XM and TomTom

[Citroenesque]

Here's an example of why it might be a good idea to keep your TomTom maps up-to-date*. This is when I was bringing the (now Harryjoe's) XM back from the Alps. For a start the satnav thinks I'm in a field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5230g7l1RTU


* I guess it could've been potentially worrying if driving at night

[robert_e_smart]

We had that driving across from Eastern Germany into the Czech Republic during the summer as well. Bloody satnavs! (I'm not a big fan)

[Peter.N.]

According to some satnavs there is a road running through our garden and up into the forest, there was, before we bought the house 40 years ago, you would have thought they would have been able to update it by now!

Peter

[Ciaran]

Aye, I regularly drive down a newly built section of the N12 in Co. Monaghan, (Robert you'll know it, on the way to Willie's), where if you look at the sat nav, it believes you to be in a field, with a 120km/h speed limit... must take a pic next time...
Have had it say I was in a lake before too

Ciarán

[Jan-hendrik]

Everyone who has been using a car navigation systems knows about shortcomings. Blindly trusting the instructions given does not cut it. You've got to stay alert and should not be surprised to see yourself driving across stretches of water or rice fields (here in Japan). I've wound up at locations way off the mark because a new road had been constructed near and almost parallel to the old one. Updates for data bases of older systems are no longer available after a number of years and if you want to stay up to date all you can do is install a new system.
Even with the latest systems finding your way in Tokyo or Osaka remains a nerve wrecking business for the occasional visitor where a multitude of roads, regular roads, toll roads and express ways converge in one spot. You have to see it to believe it!