GPS Tracking Devices

[alarmguy]

What I'm trying to do is put my car on the map in real time as I drive without a destination. If I had an actual destination, it would be so much easier keeping track of where I'm at compared to driving around without a destination. I spend a lot of time driving in residential neighborhoods and a lot of them are like driving through a maze. It's real easy to get lost and I find myself driving in circles on the same streets I've already driven on. It would be so much easier if my car was a bright red arrow on a map that I could see as I'm driving.

So what I need is some kind of GPS device that tells me where I'm at in relation to the neighborhood street that I'm currently driving on. My car is too old to have built in navigation and I don't have a cell phone with GPS either. In the meantime, I'm looking at Apple Maps on my computer and trying to memorize the map the best I can before heading out onto the residential streets. Sometimes I'll print a paper map off of Google Maps, but I find myself never looking at it

YOU answered your own post. You need a GPS device.
The easiest way is to get an iPhone. Problem solved. IT will show you where you are all the time.
Even put in your home address when your work is done and it will take you home. $210 for 12 months of cell service and 10 gb of high speed data or $25 a month for unlimited data. Problem solved.

Sure as other suggested you could try other ways but ... well ...

 

[Arc]

Actually, they are not. They thrive and are available regularly for fairly cheap prices.
Garmin has a lot of units available. I will soon get one as I took out the audio system from the Sequoia and installed a Kenwood 10" unit for CarPlay. But, I ain't paying subscription for GPS map and unit with GPS is like $600 more. So, a standalone GPS when out of cell signal to use CarPlay Google map is a cheap, reliable solution.

What I'm trying to do is put my car on the map in real time as I drive without a destination. If I had an actual destination, it would be so much easier keeping track of where I'm at compared to driving around without a destination. I spend a lot of time driving in residential neighborhoods and a lot of them are like driving through a maze. It's real easy to get lost and I find myself driving in circles on the same streets I've already driven on. It would be so much easier if my car was a bright red arrow on a map that I could see as I'm driving.

So what I need is some kind of GPS device that tells me where I'm at in relation to the neighborhood street that I'm currently driving on. My car is too old to have built in navigation and I don't have a cell phone with GPS either. In the meantime, I'm looking at Apple Maps on my computer and trying to memorize the map the best I can before heading out onto the residential streets. Sometimes I'll print a paper map off of Google Maps, but I find myself never looking at it.

I use an offline map with an old cell phone that has no service or Sim card. Galaxy S4 I think. Everything is locked down with a firewall except the GPS and map app. Old age has made me paranoid.

 

[rstcso]

I use an offline map with an old cell phone that has no service or Sim card. Galaxy S4 I think. Everything is locked down with a firewall except the GPS and map app. Old age has made me paranoid.

Paranoid or cautious. It depends on whether you're looking over your shoulder or forward.

I'm right there with you!