Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

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Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

I have been using Garmin for 10 years having owned a basic Etrex, a Street Pilot 3 Duluxe an IQ5 and now a Nuvi 760.
My favourite was the Street Pilot.

I have used extensively the USA/ Canada maps and the Europe Maps.
Unfortunately the Australian maps lack back roads and POI's. Pity.

alan.lowe

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 770

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

They are getting better every version and not too bad given the far smaller user base.

syd3

GPS: Nuvi 260w

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

I find the Australian maps adaquate for my usage. But I dont do a lot of out of city driving, and have never used any other maps to compare.

johmazz2006

GPS: Garmin Nuvi 765, Garmin 3950LMT, Garmin 2455LMT, Navman40, Garmin StreetPilot 3

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

Anonymous wrote:

Loved the StreetPilot 3 (still have it) but memory stick too small for todays mapping.
Just got the Nuvi 765 and the 2010 Maps, and compared with the 2007 maps and there is now far more country roads included.
They get better with every update.
Also, with the 765 and the Streetpilot 3, they both leave a snail trail so you could NEVER get lost unless one was a total idiot.
The Navman I bought didn't have that facility in 2007.

aaquintus

GPS: Chinese double din car model

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

Hi All from a Newbie!

I recently purchased an in car nav/DVD/Radio etc unit (from China)
It runs IGO8.
What I found out so far, there are only two map/navigation companies that make maps fro Australia
1) NavTeq
2)Sensis

It really depends on your location to find out wich one is better.
I am in Far North Queensland and found the Sensis maps better.

Others who live in the bigger Citys down south comented that NavTeq are better for them.

As stated before, I like Sensis unfortunatly it can not run on Igo8's lates software so we are stuck with version IGO8.0 (for the moment)

Looking forward to find a lot more helpfull hints and tips!
Thank you and kind regards

Alfred

kaimail

GPS: TomTom GO 930

Aussie maps have been progressively getting better.. I recall my first GPS (Navman) and calling them to abuse them because the maps were so inaccurate.. In one instance, a street in Melbourne (suburbs, but we're not talking out in the sticks or anything) had been blocked off for 4 years but a through road on the map..

Whereas now, I hardly ever get errors - Although I guess that could have a little to do with me using TomTom now.

cyendle

GPS: Nuvi 760

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

As for the comments about POI's

It is not related to the Maps you are using. It is related to the Device you are using. I used to use Road Angel and it uses the same Whereis Maps as the Garmin.

The Road Angel had more POI's. I was surprised to see the Garmin had very little.

I was also very surprised to see the Garmin came with NO Australian road safety alerts. You do get their 30 day trial but it doesn't seem to have much in it.

I guess I was spoilt with the Road Angel. But their GPS lock problem is extremely disappointing. Sometimes it took 30 minutes to get a lock. The Garmin had a lock within seconds.

Charles

w.kerr

GPS: nuvi765

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

I've jst got a garmin nuvi765 and it had the 2010 maps on it I did a map update for it as it said there was one but still got same maps.
It still doesnt show the new ring road thru Geelong and the streets that have been blocked off surely after having the road open and operating for several months they could of shown the changes.

lachlan

GPS: TomTom Go 730

Re: Australian Maps leave a lot to be desired

The new Gateway Freeway opening near the Airport doesn't show as active on latest TT maps. You would think major roads would be updated and included in latest releases?

kaimail

GPS: TomTom GO 930

freeway

Is the Gateway freeway the one near Brisbane airport that only opened a few months ago?

We've got a tollway in Melbourne (Eastlink) that's had a completely different name in TomTom maps for years.. Annoying, but at least if you know what it is it's not a major drama - whereas a freeway not being open is a bit of a different story..

Is it something that can be updated?
No map (printed or software) is every going to be 100% accurate, so I like being to able to group source minor updates..

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