed, tried and validated you can have Google Maps (From your PC) send a destination too your Sync/MFT/MLT. Very handy if you are at your desk, lookup that cool new restaurant, find it, tell Google Maps "send to my Sync Ford" and when you get in the car, hit Sync services and it tells you have have a destination, then pops it right into the o'l nav system. Nice! :happy feet:

 

Now the question: I have tried to find out how to do this from my iphone and had no luck. Nothing on the main Google Maps App (or Mapquest app.). I tried Google Maps via the web rather than the app, and still could not get to a "send" function to appear like you can get on their main website when accessing from a full PC Browser.

 

Has anyone had any luck getting a mobile app or accessed Google Maps from your phone's browser and gotten it to send the destination to your car? This would be even MORE handy than from the PC.

 

:stats: Please post specifics on how you did this if you were sucessful.

 

Thanks!

 

Possible because iPhone does not support flash. just guessing. I tried it on Google mapsand it didn't work

[rogersmj]

I've been wondering the EXACT same thing ever since I discovered the Google Maps Send to Car feature. It would be great to be able to do that from my iPhone.

 

However, it's not because the iPhone doesn't support Flash...Google Maps doesn't use Flash, it's all asynchronous Javascript. It appears to just be a function that isn't exposed on the mobile version.

Edited October 26, 2010 by rogersmj

[misterbig6972]

I went on syncmyride and found out that this is a US only feature. Not sure why but I guess having the product built in Canada is no incentive to have these features available to us.

 

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