tomtom and there mapping

ferret79 · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: tomtom and there mapping

What is it with tomtom and the tele atlas mapping, where i live there are numerouse "no right turns" and tomtom still tries to direct me into these turnings, some people on here mite think i'm bitching about these maps but i dont think i am, having paid nearly £500.00 for the unit and its out of date mapping..... some of these "no right turns" have existed before the first tom tom even went on sale and emails to the mapping companies seem to fall on deaf ears because these turnings are still on the latest mapping including roads that have been built 4 years ago and still dont exist on the tele atlas maps as far as i am concerned tomtom is an exellent product which is let down by this out of date mapping....i think that 2 years out of date mite be acceptable but not 4, is it fair that we should be paying out hard eared cash for the new mapping when some of the mapping remains this much out of date. Before anyone askes i'm running the latest v6.52.
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lbendlin · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

Now that this is off your chest - what was your question?
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ferret79 · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:24 am Post subject:

Indeed. The maps are so out of date because the mapping company (in your case TeleAtlas) needs to physically drive these roads with their surveying vehicle. Then the data needs to be post processed in India, then compiled into the master database, then sold to vendors like TomTom, then recompiled by TomTom, and then pressed on CDs and SDs and sold to users.

That process takes a while, and depending on where you live, can take forever unless you report map errors to TeleAtlas, Whcih you can do using the link in my signature.
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ferret79 · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:27 am Post subject:

LesP2008 · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:02 am Post subject:

Ferret save your breathe, all you will get here is the extended defense mechanism from various "mods", as you have already seen.
I agree, even allowing for the convoluted process of getting these maps to market it really isn't good enough. With todays technology i am sure if the military needed to pinpoint a road in the iraqi desert because of rumours of untold amounts of oil reserve they would have it available Laughing

, but not for us it seems.
The problem in my opinion is like you hinted on, the fact that the people out there doing the collecting of info are just not doing it, whether it be laziness or what. Two years is acceptable four simply is not.

zogman · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

you blokes really want eggs with your bacon dont you....image how many roads/streets there are in the uk, a large amount, so it takes the map makers a while to 'get it right' and when they do the local council will change the road setup......anyway only a fool would completely rely on a sat nav's directions and if you're not happy with your particular sat nav ,sell it and get another one, simple solution me thinks..as for having a go at the mod, just look at how many posts he done and think of how many people he's helped in the past...
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lbendlin · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

And I am not even offended at being called a "mod" ...
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zogman · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject:

sorry lutz, but with all those posts and GO GO GADGET bloke referring to you as a mod , i assumed you were one...
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lbendlin · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject:

I was referring to the "mods" (in quotes).
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Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject:

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