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World Cup Navigation
If you're luck enough to be heading to South Africa for the World Cup, don't forget CoPilot.
Sat nav company CoPilot Live has worked out the distances between each match on the road to the final, so you can be prepared for both yours, and England’s route to victory. With internal flights set to cost a small fortune, what better way to soak up some South African atmosphere, than by hiring a car and driving to each game?
- It’s a total roundtrip of 1486 miles to see all of the Group C games, which is over 34 hours driving time! This is further than travelling by car from England to fellow Group C countries Slovenia and Algeria, which has a combined driving time of 31.5 hours.
- By the time England reaches the final, you’d drive a total of approximately 4,045 miles. To put this into perspective, that’s like driving from John O’ Groats to Land’s End and back nearly seven times!
- Even when you arrive in South Africa to watch England’s first game you’re greeted with a hefty journey. You’ll need to drive 119 miles to Rustenberg from Johannesburg International Airport – which will take you just over two and half hours.
Faced with such a significant road trip, accurate directions are going to be near the top of every well-prepared fan’s packing list. Happily, CoPilot Live has an easy solution: a turn by turn satellite navigation app for South Africa that runs on a wide range of smartphones, including iPhone, the latest Google Android phones and Windows Phones.
With CoPilot Live on board your smartphone, driving between the stadiums couldn’t be easier. With the very latest maps of South Africa stored on your handset, you won’t incur any nasty roaming charges as you don’t need to be connected to the internet.
Thousands of useful points of interest (POIs) are also pre-installed, including the locations of ATMs, restaurants, petrol stations and car hire offices. CoPilot Live can even provide directions to specific gates at tournament stadiums.
So whatever the score this summer, at least you’ll be able to enjoy the journey!
The CoPilot Live South Africa navigation app is available for around £30 via the iPhone app store, Android Market and for Windows Phones from www.copilotlive.com.
