It's discouraging to know that MapShare submissions will only get integrated if sufficient other TomTom users report the same bug. Makes me wonder why I do it. Okay, I guess I know why I do it, but I want to know how many others feel the same way.
Actually if just one person submits a correction it will get integrated. It just takes longer because it goes to the bottom of the list to be verified. They figure the more people that submit the same thing the more important it must be so they verify those first.
I met a TeleAtlas employee today at lunch, he confirms your feedback, Bama, and he confirms that TomTom knows the feedback verification cycle is unacceptably long. He said if you connected all of the road segments reported in any one day, it would be as long as if you took all road segments in Europe and connected them end-to-end. TomTom wasn't prepared for such thorough feedback, and are trying to figure out a verification procedure that scales.
I wonder how many use the option to download unverified mapshare submissions from some/many users.
Personally, the thought that there may be errors in my map because of any incorrect MapShare data I may have downloaded makes me feel uneasy.
...[*]Map Share updates are specific to each map version[/list]
dhn said:Which is a political way of saying that Mapshare doesn't work (not that most of us are too surprised )
Since the TT Go 930 uses a different map version than the TT One 130 for the map of USA, does this mean that the mapshare submissions from people using the TT 930 will not be available for those using a TT 130? I didn't know this.
On a side note, How does the option "Report Other Error" work? I used it a couple of weeks ago to add a missing street and was hoping that when I connected my TomTom to TT Home, that the street would somehow appear on my map but I now know that is not the case. If and when TT verifies my submission to be correct, will they add the missing street as a mapshare download and it will then appear on my map? Or are verified missing streets submissions only added to their maps when Tomtom updates their map versions?
Which is a political way of saying that Mapshare doesn't work (not that most of us are too surprised )
Under these circumstances, users who actively submit Map Share changes are discouraged from upgrading their maps.
well, the theory is that mapshare changes are integrated into all the new map updates
well, the theory is that mapshare changes are integrated into all the new map updates, so that keeping your mapshare changes is unnecessary. also, why would anyone want an older, out of date map? if someone refuses to update their map, how can they complain about the quality of it?
On that note, I got this from a support technician today, which starts to explain why they don't allow just any map correction through even if they had the capability:
Dear Marc,
...Also if a truck driver was to block a road as it is not a truck route, you would then download and install the information so if you went to that area, you unit would act as if there was not a street there...
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