[gps-talkusers] Address Lookup Frustrations and Database Question
- From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:29:42 -0400
Hopefully, this isn't the third time for this message, but I don't think the
first two made it to the list because I sent them from the wrong identity
duh....
A minor gripe here and a question. My gripe is with Tele-Atlas and not really
Sendero. I live just west of the city of Lansing, in Michigan. 42.44.57.4440N
84.35.42.3280W.
The city, like all metro areas, has expanded. I am technically outside the city
in Lansing Charter Township. Two blocks west of me is Delta Township in a
different county.
However, Tele-Atlas lists this area as "edgemont park," as did the old Atlas
program. Trekker, which I believe uses NavTech maps, correctly lists it as
Lansing Township.
As I've traveled thoughout the midwest, and noting some other comments on this
list with difficulty finding addresses, I wonder if anything can be done with
Tele-Atlas to correctly list political jurisdictions. I don't know where, in
this location, Edgemont Park came fron. It is not a governmental entity of any
kind.
Secondly, I could go into a bit of elucidation off-list on this, but how does
Tele-Atlas get their street data? Reason I ask is in the past, maps were
derived from various sources i.e. census data, developer submissions, and the
like. The problem that this kind of data possesses is a lot of built-in
inaccuracies. Examples of such might be the street actually not existing i.e.
the proposed development never having occurred; the street being located as much
as a quarter-mile off of what the plans stated, and so forth.
It one time, Space Shuttle Endeavor mapped the world using stereo cameras and
radar. I understand this database is available. Is Tele-Atlas using this or
does somebody else have the commercial rights to it?
Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
Steve, K8SP
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