Map Update due?

BigJohnD · Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 10:17 pm Post subject: Map Update due?

There were several map updates on my android phone today, including HERE. Would that suggest there's a Garmin map update in the near future?

sussamb · Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 10:26 pm Post subject:

Not necessarily but one certainly is due.
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cjay2412 · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 30, 2008 Posts: 102

wasn't the last update in December?

Kremmen · Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 4:40 am Post subject:

Maybe they are recalibrating in response to the complaints about silly slower B road routeing/diversions only to then bring you back to the main drag.

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M8TJT · Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:52 am Post subject:

Yeah. Dream on. They have been like that for years, had an inordinate amount of bad press about it and don't seem to have taken any notice.
I can't get my head around why folks keep on about 'latest maps' when they really should be banging on about crap routeing to Garmin.

Privateer · Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 10:37 am Post subject:

Agree, Garmin's routing is a little flakey.

When I run a TomTom against a Garmin, the TomTom almost always picks a better route than the Garmin, i.e. a more sensible route with less changing of roads (off main road and back again) and less right hand turns (this is for the UK, where we drive on the left).

I think that this is not due to maps, it's more likely to do with historical routing data. TomTom's IQ Routes, based on actual average speed data rather than permitted speed limits, seems more extensive across the country than Garmin's equivalent (which I've forgotten the name of).

Also, TomTom's traffic is better than Inrix which is used by Garmin.

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marksfish · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:39 pm Post subject:

New maps out today, downloading now Very Happy

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