GPS alarm guides for commuters and travelers

Short, practical answers to the questions people ask before they trust an alarm with their stop. For bus and train journeys anywhere, with practical examples for jeepney, UV Express, and provincial-bus rides in the Philippines.

• Location alarm for Android: wake up at your stop

  What a location alarm is, how it differs from a clock alarm, and how to set one so it rings before your stop.

• How to not miss your stop on an overnight provincial bus

  Why night buses are the hardest ride to wake up on, and how to set the alarm before you board.

• Does a GPS alarm need internet? No, and here is why

  GPS is not the internet. What still works with no signal, what does not, and how to prepare.

• How early should a destination alarm ring? Jeepney to train

  Why each ride gets its own preset distance, and how to adjust it so you reach the door in time.

• Google Maps vs a destination alarm: which wakes you at your stop?

  Where Google Maps helps, where it stops short, and how to hand a Maps pin to an alarm that rings.

• Fell asleep on the MRT or LRT? Set a station alarm

  Setting a station alarm for Manila's trains, where GPS works on elevated lines, and what happens underground.