Roundabout Corrections Made Via MapShare

mikealder · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

What we need is a device that works with Open Street Mapping, this mapping data is free to use, the map doesn't have 100% coverage of the UK just yet but the coverage is increasing at a huge rate. OSM allows users to update the map, no car based device exists as yet to make use of this data, when it arrives it really will shake up the sat nav market in the UK inb a huge way - Mike

thezerocool · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 23, 2005 Posts: 24

As mikealder said... I cant help but wonder exactly how much you guys expected out of MapShare from your own visions? Thats no reason to start slagging it off now is it?

HummerUK: Im guessing the reason your slagging it off so much is becuase you have purchased a unit on your own misconceptions. The info is there if you search for it!

I personally think MapShare is great and ive seen several roads change in Sheffield and closures and they do appear through mapshare. Im sure there are loads that im totally unaware of too!

And do you honestly expect TomTom to allow you to "draw" a road onto the map and that suffice for a map update??? Think of the inaccurate data that would cause. Anything that needs to be measured (new roads, existing roads changing location, postcode because they cover a set area, city borders, etc) all need precision measuring equiptment that we just dont have as users. Imagine if you drew on a motorway... how wide is it, how many lanes is it, slip roads, POI, cameras? All these things cannot be collected in one pass at 90Mph and a few button presses on your unit.

If you take a step back and look at the BIG picture.... TomToms maps are cheap.... really cheap in comparison to some of the "other" sat navs. Plus they have just spent a ridiculous amount of money on TeleAtlas.... why??? My guess is so that they can improve the mapping by better integrating MapShare and speeding up the time between MapShare reports being recieved and updates being performed. And maybe... just maybe... they will start giving back those updates for free without the need for a new map purchase. Its a long shot but this is what im hoping for eventually.

I personally dont mind paying annually for my new map knowing im gonna get a year of updates as well, at the end of the day TeleAtlas cant do what they do for free and I dont think the current £30 charge is too much either.

Everybody is so quick to shout about Garmin when they are not 100% satisfied with TomTom... but where are Garmin eh??? old out of date maps from a company they dont own, they themselves admitted to me that TeleAtlas is better the day they tried to buy them... and without any map update system similar to MapShare. For me a sat nav, no matter how good, is worthless without a decent map. Im doing 45k+ miles in the car, 20k+ on the bikes and see a hell of alot of roads that my old 910 didnt know about due to a old map, but with my 720 I havnt seen the maps begun to degrade in the same way that the 910 did.

Ive seen the same issue as DennisN with roundabout and thats a perfect example of where MapShare is brill.

I personally think MapShare does EVERYTHING it says on the tin so saying TomTom are misselling it to you is nonsense, most people (especially IT savvy people) do research before buying so have no excuse for their misconceptions. Maybe is the retailers that are selling it wrongly, I can imagine its hard for 90% of the customers they see to understand, the other 10% are probably on here complaining because they didnt ask the right questions at time of purchase.

BIG UP MAPSHARE. I love you even if nobody else does. Laughing

RoverReg · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 19, 2007 Posts: 2

Gnomeface · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 14

I've been reporting a major map error to TomTom and to TeleAtlas for 2 years - and it is still wrong on the TeleAtlas feedback maps.

The maps show two roads (one "A" and one "B") crossing the river Dart at Dartmouth in South Devon - yet neither road has ever existed as a river crossing. Both are ferry crossings with delays of 1-2 hours in the summer, and neither operates through the night, so EVERY journey in the area is affected - and if you follow the TomTom instructions you're often faced with a 25-mile detour as you view an expanse of water where there's supposed to be a main road. Google Earth shows with crystal clarity that no bridges exist, but neither TeleAtlas nor TomTom seem to be bothered enough to correct it.

Map sharing won't help with a drastic fault like this - I'd like to see more resources put into getting the basic data right.

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

Actually, isn't this one of the few times when Mapshare WILL improve the situation instantly?

Just make the phantom roads no entry in both direction and bingo!

Any chance of some co-ordinates? Then we can all report it straight away.

Snudge · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

uffe73 · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

Snudge · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

uffe73 · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

Gnomeface · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 14

Guys, thanks for your support on this one - maybe TeleAtlas will take note if others report the issue as well. Nice map and pics posting, Andy.

Yesterday I upgraded my TT to v7 (it was v5) and bought the latest maps, so I'll try blocking the crossings using Map Share and see what happens. I've already logged them as non-existent roads.

Thanks again.

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

Snudge · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

flyguy26e · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:05 am Post subject:

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Infama · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: Re: Map Feedback Ignored

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