While the navigation system undoubtedly has a nice UI and some great features, I have to say I'm not at all impressed with its routing choices. I'm fairly familiar with the methodology of trip routing, and frequently use online (Yahoo, Mapblast, etc.) and PC-based (TopoUSA) routing applications. The MDX navigation system frequently makes very odd suggestions, which are difficult to justify on any basis, including distance, highway versus local streets, or stoplights. The database seems very accurate, so I don' t think it's a matter of having incorrect road data, it just makes poor choices much of the time.
Does anyone know whether the routing logic is updateable, perhaps when the new year's version becomes available?
My other beef is with poor categorization of businesses. If you look up, say, Home Depot, for example, you'll find three or four Home Depot entries (Home Depot, Home Depot Stores, Home Depot Inc.), etc., and within each entry you'll find listings for many different categories (Hardware, Doors, ATM's, etc.). If you want to find the closest Home Depot you have to check every possible entry and category, as it seems that a given store is generally listed only in a single category. There is little excuse for this issue - NavTech (or whomever provides the listings) simply needs to do a much better job of editing the data to consolidate stores under a common name and properly categorize them.
Bill
Does anyone know whether the routing logic is updateable, perhaps when the new year's version becomes available?
My other beef is with poor categorization of businesses. If you look up, say, Home Depot, for example, you'll find three or four Home Depot entries (Home Depot, Home Depot Stores, Home Depot Inc.), etc., and within each entry you'll find listings for many different categories (Hardware, Doors, ATM's, etc.). If you want to find the closest Home Depot you have to check every possible entry and category, as it seems that a given store is generally listed only in a single category. There is little excuse for this issue - NavTech (or whomever provides the listings) simply needs to do a much better job of editing the data to consolidate stores under a common name and properly categorize them.
Bill