Rand McNally intelliRoute TND 500

I have not attacked you at all Nuudge... We are trying to figure out what you actually do for a living?

The MCRA and the navigation unit are two different items. RM uses NavTeq core mapping data which contains STAA information, overlaying with RM data. The two do not intertwine as in the MCRA and Mapping database. Their are errors and RM is correcting any errors they find or you report.

In one of your eariler posts you mentioned $15,000... you have paid fines? - by following the routing of the TND?

Thanks,
Mark

 

I think it was 15,000 fines have been given out at 3,000 per fine.
It is on the sign for the detour.
I was up there last week, though delivering locally. So I have no idea if the unit would have routed me over the bridge or not.
The signs are made rather poorly also. They are HUGE but have too much info and it is confusing as to if they want you to take I-95 or 295 (or whatever it was).
I was confused some and glad I was not headed north.

 

I believe that bridge is weigh restricted. I came on it one night... tried to follow the detours... more confusing from the signs they posted.. so just started to take I-84 over and avoid that mess..

thanks,
Mark

 

I have only had occasion to use my new tnd a couple of times since I got it last week and I must say... very disappointed. I've yet to use it in the "Big Truck" but have had it on *truck* mode while driving my 4 wheeler. I used it today going from my house in South Prairie, WA to my sister's house in Black Diamond, WA and followed the route it gave me. Very bizzare. Has me going in a loop through Enumclaw, taking corners that even in my 4 wheeler are tight, would never make it with a 53' without taking out 2 cars in the turn lane. There is a straight shot up 244th, which the tnd goes past but puts me back on after taking the loop tour of Enumclaw. On my way back it laged at least a tenth of a mile for the entire second half of the trip, about 6 miles. With a lag like that, it's pretty useless. Isn't their purpose to tell us what's ahead? not behind. I've also found that when I try and drag the map to look at a different section of my route, it tends to drag if it wants to... and often will click all over the place and I'll have to try to find where my route went to. I'm afraid this will be going back to Dieselboss. Not happy at all with it.

 

Mine actually worked right today. I had a load that was pretty close on weight so I wanted to avoid the scales. I messed with the TND to see if it'd do what I wanted it to and it did. I set the route, zoomed in on the scales, hit detour, and it found and held two detours around two different scales miles apart. I liked the way it did it too. It didn't run me right up the the exit before the scale and around, it detoured the whole route to adjust miles ahead of time, just like I would if I did it manually. Pretty happy about that.

 

Not so good today. It won't find two Orscheln stores in Higgingsville, Mo and Sedalia, Mo. Both on state highways. The TND just doesn't have the addresses in the database. The one in Sedalia is on south or north Limit, the maps disagree. That's US 65 through town. The TND claims that Limit is only about a block long with no addresses at all on it. I suspect it's the reverse in Higginsville. This is specific with the TND as the Garmin found the one in Sedalia fine.

 

Higginsville (Orscheln Store)
Are you sure? I was able to put it right in by the address on their website (661 Highway Boulevard, Higginsville, MO.) Google maps shows it in the same location as the TND there too. Also was able to put it in by using "MO-13" as the street in the TND as well (because it looks like that road is also a Missouri State Route 13 there.) I had to use the "list" feature in the TND to figure out how they were databasing the "13" though. Once I found they had it as "MO-13" then it went right in. Ideally, all of these GPS's would narrow the street list by EVERY road that had he number you entered (i.e. if you put in a 13, it would narrow the list to every road in that town that had a "13" in it, instead of just "13th street" like it did in this case.

Sedalia, Mo (Orscheln Store
Is it the one at 2424 US-65 there? I was able to put it in that way without issue. But if the address you were given called it "North Limit Ave" (which is the other name of that road) then the TND does not have it in the database that way You would have to enter it by "2424 US-65" to put in in the trip for this location.

ALSO, I tried the POI method and BOTH were in the TND correctly (Choose Destination | Point of Interest | City | Sedalia | More | All | Orscheln)

Some day the map technology will mature to the point that these state routes, county highways, etc that have a number AND a name will come up either way in these units. At this time we find that every brand is incomplete in this regard. And I'm NOT making the "It should be 100% accurate" statement because that will never happen - I am citing our opinion based on hundreds of hours of testing that EVERY brand is substantially incomplete in the ability to search the map database by ALL iterations of road names in this country. For instance, the record so far in my testing is a road that had no less than 4 names for the same stretch of addresses.

Both of your locations were in there by POI and by address, but I did have to fiddle with the "List" feature to scroll through and see how they had entered the road numbers rather than just punching in a "13" or a "65" for them. We have definitely found that trying a difficult address my multiple creative methods is a worthy art form on all of the current GPS offerings available.

Hope that helps at least a little.

 

Ah ha, They gave me the wrong address for the Higginsville one, 1661. I shall have to chastise them.

The other thing with the streets not being in the database if it's on a highway, that's annoying. Thanks for looking those up though.

 

Make sure I have your E-Mail address. When the new version comes out RM will have to send you a Flash SD for your TND to get it to the new version. It will not affect your user files.

I just need the serial number off the back so I can send you the correct Flash Version.

Thanks,
Mark

 

You have stated that it is doubtful that I drive or have a truck or even have this unit. Essential calling me a liar. I don't lie and really take displeasure in those that call me a liar.

Flaming when you are anonymous is one thing, but to be foolish enough to do it when you can be found????