map updates

marshall · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: map updates

Hi
all

i have been trying to make corrections on my 520

i have tried for many days without success.

every time i do it i cannot see any difference on my maps even after i have uploaded the alteration .

i can see nothing about it in the manual in fact I can't find "mapshare" at all in a search of the manual.

Can someone tell me how it is supposed to work ana how "instant" is it

marshall
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HummerUK · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject:

from what I can see mapshare does not work 100% as advertised.

I can delete a street which seems to work okay but correcting a round-a-bout seems to have zero effect.

What kind of changes / corrections have you tried to make?

HummerUK

marshall · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

hi HummerUK

i've been trying roundabouts and no success at all they really bug me when not there and there seems to be zillions of them

marshall Question

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steveincornwall · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2007 Posts: 3

Hi marshall,
Same here, I've added three new roundabouts but they haven't appeared on the updates. A blocked off road though has come back corrected after I uploaded it.
Does anyone know if the POI updates are working? Ive added and corrected several local ones but I don't want to continue unless I know others can benefit from it. Among the ones I've uploaded are Bodmin police station (well it's got to be closer than Ireland Smile

) and 3 car parks in Bodmin and 2 in Wadebridge.
Hope these ramblings make sense, I'm new here Smile

Steve.
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craigend · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 26, 2006 Posts: 3

Like you I have posted two map corrections, both new roundabouts but neither show on the map. I have tried this several times but no change. However I CHANGED the location of a garage by about .5 of a mile and it has shown. Also reported two safety camera locations and only one is shown.
Also still have problems with hands free. I can hear the person that I call but they only hear me very softly and with distorted sound.

marshall · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Go 520 map corrections

Hi all

Ray-of-Sunshine · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 73

Like me I didn't fully know what you can and can't do with map corrections your are limited in what you can change on your own map and even more so what will caome back as an update for example add a roundabout or new road and this is only reported through to whoever writes the maps for inclusion in the next map realease after being confirmed.

You can change the direction of flow on a one way system change a street name and insert a road block all of which are shown on your own map.

Personally I think this is crap surely the point of mapshare is we are all able to share in the knowledge of road changes in each of ours local areas respectively.

xda · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:26 am Post subject:

Ray-of-Sunshine · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2007 Posts: 73

xda · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

Adding, moving such things as POI's is relative easy, but to change map data on your own device is a complicated procedure involving complex changes to the map data file, routing etc. Far beyond what your device is capable of achieving.
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Andy_P · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject:

As far as I'm aware, the only corrections you can make that have an instant effect on your copy of the map, (or that can be downloaded to other people's maps by Mapshare) are the ones on the FIRST page of the Map Corrections menu, i.e. '(un)block street', 'Reverse traffic direction', E'dit Street name', 'Add missing POI' and 'Edit POI'.
Everything else (that you access via the "Report other error" button) is just a quick way to send a message about an error just like we used to, either to TomTom or direct to TeleAtlas.
Even the "No left/right turn into..." correction doesn't seem to affect the routing on your own unit.

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

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