Right road, wrong village

mgibbs · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject: Right road, wrong village

Hi

I've just had to make a trip to Ryland Road in the Village of Welton in Lincolnshire. TT3 took me to Ryland Road in Dunholme (the next village)

Can anyone confirm that this is not just a problem in my installation?

I think it maybe got a bit confused about two roads with the same name in adjoining villages.

I'm running the latest 2210 BIOS and the latest TT3 release.

Thanks

Mark
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Darren · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:25 pm Post subject:

TomTom's address look-up will always suggest roads with identical names in the surrounding area, the trick to ensure you choose the correct one is to check the Post Code linked to the Road Name is the correct one for your intended destination.

Out of interest, does Ryland Road in Welton show up in the address look-up or is TT suggesting the alternative in Dunholme because it does not have the Welton one in it's map data?
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alix776 · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject:

i think its that welton my be one of the many missing places in tt3 and dumholme is the nearset village so tt attached welton to dumholme theres a similar issue with errrr rhyl was it
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mgibbs · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:35 am Post subject:

Welton is in tha database.

In the Navigate To / Address dialog box I can select Welton (Lincolnshire) as the city then Ryland Road LN2 3 as the street. Choose my home location as the departure point and it plots a route to Dunholme.

Zooming in on the map view shows that Ryland Road in Welton is in the database.

Mark
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alix776 · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject:

right just tried it and it routes to welton on mine what version of tt are you using try 3.03
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mgibbs · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject:

Alix

I'm on 3.03 already and am using the full GB map.

I've tried setting up this route lots of times now.

It did select Welton correctly once. Every other time it's selected Dunholme.

Just tried it a few more times to make sure - both from Navigator and Map A-B. Same result.

Mark
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SteveW · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:20 pm Post subject:

I just tried it and it took me to Dunholme, although the villages are close together and this road links the two villages. It shows that No 28 is in Dunholme, and No 38 is in Welton. If you put the house number in, it will probably take you to the correct location.

Steve

mgibbs · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:15 am Post subject:

Navigating to no. 2 still takes me to Dunholme.

Another quirk is that when I redo the route, TomTom remembers the city and street correctly but the house number selection field is shown as 5 not 2.
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SteveW · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:04 am Post subject:

It probably will do - not knowing the area at all, it shows 38 and above is in Welton and below 28 is in Dunholme. 2 is below 28. Click on the road in Map view and look at the house numbers.

Steve

mgibbs · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:26 am Post subject:

There's a no 2 in Dunholme and a no. 2 in Welton (they are different roads).

I know 'cos I went to the wrong house Smile

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Darren · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:21 am Post subject:

Have you considered using the superb 'UKPostCode' Plug-In? This would remove any possibility of error when navigating to a destination.
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mgibbs · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:38 am Post subject:

I have that but out in the wilds postcodes can cover a wide area.

I thought that navigating to an actual house number should be spot on.

Its not a real problem (I shouldn't think that there are too many villages that are next to each other with the same road name). I just thought I'd raise the issue.

Mark
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hollis_f · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:

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