Maps and GPRS coverage

apbooth · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2005 Posts: 2

Hi,

I have just finished using the trial of Wayfinder 6 on PPC and found it to be quite good apart from a mapping error near where I work. I also have copilot v6 and that shows the road okay but they use navteq for their maps so I guess teleatlas is not very good. How do you find the maps?

Has anyone ever had any problems loosing GPRS signal while travelling round the country? (I am on O2 for GPRS) as I only got to use the trial locally so don't know what it's like out of the cities.

Also I've hear wayfinder release two versions a year so does that mean v7 will be out soon?

I am trying to decide whether to take the plunge and buy it

Thanks

wiggy25 · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject:

I've been using Wayfinder for over a year on T-mobile and it's very good.

I'm a service engineer and cover the whole of the country and it works.

You may have a mapping error near your work, but if you do buy it you get access to the "mywayfinder" site on there you can plot the route and tell them where the error is, they will then change it.

I did this for a route near me, it was changed within 3 weeks.

I've had the GPRS signal go out on me but it should sort itself out when the signal is back. I have automatic reroute switched off so when it does come back on I just click on the reroute(menu) button and off we go again.

Wayfinder maps are updated 4 times per year, to the central server so the maps should be more upto date than most.
The actual route it gives you, well thats a different story as explained above.

Like I say I bought the lifetime subscription which is Navigator 6 and they have only done 1 softwware update to 6.013 (I think)

The lifetime subs give me these small updates/fixes but if the launch something like Navigator 7 then I will have to pay a nominal upgrade fee.

Hope this helps

Ian

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