Hello! Would this be why there are a lot of unnamed streets? It wasn't like this until 4.0. Later.
----- Original Message ----- From: Charles LaPierre <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:58:44 -0800 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps Sendero supports
Hello currently Sendero only has maps from TeleAtlas for mostcountries except Australia where we get the maps from Humanware
and
NavTec as TeleAtlas doesn't have maps yet for that country.
Yes it would be cost prohibitive to offer both TeleAtlas and
NavTec
maps since there is not only a per map royalty fee that Sendero
has
to pay but also an annual fee which is quite expensive just to
have
the right to use their maps.
TeleAtlas is moving from separate map formats between their UK
map
database and their North American map database, and the GPS 4.0,2007.1 maps you all currently have is their first offering of
this
new merged data format. It had some problems which they are correcting, and should be addressed with their 2008 maps nextyear. We have brought to their attention a number of
discrepancies
and you may also want to do the same for your local maps if they
are in error.
I am sure the data will get better, we just need to be patient.
I
can only imagine larger companies which use the TeleAtlas maps
are
also crying bloody murder over the apparent step backwards in
data
accuracy, but TeleAtlas has assured us they are working to
correct
the issues and most of the issues we have brought to their
attention
have already been addressed.
Thank you Charles.
At 11:06 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:Hello Charles.Am I right to assume that it would be cost-prohibitive for
Sendero
to offer Navtec as a map choice for the U.S.? Here in Kalamazoo,
MI,
it seems that the Teleatlas maps are quite a bit off (we're
talking
several blocks) in several locations, and this is one of the mainreasons that I haven't been able to justify purchasing Sendero
GPS
yet, unfortunately.
Thanks. J.J.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps Sendero supports
Hello Yusuf,
TeleAtlas does not yet support these countries. Even if they didthen we would have to get a filter to convert their proprietary
GDF
map format into deCartas Richmap format. Those filters will onlybe created 1. once a the map exists and 2. once commercial
demand
for those countries merit deCarta spending the 6+ monthsdevelopment time to create the filter, and then Sendero is last
on
the list to then convert the deCarta's Maps into our own.
So as you can see this is a very long and drawn out process
driven
by commercial demand, we are a drop in the bucket so until itbecomes popular outside the blindness market will we see these
maps
for our market.
As far as sharing maps between devices this is not possible orlegal. Maps are purchased for a specific device as outlined in
the
licensing agreement between the map companies (ie. teleAtlas or Navtec) and the third party venders.
Charles.
At 01:37 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:Charles, I don't know if this would be feasible but... Would it
be
possible to design some software that would be able to import
maps
to any GPS device no matter which product the maps were
originally designed?
Looking at your list of supported countries I noticed that there weren't any maps for large countries like India, South Africa, China or Turkey, I'm presuming this is because the maps Sendero use aren't available for those places. But, does that mean that there aren't any maps made by anyone for those places?
So I'm wondering if it would be possible to write software that would enable Sindero to import particular maps from different companies for specific users.
Of course the benefit of this would be that what Sindero could doeverybody else could do as well. I'm thinking of the Trekker
here
as thats the product I use.
Maybe the expense of purchasing a licence to reproduce 1 map
would
be prohibitive and I guess it would be quite challenging to do
the
conversions from 1 map type to another as I'm sure all the map providers use different ways of storing their information. Yusuf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:19 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Maps Sendero supports
Nothing yet for Mexico either.
Here is a list of all the countries we currently support.
USA Canada UK / Ireland Australia Germany France Belgium Switzerland Netherlands Sweden Denmark Spain Austria Italy Poland Norway Singapore / Malaysia / Hong Kong
Thank you Charles
At 07:12 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote:What about Mexico? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 7:24 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: updated User POIs
Sorry currently there are no maps for Israel.
Charles.
At 05:04 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote:Hi,
Do maps exist for Israel?
Thanks,
shayna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] updated User POIs
We have uploaded the latest User POI files. Go to http://www.MySendero.com for instructions and the free download.
The 400extras zip file includes Asia and Africa cities. I also moved the New Zealand file into that zip file.
The 400user zip has some new US and Canada POIs including over 10,000 user generated points in the US alone. There are some quarter million including transit stops in some cities and audio ATM locations from 4 banks.
Mike
Michael G. May
CEO Sendero Group
Developers and distributors of the Cadillac of accessible GPS products as well as distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Victor Stream, Talks, Miniguide and the ID Mate
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