On Dec 19, 10:29 am, NightStalker <Nightstal...@somewhere.or.other>
wrote:
> In article <cucgm3d8n1g5oecev6ec3ji7il58cd6...@4ax.com>,
> chris_bl...@spamfence.net says...
>
>
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> > The Nokia maps are fine in some countries, but there are many parts of
> > the world where they are so lacking in detail to be almost useless.
>
> Have you actually downloaded the maps for these areas? I have been on
> around the world trips twice this year, including countries like
> Luxembourg, Hungary, and many others. I downloaded the maps prior to
> going, and never had a problem. I suppose if you're looking for a
> street map of Vanuatu or somewhere, then there may be a problem - I
> haven't tried. But I haven't found a gap in the coverage yet, of any
> significance.
>
> Can you give an example of an area where the maps are so lacking in
> detail to be almost useless?
>
> Not criticising or doubting you - just curious.
>
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> NightStalker

Try New Zealand. I was over there the other month and whilst it
guided me along the Auckland Motorway it got very vague whilst
travelling in the Bay of Plenty. The Guide couldn't find Queen St in
Auckland either which I found amusing at the time as I was driving
less than a block from it (and it is the main st in the city CBD).
The maps weren't useless, they just weren't accurate enough for a
stranger (luckily for me I know the city well enough to ignore the
blank spots)

I've also had troubles with it in Wichita, KS for some reason. It
showed the streets but couldn't find them by name.

I've also had troubles in Sydney, Australia. I live here so I know
where I'm going, but using the map to go around Woolloomooloo and on
to the Harbour Bridge might be a problem for someone who was relying
on it solely, as it's a bit wonky! Or to get from Elizabeth Bay to
Circular Quay it "uses" a road that doesn't exist! It also tells me
that Quay St in Haymarket joins Hay Street which it doesn't. It also
can't find some of the newer parts of Stanhope Gardens but we live in
hope it will catch up with those sometime this decade (they are only
about five or six years old at the moment). Just little things, and I
have to admit that I've never found a perfect GPS road system for the
city. They are all either slightly out-of-date or add roads where they
don't exist (that's an old UBD directory trick), or skip roads. Oh,
and I ran into a blank bit of Melbourne last month as well - cannot
recall it exactly, but it wasn't somewhere overly obscure, just a
laneway off Collins St from memory