Residents take action against satnav map errors
Date: Wednesday, November 04 @ 13:08:01 UTC
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pocketgpsworld.comAngry residents in salisbury have erected a sign in an effort to warn motorists that their satnav maps are wrong and the road they are driving along is in fact a dead end.

Satnav maps from Tele Atlas AND Navteq incorrectly show Ashdown Terrace in South Tidworth as a through road with a connection to Station road, see here when in actual fact it is a dead end.

Fed up with motorists being directed along this road a local resident has erected a sign near the entrance warning drivers that their satnav map is wrong.

Map errors are by far the biggest complaint made against satnav devices. We all accept that mistakes are inevitable but it is the length of time taken to correct that angers users.

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