[time-nuts] Speaking of problems with Garmin

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I met a person from Navteq at CES a few years ago. He said addresses are "computed." Today, who knows. The most inaccurate spot is often the end of a court. 

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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Speaking of problems with Garmin

The companies are

Teleglobe and Navteq

Garmin uses Navteq cartography as does Ford for their onboard Nav systems

A couple of years ago there was a huge controversy about a GPS hardware vendor buying Teleglobe.  Thereby leaving no competition in the digital cartography market

There always seems to be a discrepancy between postal/street  addresses and GPS street addresses 
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Speaking of problems with Garmin

Did you ever actually get a contact inside Garmin?

I have the same problem. If you punch in an address, it sends you to the
wrong end of a long road.

I've been told there are two mapping companies. Anybody know who they are?

-John

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> Hey John,
>
> I had the same prob with my Nuvi.  For the longest time it thought my
> house
> was four houses away.  I emailed Garmin and got....nothing.  But then, on
> the most recent map update, the problem was resolved.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:45 AM, John Green <wpxs472 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just bought a Nuvi 265WT and after I entered my home address, it
>> says home is .2 miles away. I know this is a map error, but the map
>> comes from Garmin. To me, this is unacceptable. I will complain, in
>> vain, I am sure, to Garmin.
>> Sorry to be off topic but when I saw "Garmin", I couldn't resist
>> venting a little.
>>
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