[gps-talkusers] Tele Atlas map data

Per the email from Sarah, we now have a link on www.MySendero.com where you can 
link to Tele Atlas to submit map corrections. There is a form there you need to 
fill out. If there is a required field you don't know the answer to, pick the 
option that says "other." The map product is called MultiNet and the version 
number is 2005.2.

I tested this by submitting a street in my area which has never existed in 
reality. I got an email back from them within an hour.

FYI, Charles and I met yesterday with Tele Atlas and I can share with you some 
promising developments. 

As you know, the position of some commercial addresses can be off by as much as 
a few hundred feet because these are computer projections of where an address 
should be. Many times, it is not clear what should be considered the address 
location for large buildings or for strip malls for example. Tele Atlas is 
working on more precise address locations that are based upon an actual 
business location and not a projection.

They say they are closing a license deal with an additional points of interest 
supplier in the U.S. to further enhance the restaurant and travel POI data.

We can't promise anything yet but they say better POI data in Europe could be 
available to us. We are crossing our fingers that this happens since the 
European data is currently pretty weak.

Tele Atlas merged with another map company, GDT and their combined map data 
should be available early in 07. This should be a particularly dramatic data 
improvement.

I mention these items for your information. I don't have anything firm as to 
when these things will happen. It is just good to know what they are working on 
and I thought we should share that information with our users.

Mike
 


Michael G. May

CEO Sendero Group

Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS 
Distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Talks, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T 
tactile watch, and the ID Mate bar code reader 

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