TomTOM GO - Cannot find address ?

nam · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 9

Hi,

I am having problems with my TomTOM go (4.40) the address is below, Can anyone with a TomTom GO please check that the address exists ?

1 Stafford Rd
Wallington
Surrey

thanks in advance

Eldar · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:38 am Post subject:

As in CR0 4Something? Wallington in Greater London? If so mine says that house No 1 doesn't exist, but No 2 does.

gingernut777

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

If you mean the Stafford Road that junctions with Woodcote Road, the Post Code is SM6 9AQ and TTG starts the numbering at 2.

A problem with mapping data one presumes!

nam · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 9

Sniff · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

Fixing, no. Reporting, yes:

http://www.tomtom.com/support/reportmap.php?

nam · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 9

Is there anyway i can navigate to nearest point or road to this address ?

Sniff · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

nam · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 9

Sniff · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:

Maybe the city is not Surrey (as that's a county). Maybe it's London?!

But as you have the postcode, why not just use that (first 5 characters anyway)?

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

Firstly, I went to www.postoffice.co.uk to check for a valid address. Took a stab in the dark (intution) and choose a post code.

Next, went to multimap, input post code to check area.

Noted adjacent streets and tried Woodcote, as it intersects, on the TTG - browse map - find (mag glass) - SM6 9(London) -Woodcote Road- Crossing (Stafford Road).

Not very user friendly in your case!

rkm_hm · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

TTG seems to be confused about the post-code!

If you put the town as Wallington, and then Stafford Road, it offers you a few Stafford Roads - none of which has the right post-code. If you choose the one with a CR0 (Croydon?) post-code, it seems to get the right one in Wallington(!) - but thinks that the numbers start at 2!

The Royal Mail post-code database is happy with No. 1!

Wierd. As someone else has suggested, report it as an error.

goonr31 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 18, 2004 Posts: 7

well ive managed to find stafford road which is crossing woodcote road no problems have you tried putting it on ttgo as oldboy suggested

pete

	PocketGPS
	Web