06-06-2011, 10:57 PM
cowboyxjon wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
After a number of incidents - the most recent being when the GPS in my wife's Lexus swore to us that the nearest Olive Garden restaurant was located in a residential district backyard - I have lost all faith in the GPS.
I do appreciate it for the onscreen map it provides, but other than that? Meh.
It's probably more of a database issue than the actual GPS technology itself. I have an in-dash nav in my Jeep and the database is a few years old, so it still lists businesses that have long been closed and obviously doesn't include recent businesses, or in some cases, new streets. I think it's tough for global companies (like Navteq) to produce timely updates that are detailed enough to catch changes at the local level.
The Olive Garden in question is still in business. I doubt an outdated database is to blame for depicting it in the middle of a housing tract that clearly has been there for years.
BTW, the Olive Garden in question is actually located about a quarter-mile away from where the GPS indicated we would find it. We did lunch there that day after locating it the old-fashioned way: looking around a bit and trusting my instincts.