Q3 2005 NAVTEQ MAPS???

kevmac YTY · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:45 am Post subject:

Just found this Press Release and it seems to bolster Steve101'sarument about the Republic's map info being held back.

Release date: 18 Oct 2005

NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has finished mapping Northern Ireland and in doing so has become the first company to offer a fully detailed navigable map of the entire United Kingdom and surrounding territories - the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are included as well as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Now available to NAVTEQ direct customers*, the Northern Ireland map comprises 15,872 miles of roads enabling navigation systems to give drivers turn by turn directions to and from any address in the Province. The coverage, which is fully detailed, includes every single public road in Northern Ireland and every single mile was driven and verified by teams of NAVTEQ field researchers.

There are 2,150 Points of Interest in 40 categories including hotels, railway stations, restaurants and also the seven ferry connections to England, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The motorways, A roads and B roads of Northern Ireland link seamlessly to the Republic of Ireland's motorways, National and Regional roads. Intertown connecting roads in the Republic have been in the NAVTEQ database for some time and completion of the Republic of Ireland map is expected to follow by the end of this year.

Ends
*Due to the highly complex process of updating and integrating NAVTEQ data into navigation systems and location-based solutions, it may take up to a year before these new maps are available to end customers in their navigation systems.

vipergrm · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 82

neil01 · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

I quote from the following link:

http://www.alk.eu.com/copilot/pocketpc_map_coverage.asp

Map Coverage
CoPilot Live 6 incorporates the latest street maps of Europe...

It will be interesting to find out how accurate that statement actually is.

Steve101 · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

vipergrm - I know there is more to making maps than just driving up the road and appreciate that its a monumentous task. It just appears that the Rep. of Ireland has been neglected. In my opinion a dozen or so new roads and a few updated ones doesn't require a full 12 months, irrespective of how much extra work is required to merge maps with an application (CP6).

Copilot 6 does indeed have 100% coverage of Northern Ireland, so therefore uses the up-to-date maps for this year.

I think the new big buttons in CP6 are a bit difficult to get used to. Being that they are all in alphabetical order. I messed around with the settings on my PPC (Mitac Mio 168) and somehow managed to change it back to the original qwerty keyboard. Having a choice of keyboards is good though.

Steve101 · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:

Have a look at the difference between these two websites with regard to Rep. of Ireland maps.

www.maporama.com

www.mapquest.com

Maporama is pretty much how Rep. of Ireland looks in CP6. On the other hand, Mapquest is full with roads, including most of the backroads.

I think both use Navteq maps. But I may be wrong. However, I think you will agree, there is a big difference between the two. Maybe this time next year, this will be the level of mapping in CP7?

kevmac YTY · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:49 am Post subject:

Mapquest is very strange for Ireland and is definitely not using NavTeq maps.

At Monasterevin there should be a new motorway which opened over a year ago. It's on the latest NavTeq maps like CP6 and Maporama BUT Mapquest definitely DOES have every hamlet listed like no other digitall map I have seen.

Can any one explain this?

vipergrm · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 82

vipergrm · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2005 Posts: 82

neil01 · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

I rang ALK yesterday re my upgrade to CP6, and the person I spoke to said that they are the latest Navteq maps (athough he couldn't provide the version details)

Phone answered straight away - and the whole call (including the prerecorded messages at the beginning) under 4 minutes!

Customer service is looking OK.

peterweg · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2005 Posts: 68

Skippy · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject:

neil01 · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

peterweg · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2005 Posts: 68

Depends on the definition of 'latest'. It could be "the latest maps avialable before we converted to our format and produced the Gold application".
That process could have taken them 6months to a year. Unless they specify the date of release its meaningless.

Steve101 · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

I was just thinking about maybe why there isn't a good update for Republic of Ireland this year in Copilot 6. I think it may be due to the fact that as there are more people in the UK that will buy CP6, it seems logical for ALK to buy the most up-to-date maps of the UK from Navteq. On the other hand, as there is only a small percentage of people in the Republic of Ireland that buy a GPS system like Copilot, ALK would sooner buy older maps from Navteq, thereby cutting their costs.

The Republic of Ireland maps are covered well enough for people from the UK visiting the Republic of Ireland on holiday or for business. Most people tend to stick to the main roads when travelling in another country anyway. I don't think its a case of not having the maps available or not having the time to integrate it with CP6. Its just a cost cutting exercise. In a years time, and with being able to advertise virtually 100% coverage of R.O.I., more people in R.O.I. will buy a GPS knowing full well that it has a 100% coverage for the country. So now ALK can pay more for the up-to-date maps of R.O.I., but now it will be able to offset the cost of the maps because of the big increase in customers from R.O.I. I suppose this 'could' be the case. It is only a thought!!!

I still think ALK should re-word their advertising, as their interpretation of improved coverage (for R.O.I.) isn't the same as everyone elses. I don't think ALK are telling porkies as such, but bending the truth to their own ends.

kevmac YTY · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:

Seems that NavTeq are nearly finished fully Mapping Ireland.

Got these email just now after I made a error reprot to NavTeq in January 2005.

Track Map Feedback Status: DF29201YX

Contact Information
Name Kevin McElroy
E-Mail XXXXXXXXX

Location of Potential Error
Country Ireland
Subregion E7 Ireland
City Ballina Co. Tipperary and Killaloe Co.Clare
Address Ireland
Cross Street N/A
Postal Code N/A

Product Information
System Brand CoPilot 5 (Windows)
CD/DVD Version Co-Pilot

Requested Change
Type of error Add - Bridge or Tunnel
Requested Change There is a two hundred-year-old bridge not on Ireland map connecting these two towns - this makes the routing add another 50 kilometres if you are heading for the main Co Clare town of Ennis.
Date Created Tuesday, January 11, 2005 14:50
Comments

Saturday, December 10, 2005 08:57
Barbara Clark, Consumer Support Specialist

Dear Kevin McElroy,

We are pleased to inform you that our investigation of your reported Map Feedback has been completed. Here is the detailed resolution from our database tracking system:

The major road has been added to the NAVTEQ database. This has been carried out during NAVTEQ's drive to map every road in Ireland by the end of 2005.

NAVTEQ delivers regularly scheduled map updates to our business partners which include many database enhancements. The release dates for these products will vary depending on each individual business partner. If you are interested in an updated map for your navigation system, please contact your system provider or review this link for NAVTEQ’s distribution partners, http://www.navteq.com/ProductFinder?Language=en&action=location&path=mapupdate

Please let us know if you find any additional areas that we need to review. Once again, thank you for contacting us and for visiting our website.

Sincerely,
Barbara Clark, Consumer Support Specialist
NAVTEQ

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