Jabez

Any major mapping updates happening soon?

daverman

No.

copland007

I called Acura a while back and found out the new updates... About halfway down this thread I posted all the places:

http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...threadid=25734

Throtex

I know this defeats the original purpose they had of making everything fit onto just one DVD (unlike other systems with multiple CDs that you need to swap when you go to a new region), but why not just make regional DVDs so we can get complete coverage?

I'm currently at college down in quaint Blacksburg, VA. My parents live up in Fairfax, VA which is where I'm at over breaks. Fairfax is so thoroughly detailed by the GPS that it's ridiculous. I've lived there for years and it taught me a thing or two about the area. Car's down here with me in Blacksburg during the school year now. There isn't a damned thing on the map except the highway, and even Roanoke isn't all that detailed (like, the airport and the main roads... don't think the addresses on the roads are digitized).

Personally, I'd be willing to pay for the two or three DVDs needed to cover the east coast completely. It's not like they put this stuff together themselves anyway (at least I'd assume not, that'd be kind of weird). They probably just contract out the map collecting to someone else. And there'd still be less swapping than with CDs. I'd rather have more detailed maps though.

- Sal

thejavagod

Acura gets its data from Navtech. Lexus uses a merged system of Navtech and GDT which provides much superior detail. However the read that Navtech is going to be releasing a major database update under their "Accelerated Buildout program" in Fall '02

daverman

Here we go again about the Navi. This subject has been discussed many times in the past.

Here's the Cliff notes version: Navtech provides street data to Alpine, the maker of our Navi units. The DVD has more than enough space to hold all the streets in the US (or all of Canada), but Navtech doesn't have the data available to OEMs. Alpine also buys the business directory from a data vendor (can't remember which), and they haven't updated their data in about five years.

All the 2.xx DVDs are basically the same thing. Don't bother upgrading if you already have one.

It sucks, and Navtech is just paying lip service as customers (like me) are getting more frustrated each day.

Throtex

So I don't understand... as far as I can tell you can get all the roads in the US in a BMW, as long as you're willing to shell out the money to buy all the region CDs, and their system is provided by these Navtech people too. And the DVD system on our cars has the capacity to do the same all on one disc, so how come it doesn't? Navtech just being weird about something? I'd be willing to pay the sum of all the BMW CDs or whatever just to get a data-full DVD for my Navi. Very strange practice.

- Sal

systek

all you can do is complain to ACURA