Comments on: GPS and One-Way Streets

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:12:39 +0000

Ralp, many GPS devices like those that have TomTom MapShare will allow you to teach the device about mapping errors as well as share those changes with other users.

By: Ralph Dicks

Ralph Dicks — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:39:24 +0000

With billions of miles of streets, some that are not fully one way or two it is possible. My home address street is one way west and my Garmin Nuvi 200 tries to have me go east on it. I live in a small rural town but it is the county seat and relatively big. So far it is the only wrong way any of my units have tried to navigate me on. Not a bad record in my opinion. I just wish I could teach it somehow.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:06:14 +0000

All of those will be added to our product database in the future.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:49 +0000

Tim, that makes me think. Should whether the battery is replaceable or not be listed in future reviews? It was never really important to me before but now that I have a unit with one I find it is something that I would consider in the future. I’d also like to see the routing mode options listed, ie; easy, fastest, shortest, pedestrian, bicycle, etc.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:15:35 +0000

Yes, indeed– St. Andrews, NB looks really bad on the Tele Atlas map.

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:31 +0000

I wouldn’t doubt that driving the backroads of New Brunswick would leave him with a bad impression of his GPS. It seems that a lot of the non-major roads away from towns are only listed as an unname road, even in Garmin’s City Navigator 2008/9. And what they call roads can at times turn into access roads for hunters in 4X4’s, no place a tourist really wants to end up.
I’m just glad he didn’t have a TomTom and visit St. Andrews, New Brunswick. According to Tele Atlas, this 200+ year old tourist town doesn’t have any roads.