Not possible to ignore the city?

[21rouge]

I have been doing a bit of comparing re addresses of locations near and dear to me (Canada) on the XL 330S and the Magellan 4250. Generally the Magellan maps returned what I expected. It appeared for a time that there were some final destinations that were not part of TT's maps but sometimes it just didnt agree with the city I had entered. This might have been avoided if one could enter just the street name and # and it would show all such addresses in a specific geographic region eg the province of Ontario or state of Wisconsin or...

I guess this would be too vague?

Just wondering.

 

[46jimbo]

It's not vague at all! This is how Garmin's work. You enter the street before entering the city name.

I wish that TomTom had this option, as you are often stymied by not knowing the name of the municipality (or the TomTom database has got it wrong.)

There are quite a few posts on this forum where people say the TomTom won't navigate to an address, yet they can see it on the map.

 

[dhn]

It's not vague at all! This is how Garmin's work. You enter the street before entering the city name.

I wish that TomTom had this option, as you are often stymied by not knowing the name of the municipality (or the TomTom database has got it wrong.)

There are quite a few posts on this forum where people say the TomTom won't navigate to an address, yet they can see it on the map.

Apparently, the 720 maps have rectified the confusion about streets in Toronto where earlier versions looked for pre-amalgamation cities or boroughs.

 

[46jimbo]

Apparently, the 720 maps have rectified the confusion about streets in Toronto where earlier versions looked for pre-amalgamation cities or boroughs.

Wouldn't that be a function of the maps? Thus all units using these maps would benefit from this.

 

[dhn]

Wouldn't that be a function of the maps? Thus all units using these maps would benefit from this.

I may have provided confusion (I tend to do that, sometimes ) when I said '720'. Yes, I meant MAP 720 seems to have rectified the city issue for Toronto on MODEL 720's. I presume the same MAP version does the same on other MODELS but I do not know.

TomTom does not help much with their numbering system, either.

 

[Buddharay]

well, the maps are due to the differences between tele atlas and navteq maps. i wouldn't put it on the tomtom necessarily... tele atlas updates their maps frequently, so i'd get a map update on your tomtom and see if your problem is fixed.

 

[21rouge]

well, the maps are due to the differences between tele atlas and navteq maps. i wouldn't put it on the tomtom necessarily... tele atlas updates their maps frequently, so i'd get a map update on your tomtom and see if your problem is fixed.

I am new to TomTom. What has your experience been re the frequency of tele atlas map updates....say in a calendar year? And after the 30 day grace period must every subsequent update be purchased?

 

[dhn]

I am new to TomTom. What has your experience been re the frequency of tele atlas map updates....say in a calendar year? And after the 30 day grace period must every subsequent update be purchased?

Updates 4 times a year roughly and, yes, you have to pay after 30 days. BUT there is no expectation that a user WOULD update every time a map is released. The general consensus is once a year, maybe ....

 

[21rouge]

Updates 4 times a year roughly and, yes, you have to pay after 30 days. BUT there is no expectation that a user WOULD update every time a map is released. The general consensus is once a year, maybe ....

And what is the approx. cost of a 'quarterly' update?

And updating once as you suggest would incorporate all updates occurring previously? And its cost must be more? And the price would be...?

Would the frequency of true map updates be similarly for Navteq?

 

[dhn]

And what is the approx. cost of a 'quarterly' update?

And updating once as you suggest would incorporate all updates occurring previously? And its cost must be more? And the price would be...?

Would the frequency of true map updates be similarly for Navteq?

Each update for NA, quarterly or not, when not on sale, is probably $100-$130. It's not a case of a 'yearly' update being 4 times the cost of 'quarterly' one; after all, what a year is for one person will not be a year for another.