Flaky maps, missing street

NvrLst42 · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:32 am Post subject: Flaky maps, missing street

I had to visit a business in a town I'm familiar with but decided to use TTN6 to find the quickest way there. I was surprised to find that TT didn't have the street listed when I tried to enter the address. It was a pretty major street in the town and I know it's been there for at least 50-60 years, yet it didn't show up in the list even with the latest map version. Weird thing was if I went to map view and zoomed in to where I knew the street was, it was correctly labeled. When I drove on the actual street TT showed the correct street.

I can forgive new streets that are being added all the time or very obscure, lesser known streets. But how this street got left out is beyond me. Makes me wonder how many errors exist in the maps and how reliable they are.

theripper · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject:

Hi NvrLst42
If it is a major road in town it may be searchable by road number
theripper

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

Do you have it as an example?
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FrequentFlyer · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:08 am Post subject:

So why the secret....what is this 'missing' road ?

Border_Collie · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:

Maybe his Home is also missing and he's lost. :P
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NvrLst42 · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:34 am Post subject:

No secret. I just didn't think that the actual street name was important. AFAIK, there's no way to edit/modify/update maps yourself and I doubt TT is going to do anything about it.

To satiate you curiosity the street name is Lincoln Ave in San Rafael, CA. It's a well known street if you are from the area, with an exit off the 101S freeway. Google Map

It was a fluke that I found this error as I know the area and didn't need directions. Sometime I just like to use TT to see what route it will show me, but like I said, it couldn't even find the street.

@theripper - I'm not sure what you mean by road number. AFAIK the street is only known as Lincoln Ave.[/url]

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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:09 am Post subject:

NvrLst42 · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:28 am Post subject:

Ah, sorry didn't even realize that this forum was UK centric. Yeah roads aren't numbered here in the US unless they are part of the highway system.

Anyway, it's not really a big deal. I just found it odd that this street was missing when in general, the maps seem pretty up to date. I definitely noticed a big improvement when I updated to TTN6.

I will make an effort to notify TT about this though. I'm sure it's easy for small errors like this to slip under the radar and unless someone points it out, it will never get updated. If it does make it into a future update then I can say I did my part to help improve the service.

Cheers!

NvrLst42 · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:35 am Post subject:

kgoto · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

Very interesting! I have noticed that the North America V665.1293 map is missing the street "Lincoln Ave" in San Jose. My previous version (V660.1195) has this street listed. It is a very old street in San Jose.
I also checked Lincoln Ave in San Rafael. It also has gotten "lost" going to V665.1293, but is listed in V660.1195.

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billconant · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

I just checked the US and Canada map version V665.1293 and the road isn't there. Also the post that referred to Irvine isn't there eaither. I don't have the region map to check. Perhaps the roads got left out because they don't think they are major roads that make up the large country maps.

Bill

NvrLst42 · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

A bit off topic but I may have really screwed myself.

I wanted to try and install a different map to see if the street could be found. In order to install the USA & Canada map I needed to free up some room so I uninstalled the US Western Region map. I assumed that my favs would be intact because TTH showed them as seperate installed items. After finding that the street still couldn't be found on the USA&C map, I deleted it and reinstalled the US Western Region only to find that all my saved favs were missing including my home location and POIs.

Is there any chance at all to restore them?

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

Did you do a Backup of the Map Folder when you had the Favourites up and running?

If so look for the MapSettings.cfg File. It holds all your Personal Settings for that particular Map.

One reason why a Backup/Restore is better than a clean Install sometimes. Smile

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