Alternate City Names ???

[rsforkner]

I just bought a Tomtom ONE 125 as my first entry into the world of GPS. I am one of those lucky ones whose house cannot be found by GPS (or any other maping service for that matter (Google, Mapquest, etc.). I have read tons of posts and understand it, sort of.

My real issue is Alternate City Names. I had never heard of these until I got the GPS. It says I live in the "City of Golf, Florida". I have lived here since 1985 and this is the first time I have heard of this. The name that the whole world uses is, Boynton Beach, Florida. Upon a lot of searching I have discovered thet the GPS maps use these alternate names all over the place instead of the common names when locating items on the map.

I did find a small "City of Golf" several miles south of me. If I were trying to find my way home I might never get here.

I know I have a pretty basic unit but is there any way to turn these Alternate Names off and display the common names for cities?

Thanks in advance...

Bob

 

[dhn]

Unfortunately, what you are experiencing in a weakness in the map data on your unit. One can only hope that a future map update will reflect the more common name for locations.

You can try to navigate to zip codes and see if that gets you where you want.

 

[rsforkner]

You can try to navigate to zip codes and see if that gets you where you want.

Navigation to a location works fine using the common names.. I believe the problem is in the application displaying the maps. If I enter a POI (gas station about 3/4 miles from my house) the display says it is in the "City of Golf", however, navigation to the POI works just fine. It I enter the address using the common name, "Boynton Beach", it brings up the POI just fine except the display says "City of Golf".

I fear this is something I am going to have to get used to with Tomtom. (I have no experience with other brands.)
When in a strange area I have to learn to trust the Tomtom to get me there.

Bob

 

[tukatz]

Don't trust it too much. I was in Ocean Shores, WA recently and navigated to a restaurant. Unfortunately, the POI got recorded in the map as SE rather than NW. It was on the right street and at the right number.

 

[dhn]

Did you do a mapshare correction for the problem?