[gps-talkusers] POIs in London
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:55:52 +0100
I know the data could be a lot better, but at least here in London, I find the
POIs quite helpful.
Mike
At 08:47 AM 5/11/2006, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>The POIs for the UK are to be frank pretty useless.
>
>Carol's problem with the numbering of properties on side streets instead of
>the main thoroughfare may also be due to the fact that many corner sites are
>numbered on the side street although they may appear to be on the main road.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bartholomew"
><richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:08 PM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: MAPS CURRENTLY IN USE
>
>
>>Hi, Carol
>>
>>I'm nothing to do with Sendero but just a couple of comments here.
>>
>>I've been using the GPS in the UK for nearly three years now and, whilst the
>>maps and commercial POIs are improving, sadly, as you're discovering, there
>>are still fairly large holes. In particular, the commercial POI are woefully
>>sparse and, where they do exist, usually out of date! Similar to your
>>McDonalds example, I have one hospital which closed down at least five years
>>ago but which is still listed; whereas one which opened two years ago is not.
>>
>>The maps are definitely improving but one frustrating feature which I think
>>is particularly related to the UK rather than US is the frequency of streets
>>looping back on themselves even though they don't; I think that this is
>>largely to do with the fact that UK roads are rarely arrow straight. As far
>>as your experience of having the house numbers of the side street appearing
>>rather than the road you were on - could this be to do with the quality of
>>reception you were receiving at the time, ie the receiver may have been
>>placing you on the sidestreet.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Richard Bartholomew
>>E-Mail: richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson"
>><carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:49 PM
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: MAPS CURRENTLY IN USE
>>
>>
>>>Hmmm! Thanks, Charles.
>>>
>>>OK, here are a few initial observations here in the UK. (Please bear in
>>>mind how little experience I have had so far and I am not looking to blame
>>>anything or anything but merely to explain how I'm seeing things, most
>>>probably through very tinted specs or something!)
>>>
>>>First, I see that some houses (including ours) does not have a recognised
>>>number. (We concluded, when first testing the GPS that this could be
>>>because the bungalow itself is packed into a sort of corner, as the road
>>>bends, and the building is therefore slightly away from the road.)
>>>
>>>I walked through the town centre yesterday, making use of the "look around"
>>>feature in a situation I knew well enough, to see just what I got! As I
>>>walked along the general pedestrian area I noted I was made aware of numbers
>>>along a side road that were often picked up as opposed to the numbers on the
>>>main street along which I was walking. I found this quite confusing to
>>>begin with. I remember, some considerable years ago now, this pedestrian
>>>walkway was in fact just a main street and has therefore been altered. It
>>>did make me wonder if this had any bearing on what I was experiencing, but
>>>until I have tried out more town centres I cannot be sure or comment further.
>>>
>>>In my locality (within four miles) I have looked up one very well-known
>>>hotel, opened in 1983. It was first called The Ramada Hotel (being part of
>>>the Ramada Jarvis group), and for the past five years it has been the
>>>Renaissance Hotel. I cannot find it listed. In addition I have looked up
>>>two addresses, one of which may have been given to me incorrectly, but
>>>neither have been found. One is in Kitwood Drive and the other was given to
>>>me as Stilton Close, but I accept it could be Stirling Close which I have
>>>located.
>>>
>>>In addition to the above, when searching POIS, using the "All" category, I
>>>can find only 1 McDonald's within five miles of my home. I know of three!
>>>It seems the POIS listed are very few (relatively speaking). I notice too
>>>that "American" terms, such as "Veterinarian" are used. If you don't mean
>>>"Veterinary Surgeon" here then please explain to the uninitiated and, BTW, I
>>>don't find any listed!
>>>
>>>What am I doing wrong here?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles La Pierre" <lapierre@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:06 PM
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: MAPS CURRENTLY IN USE
>>>
>>>
>>>>All our maps are from the same company TeleAtlas.
>>>>All our 3.5 maps were updated all at the same time. All maps are version
>>>>2005.2 GDF TeleAtlas maps. TeleAtlas released the 2005.2 maps in January
>>>>of 2006, and Telcontar our map engine company released the filter for the
>>>>2005.2 maps on February 22 of 2006, and we started testing the new maps a
>>>>week or so later, and released GPS 3.5 with new maps 48 days later, not too
>>>>bad!
>>>>
>>>>Charles.
>>>>
>>>>At 07:29 AM 5/10/2006, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>As some of you have gathered by now, I'm a pretty new user with the GPS
>>>>>3.5, beginning to make some inroads (no pun intended) into my learning
>>>>>curve now and get some useful information from my GPS. I feel I need to
>>>>>do a little more checking up with some things before making comments about
>>>>>the seeming inaccuracy (out of date) senarios with my local maps but would
>>>>>like to know at this time, first, which company produces the maps and when
>>>>>were the British ones updated? I realise that User POIS in these
>>>>>situations can really help and I'm beginning to use them now to my
>>>>>advantage.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Carol
>>>>>
>>>>>carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Charles M. La Pierre CTO
>>>>Sendero Group, LLC
>>>>
>>>>Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
>>>>
>>>>
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