Yes, Charles, I can see that's what's happening and it all seems a bit of a mess and something that really needs to be tidied up, together with the maps in general concerning the mis-location of so many places.
Thanks anyway for your comments here. They're appreciated. -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxOn Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:08 PM (UK time), Charles LaPierre at charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
Hi Carol, This sounds like a data inconsistency issue with TeleAtlas actually. Here is what I think is happening which is why choosing either Reading or Reading England seem to work. Lets say "Birch Street" between 1st Street and 2nd Street is just listed as in "Reading" and "Birch Street" between 2nd Street and 3rd Street as "Reading England" When I go and build the list of streets for the cities "Birch Street" falls in "Reading" and "Reading England", so it doesn't matter which you choose but when you choose an address I start searching in the city you chose and continue down the street until I find the address or the city doesn't match, but in this case the city is still really "Reading" just in some places it also has the Country added in. But if a street only shows up in one or the other then if you choose the other you may not find it. So it all boils down to a data inconsistency issue with TeleAtlas I believe. I hope that explains the behavior you are seeing. Charles At 02:01 AM 7/6/2008, you wrote:Coventry is indeed in the Midlands - and that's one place that's right. One of the things I've found really odd recently is to try to work out the difference between Reading and Reading, England. It seems I can use either one of those two options to find the same addresses! Charles, if you're reading this, what are your thoughts? Mary Ellen, what do you mean about keying in those long addresses? What do you put in when searching then? We certainly will be so glad when Post Codes are introduced for that reason. Every other GPS system used here in the UK seems to work on Post Codes, which is hardly surprising. ... -- Carol <mailto:carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---- Original Message ---- From: Mary Ellen Earls To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:36 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from England:Well for examply I had the idea Coventry was almost on the border of England and Scotland, and yet it is in the Wales Middling Section. Anyway it was just a blast with these maps. I don't know how you key in all those long addresses, My goodness! But I spose our maps are just as confusing to you too. Now my trip seems real, and not something on a piece of paper. Take care! Mary Ellen Earls ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Pearson To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from England: You're welcome. I'm afraid for some of us the maps are sort of pretty "dumb" when it comes to knowing where to find various towns and they're not where you expect at all.Yes, it does, thank you. I actually took my old Braille Note mpower out and felt my way through it and was able to sort of feel my way through how these different regions are mapped out. What fun it has been to find the hotel where we stayed in 1965, and find how to get to the Palace from there, just over a half mile as it turned out. Thanks so much, Carol. Mary Ellen Earls ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Pearson To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:27 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from England: Well, it's pretty strange, even as I see it, but many of these places come in the Wales/Midlands maps. Hope that helps enough.Hi! I am coming to your wonderful country in October, in the meantime, have downloaded the maps for the U. K, and amd having a terrible time in the address lookup going from the default region which I put in as Southern England to other regions. The normal precedure isn't working and I don't know enough about what is on these maps to be able to write out what I want. Where do I write the city of Bath? Thanks. Mary Ellen EarlsCharles M. La Pierre CTO Sendero Group "The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream, Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate 1-888-757-6810Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
