Re: [ot] Alternatives to AutoRoute?

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

White, Peter wrote:

> This is true.  There are, I think, only 2 suppliers of the core
mapping
> data, which is used by all the s/w companies, as well as those that
> develop
> the satnav CDs.  AR uses (I think) NavTech, which is the same as my
Merc
> satnav, and they're both at least 3 years behind the times.  My old
house
> (built 2000) has just appeared on AR2005, but it's not on my 2004
> satnav CD.
> At that rate, the M6 Toll will appear in about 2008.


They are also full of inaccuracies (some deliberate - they use them to
check if someone is pilfering their data), which they seem to have no
interest in fixing :-(

> It is quite funny
> though, every time I take the toll, I keep expecting the satnav system
to
> get a bit worried about why I've apparently driving across fields at
> 80mph,
> but she never does.


Mine goes strangely quiet in such circumstances. You can tell she's
thinking "I hope he knows what he's doing!" though...

Jim