Support Thread for the TND 500, TND 700 or future Rand McNally products. (part two)

When you buy the TND you are getting what is the latest technology and information available at that time. Map data will never be 100% correct. Maps are being updated daily from new items and old items that are incorrect.

Thanks,
mark

 

Based upon your settings and what is put in the map segments the TND will route you. Any GPS cannot think like a human being and see what you see. It has to go based upon what your settings are and what is available in the segments of the map Database.

If you set to Prefer Freeways, it will do its best to keep you on Freeways. If you decide to take a US route along the way it will try to put you back on Freeways. As I mentioned in the post above Roads are build into segments with "cost" factors that will determine the priority of routing. If you find one that is not routing the way you think it should let me know. I can have the GIS department look at the segments and tell me how the segments are build.

The router also has to be tweaked to routing overall. If it is tweaked to the West coast then other areas will suffer in routing. So a happy medium has to be set.

Thanks,
Mark

 

Okay, I see that here. I will forward that up.

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Mark

 

I noticed that awhile back and thought it was fixed. Good catch on your part.

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Mark

 

It is a few miles different. I submitted a ticket to GIS and should have an answer this week.

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Mark

 

An address is by Lat/Long that is in the DB.

Thanks,
Mark