Does Sat Nav ever work well?

[Squaredy]

I am currently sat at home waiting for a builder to arrive. He just rang me to say he will be late - turns out the satnav led him up the garden path and will now result in him being very late.

 

When I speak to people who are wanting to visit my yard I have to tell them to ignore the satnav.  If they do follow satnav it will take them down little back lanes quite unsuited to even the smallest car.

 

A couple of years ago I was returning to my site from a place I had never been and I trusted the satnav.  I ended up in a farm yard so I asked the nice farmer if the road used to go through.  “Yes”, he said “Before they built the dual carriageway in the seventies.”

 

Is the mapping really that inaccurate?  Or are they programmed by anarchists who want us all to drive around all day getting no-where?  

 

Or is it because I live in Wales.....?

[Steve Bullman]

Its because you live in Wales! ?

I’ve had similar problems in Cornwall 

[Bob_z_l]

It isn't localised to Wales....I live 6 miles from Gatwick and a the SatNav uses the farm drive we live on as a cut through....

It has only ever been a continuous road before satellites were invented.

Farmer has Dead End signs up but still the Airport Taxis hammer down the drive and sheepishly come back.

 

It isn't the only one round here. I think it's a lot to do with the upload from OS into the SatNav database. They just didn't mark restrictions or blockages well and so they've not been identified.

 

Personally, use it for getting from town to town and the rest is looked up in advance using google maps/street view / local directions.

 

 

IMO nothing beats driving  around with your eyes open looking at local markers.

 

 

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, Steve Bullman said:

Its because you live in Wales! ?

I’ve had similar problems in Cornwall 

But to be fair, parts of Cornwall are still to be explored and shown on maps as 'Here there be Dragons'

[Mark J]

1 hour ago, Bob_z_l said:

It isn't localised to Wales....I live 6 miles from Gatwick and a the SatNav uses the farm drive we live on as a cut through....

It has only ever been a continuous road before satellites were invented.

Farmer has Dead End signs up but still the Airport Taxis hammer down the drive and sheepishly come back.

 

It isn't the only one round here. I think it's a lot to do with the upload from OS into the SatNav database. They just didn't mark restrictions or blockages well and so they've not been identified.

 

Personally, use it for getting from town to town and the rest is looked up in advance using google maps/street view / local directions.

 

 

IMO nothing beats driving  around with your eyes open looking at local markers.

 

 

Wholeheartedly agree. It's importatant to get to know the lay of the land, rather than the look of a tomtom.

[eggsarascal]

They have a place but I've found it depends where you are, parts of rural Norfolk and parts of the Fens you might as well forget it and get A local map.