Andy,
I am pretty sure that is the issue; the issue lies in the map database and
the address being completely off. I hope this isn't something that remains
in Version 3.5.
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: dd Experience
Hi Kevin,
I attended the Orientation Center, and what I remember is that it sits on both a city and county line, and that address numbers change when you cross a certain street, I believe it is Carlson, but it was a long time ago. Perhaps the problem is with the map, as I recall being confused about street addresses in that area. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 7:32 PM To: Gps List Subject: [gps-talkusers] dd Experience
Dear List,
I had a very odd experience yesterday. I was visiting Orientation Center for the Blind on San Pablo. For some reason when I was checking the address with the letter A, it said I was on the 900 block, which was incorrect, I was really not the 400 block. And when I crossed an intersection to go onto a different block it read it as being the 900 block, when it was really the 500 block. In a result of the address system being totally off, I was searching for a restaurant around the area, I found one and set it as my destination and created a route, but I found the restaurant was about 0.30 miles west from where it said it was. Yes, this was a really odd experience.
The thing I enjoyed was all of the user point of interest that were around. Everything was marked around Orientation Center for the Blind including the snake path, Braille room, Computer room, Cafeteria, Gym, and with all of these great markings, it got me straight to the particular door I was looking for. I didn't encounter any issues with getting from the BART station to Orientation Center for the Blind. I only ran into problems with the address and the commercial POI. Everything else worked out great. I am not sure if this is something that is fixed in version 3.5, I only have 3.3 as of current. If someone wants to check this out who has version 3.5, that would be greatly appreciated and I do hope this is fixed in 3.5.
Kevin