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Reply With QuoteWell I'm going to have to get my hands on a copy of mappoint then and try it... Streets and Trips is the only other one that works for Canada unfortunately... Strange how so many companies seem to think nothing exists north of the 49th...
Can't help with Canada I'm afraid. But as a registered user, i can confirm that Mappoint comes alive with AGPS.Originally posted by Telek
That AGPS thing is awesome... But it doesn't work for S&T
Does anyone know of anything comparible with S&T? Or anything that works similar but works in Canada?
Only been tested static on my dining table, and once with my laptop in the car through the lappy speakers, it works really well. Even on close short distances with loads of turns.
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Well I'm going to have to get my hands on a copy of mappoint then and try it... Streets and Trips is the only other one that works for Canada unfortunately... Strange how so many companies seem to think nothing exists north of the 49th...
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MapPoint 2002 is for North America, not just USA. There's tons of streets and POIs in Montreal (Just the city i checked). If you want any more information verified just let me know.
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I'm pretty sure that I said "is the only other one that works with Canada", meaning I already know that it'll work up hereI'm referring to (pretty much) all other GPS software (CoPilot, Street Atlas, etc)... S&T/MapPoint seem to be the only software that works in Canada (and they're related), which is where my beef comes in. Oh well, I'm used to it by now
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Yeah.. I tried AGPS and Mappoint 2002, it is so cool. I purposely made a wrong turn, it recalculate the new route and get me back on track. This program would be so good if Mappoint is more accurate with the street. But for what it worth and the choice we have in Canada it not too bad.
You don't find it accurate? I'm using S&T and have had 0 problems with accuracy so far (I'm within a few hundred KM of Toronto, Ontario)
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Yeah.. there is one road here where the there is a road underneath an over pass but the map show they intesect. When I use AGPS with driving assistant..it tell me to turn left onto it, I would fall of the the overpass if I listen to itOriginally posted by Telek
You don't find it accurate? I'm using S&T and have had 0 problems with accuracy so far (I'm within a few hundred KM of Toronto, Ontario)
This is what I mean, somehow it think I can cross the highway and get onto that road.
And Columbia street and 99A/1A does not intesect..
Yep Mappoint does exactly the same thing. I came close comming out with a control for this until i ran into that exact same issue. Anyway i am waiting for MS to release the next version of mappoint and i hope they have been listening to us programmer, giving them feed back on what functions we would like on the next version....just crossing my fingers and waiting
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Does anybody know's when will microsoft release the next version of mappoint? I hope they include the feature for rotating maps. I miss it soooo much!!
The problem is not with the software, it is with the data. Microsoft uses data from NavTech and TeleAtlas which are the two best street level data providers in North America.
All street data in the US is based on the US Government Tiger Data and then enhanced. It is an extremely expensive thing to do. As the number of users of the data increase these companies will be able to put more money into the datasets themselves. This will be reflected in both the verification of existing data (e.g. does this one way street go north or south like it is in my database) and in terms of updates to the data as new roads are built and old ones are rerouted.
I know we all want perfect data today (me too), but it is amazing how well these companies have done given the tremendous area that they have to cover.
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