Thread: Frustrated by nav software!

Originally Posted by nkotch

I'm currently running version 3 and that's not exactly true. Say King Street has addresses from 1000 to 3099. You can choose any number in the range as long as it's an address that's IN iGuidance's database. Say I don't know the specific address and so I just randomly choose 2000, if there isn't an actual address of 2000 in it's database then it will NOT accept the address. I've had to enter a couple different numbers until I found one that was accepted. Doesn't happen a lot, but I've come across a few streets here where some numbers seem to skip and thus certain numbers aren't recognized in the program.

The reason you won't find an address is because it's outside a specific range. In the case mentioned, it probably didn't find 2000 because the streets are broken up into multiple ranges such as 1000-1999, and 3000-3099. As far as I know, there isn't any commercial geocoding software that searches for actual addresses. If that was the case, the map storage would be HUGE.

Originally Posted by nkotch

Exactly, the program may prompt you for an address from 1000-3099 but it "knows" what are actual "valid" addresses according to what it's got in its database, so if you just pick a number that's not in there (street numbers are broken up, or any other reason) then it won't accept it.

Hmm, I don't think iGuidance (and most other programs) works that way. If you post at least one example of a street number and street name, then we can have a look at it to see what the issue may be.

When you say iGuidance knows what addresses are valid, are you referring to the address ranges or the actual address? In other words, if you have a street with three buildings, addressed 100, 150, and 200, are you saying iGuidance will only accept those three addresses? Or are you saying iGuidance will accept any value between 100 and 200?

Nearly all commercial geocoding applications will accept any value between 100 and 200 since they don't have a list of exact addresses. Since iGuidance is based on Navteq maps, I'm almost certain it works this way also.

Originally Posted by joshh385

I've been practically pulling my hair out trying to find a GPS software package that really fits the bill for my carpc. I've been using a TomTom 910 nav device for about 5 months and love it; there are a few seemingly basic features that I just can't seem to find in a pc application.

1) Entering a new destination needs to be quick and easy. TomTom accomplished that by allowing you to first select what sort of a destination you are after (city center, address, POI, etc). Say I pick address, it will then ask for the city, then street name, then number. All of this is done with a nice on-screen keyboard and an autocomplete list.
2) Automatically recalculating routes. Pretty straightforward, but if I miss a turn it needs to just figure it out.
3) Full screen ready-to-go. When I start the application I'd like it to be ready to navigate. I don't want to have to jump around a bunch of menus to start GPS tracking, go to full screen and so on.

I've tried Mappoint 2006 and Streets and Trips 2007. The map data in both of those applications is excellent, and Streets and Trips really has some awesome features (like the Live search integration). It has a home on my carpc for sure, but I don't think it can serve as my actual nav application. I've read a number of opinions on iGuidance and Garmin's application. I am completely up for buying whatever application really gets the job done, but so far everything is missing at least one vital quality. I'd LOVE to be able to get demos of some of these apps, but that doesn't really seem to be doable. I'm sort of leaning towards playing with the SDK for Mappoint (I do have a development background) but I hate to reinvent the wheel too.

Hey man, this is almost what I think about.. I agree with you.. I sent a similar post elsewhere in another forum, peoples was nearly shooting me...

I wish to try navigon NCK5 if I ever will get it.. did you try it?

[QUOTE=joshh385;1009993]I've been practically pulling my hair out trying to find a GPS software package that really fits the bill for my carpc. I've been using a TomTom 910 nav device for about 5 months and love it; there are a few seemingly basic features that I just can't seem to find in a pc application.
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Hey man I agree with you, that's almost what I think about..

I wrote a similar post in another forum but someone has gone inexplicably angry for that..

I wish to try navigon NCK if I ever will get it, do you know anything about?

Originally Posted by jonessc

1. TomTom (using samas how to guide)

Great I didnt try it yet but I wish to at 1st occasion. Don't know anything about tomtom and howto let it work under PC but I'll deep study through the existing posts as soon as I'll have to..

For the powerPC mine should be ok, that's a athlon 64 3200+

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