TomTom mislabel whole motorway !

[DinAlt]

Hi,

One of my pet peeves has been that ever since TomTom 2 the junction of the M25 with the M26 has had the turn towards Dover mislabelled as being M25 not M26 I've just discovered that if you use it's reality view it's mislablled all the way - how can this sort of error still exist after all this time ? (btw the reason i discoverd this is I've got it runnign in demo mode to check the TTS files so it's making a voyage to my French in laws as i type).

Edit - now looped it three times and the above seems to have been a glitch, however there defintely seems to be somethign wrong with the M25/M26 Junction as on the third run through it used two reality view boards in quick sucession - the 2nd one being the correct one (first time I've seen this one either when driving for real or using demos)


DinAlt

[AndyVaughan]

And since W&CE 8.10 map J2 of the M66 is just described as J2 on the signposts, on all previous maps (including 8.05) it was J2 Bury.

As well as J29A on the M1 still not existing the map updates are taking a long time to filter through.

Andy

[HenryMitchell]

[DinAlt]

The point being if you're looking for the M26 and you see a sign saying M25 you won't go that way (and this occurs on the reality (full screen view) as well which we can't edit - it even shows a representation of a Motorway sign clearly labelled M25.


I've marked this as a fault many tims but TomTom don't want to change it

DinAlt

[HenryMitchell]

I'm not disagreeing with you- it certainly is confusing if you don't know the area. It's just that I can see why the map logic is like that. There's sometimes no substitute for a real person having some input in the maps but then SatNav is not a replacement for some knowledge of where one is going either!
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[DinAlt]

Very good point about trusting the Tomtom - but lets face it we're now much more depnednet on thme - especially for routes we haven't travelled before - how often have you used a satnav to get somewhere and becuse there is no drama / real interaction durign the route you get to the destination with no real knowledge of how you got there ?
This junction annoys me becuase I used to drive it a lot and the fact it's been mislabled for at least 6 different versions and over 5 years irks me - I bet there are other errors just as bad i haven't noticed but because i know about this one IALWAYS spot it when I go South on the M25

DinAlt

[DennisN]

I don't go that way often, but when I came back from Canterbury just over a week ago I could so easily have missed the turning for M26 towards M25 - told me to keep right then take the exit and if I had done so, I'd have been too late, getting caught by the split. I remembered from a previous occasion (pre SatNav) when I went carried on up the M20 and suffered quite a few miles extra, so I was a bit more willing to obey the SatNav in case the exit was to the right. But I followed the overhead signs rather than the TT. Dunno why it doesn't direct you to take the exit when the very long slip lane starts.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

[DennisN]

Thank you John - what a relief that somebody else found it less than perfect. As a frequent member of the "Engage your brain" brigade, I was very reluctant to submit my post above, expecting it to receive a thorough slating. For someone else to be alarmed by that coning and keep right business is a great comfort.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

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