[gps-talkusers] Re: New POIs and incorrect names
- From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:01:04 -0700
Hi Peter,
I will need specific 3rd party ID's in order to check on what you are
asking. It would be great to have 2 examples of each category type which
you find in error. Ie. 2 pubs, 2 Guest Houses, 2 schools etc. Then I can
check on these internally to see if there is a POI conversion error and if I
find none I can then give these third party ID's to TeleAtlas to investigate
further. But in each of your examples I also need the real name of the POI
and what the current name means.
Thank you.
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bosher
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:55 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] New POIs and incorrect names
Hi All,
As Steven Bingham has already pointed out, the new POIs for the UK
are markedly different from before. I've now done some exploration
in several locations, and in general there seem to be fewer, although
they are perhaps better on restaurants, but less good on local
businesses and guest-houses for example.
My main point though is about incorrect naming, particularly of pubs
and schools. The names are generic. For example, pubs have POI
names such as Woodhouse Inns, or Taste Pubs. These are the names of
the national companies which run the pubs, but not the actual names
of the pubs. This is quite inconvenient if you are looking for a
pub by name. Similarly, almost all schools have POI names such as
Buckinghamshire Counby Council, or Hertfordshire County Council,
which are the local authorities, but not the names of the
schools. Charles, are the names actually not given in the POI data,
or is there a problem with the conversion?
Finally like Steve, I have found several POIs that are as much as a
quarter of a mile away from the actual locations, which seems a pitty
as everything else improves. It does seem worth reporting these
issues, if only to be factored in to the choice of map suppliers.
Best,
Peter
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