Wot - No Northern Ireland Street Mapping???

AirCooledHeaven · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 26

Hi All

I bought my Navman 530 a couple of months ago and I've been very pleased with it so far. Until that is I came to plan a trip to Northern Ireland. One of my visits is in Ballymena which is a BT42 postcode. I put in the postcode but it wasn't recognised. So I tried the street name and that wasn't recognised. So I put in Ballymena and assumed I'd be able to navigate to the street. But all my Navman does is take me to Ballymena shown as a place without any roads. There is no street level mapping at all. Zooming out and having a 'look around' it appears there is no street level mapping outside of Belfast. Now when I bought the kit and it advertised 'detailed maps of GB & Ireland' I naively assumed street level mapping of Northern Ireland. Clearly what I really need is 'detailed maps of UK & Ireland'.

Do all satnav systems ignore Northern Ireland? Any forum posters from Northern Ireland? What do you use?

Thanks

Mark

darrenwright · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

your right there.... i have just checked on my ICN520 & it doesnt reconise that postcode either & there isnt street level maps on it either.
Talk about false advertsing...Northen Ireland is the UK.

TerryWalsh · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

The problem is that Navmans map supplier, Teleatlas, has not produced street level mapping for Ireland (North or South). I believe Navtech have recently done so so the only solution is to buy a sat nav including very recent Navtech maps.

Gee-Pee · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject:

This is a well worn topic. I think this post says it all Exclamation

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AirCooledHeaven · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 26

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

Yet another really well worn topic - How long it takes for new maps to appear on the retail devices. Typically two years, sometimes more. TA only recently mapped NI, so don't expect your year old system to have those new maps.

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