Destinations on Ireland Maps

ianrm · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: Destinations on Ireland Maps

This is my first post so please treat me gently. I've searched the forums but can't seem to find a difinitive answer.

I've got an iPAQ 4150 with Navigon 4.2 and live in Northern Ireland. The maps in the north are ok with no house number information but most of the roads and places present.

But when I want to go down south into the Republic of Ireland the coverage is very poor with just the major roads and hardly any towns.

My problem is that I want to choose a desination on one of the roads that is shown and when I select it on the map, I get the 'no information' dialogue box.

Is there a way of manually inputting a desination on the map? The strange thing is that if I am down south and select my home location - the system works perfectly!!

Failing that does anyone know when the Irish maps will be updated to a useable level.

thanks

Ian

Omertron · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Destinations on Ireland Maps

ianrm · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:19 am Post subject:

That is the problem - when I tap and hold the screen (over a road junction or similar), I get the circle of dots but I always get the dialogue box saying 'No Address Found' - no other options appear.

It must be possible to manually identify a destination - surely?

thanks for your help

Ian

laramie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 1

I'd love to know the answer to this one too, I have exactly the same problem, and this thread on this site is all google turned up. Put the pointer over any part of Dublin, and "no address found", despite the map of Dublin being quite good. It's bizarre.

ianrm · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:

Just a quick update - I've upgraded to MobileNavigator 5.1 and it is much better for Ireland. In the north it looks like all the mapping is covered to street level, while in the ROI all the Motorways, N Roads, R Roads and a lot of the tertiary roads are shown along with names of towns and villages.

Navigon inform me through their helpdesk (which has been pretty good at returning emails quickly) that the ROI is 39% complete. Maybe so, but it is a huge improvement on 4.2 and could actually help you get around Ireland.

My only gripe is that I ordered the upgrade on 30 November had to pay for shipping and the next day Navigon sent me an email saying the Christmas special was for free shipping in December!! - D'Oh!!

I emailed them to try and get free shipping but they wouldn't wear it - not even any consolation stuff!! Crying or Very sad

But on the bright side at least my system is far more useable than it was before here in Ireland!

cheers

Ian

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

ianrm · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:54 pm Post subject:

Roger

I sent the initial contact throught the website contact page here http://www.navigon.com/site/int/en/company/contact which got a response within 24 hours!

best of luck

Ian

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

Thanks for the link.

That's the one I used and no reply for three weeks.

I'll try again.

Roger

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