Comments on: G-Map by XROAD: Turn by Turn Navigation Comes to the iPhone 3G http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikefrey@navteqhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-50304 mikefrey@navteq Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:04:21 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-50304 As of today Navteq's data is correct. You can check that o our website at www.navteq.com. Report problems in our data at http://mapreporter.navteq.com/dur-web-external/secured/submitDur.do?userType=CONSUMER&language=en This site is continually being updated with the freshest map data. New features are being added all the time. mike As of today Navteq’s data is correct. You can check that o our website at http://www.navteq.com.

Report problems in our data at
http://mapreporter.navteq.com/dur-web-external/secured/submitDur.do?userType=CONSUMER&language=en

This site is continually being updated with the freshest map data. New features are being added all the time.

mike

]]> By: FerrariV12http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-43629 FerrariV12 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:04:36 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-43629 G-Map uses map data from Navteq. It's on their website. G-Map uses map data from Navteq. It's on their website.

]]> By: cgavulahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-43539 cgavula Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:29:30 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-43539 You're not being pedantic at all. You are correct that Google Maps uses Teleatlas as it's source, but G-Map is not built on Google Maps or Teleatlas. It loads its own map data. You're not being pedantic at all. You are correct that Google Maps uses Teleatlas as it's source, but G-Map is not built on Google Maps or Teleatlas. It loads its own map data.

]]> By: T Bonehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-43535 T Bone Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:21:21 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-43535 Hi Christopher,<br><br>I noticed your comment:<br><br>"I saw a data glitch in the Detroit area where it kept indicating I was on I-75 when, in fact, I was on I-94. I suspect this is a glitch in the Navteq map data, rather than the application, but it was an odd thing. The routing information, however, was correct."<br><br>Not meaning to be pedantic, isnt the G-Map application for i-Phone built on Google Maps, making it Teleatlas data. Isnt that the mapping company that Tom Tom bought and is struggling to pay for? Hi Christopher,

I noticed your comment:

“I saw a data glitch in the Detroit area where it kept indicating I was on I-75 when, in fact, I was on I-94. I suspect this is a glitch in the Navteq map data, rather than the application, but it was an odd thing. The routing information, however, was correct.”

Not meaning to be pedantic, isnt the G-Map application for i-Phone built on Google Maps, making it Teleatlas data. Isnt that the mapping company that Tom Tom bought and is struggling to pay for?

]]> By: cgavulahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-43518 cgavula Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:02:14 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-43518 That is true, but I think there is a sensitivity issue as well. It manifests in Google Maps too. I have found that I get a wonderful signal outside, but in the car, with slightly tinted windows, the iPhone, like other mobile phones, has difficulty maintaining a signal lock. I can take other GPS units (stand alone and puck receivers) in the same position and maintain much better signal strength.<br><br>Things will definitely improve when Apple allows better access to the GPS services, but that will not necessarily improve the sensitivity of the chipset. The current issues of the iPhone maintaining a satellite signal lock will not change by simply increasing update frequency. If they are able to increase the power applied to the GPS and THAT may improve the situation. It is also possible that the rumored shift from the Broadcom to the Infineon GPS will improve the situation.<br><br>In general, though, I expect to see improvements in GPS support and function on the platform when OS 3.0 appears. That is true, but I think there is a sensitivity issue as well. It manifests in Google Maps too. I have found that I get a wonderful signal outside, but in the car, with slightly tinted windows, the iPhone, like other mobile phones, has difficulty maintaining a signal lock. I can take other GPS units (stand alone and puck receivers) in the same position and maintain much better signal strength.

Things will definitely improve when Apple allows better access to the GPS services, but that will not necessarily improve the sensitivity of the chipset. The current issues of the iPhone maintaining a satellite signal lock will not change by simply increasing update frequency. If they are able to increase the power applied to the GPS and THAT may improve the situation. It is also possible that the rumored shift from the Broadcom to the Infineon GPS will improve the situation.

In general, though, I expect to see improvements in GPS support and function on the platform when OS 3.0 appears.

]]> By: i.Soundhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-57005 i.Sound Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:33:10 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-57005 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">G-Map by XROAD: Turn by Turn Navigation Comes to the iPhone 3G http://tinyurl.com/crkk7v</span></span> G-Map by XROAD: Turn by Turn Navigation Comes to the iPhone 3G http://tinyurl.com/crkk7v

]]> By: Darwinhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-43510 Darwin Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:27:40 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-43510 It is not actually that the iPhone GPS is not sensitive enough, but that the SDK that this was developed with and software version it runs on is not intended for Turn by Turn use as 3.0 will be so the GPS chipset is actually being help back by the current iPhone software because it choose to update less frequently to conserve energy. It is not actually that the iPhone GPS is not sensitive enough, but that the SDK that this was developed with and software version it runs on is not intended for Turn by Turn use as 3.0 will be so the GPS chipset is actually being help back by the current iPhone software because it choose to update less frequently to conserve energy.

]]> By: iPhoneRamblehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/g-map-by-xroad-turn-by-turn-navigation-comes-to-the-iphone-3g/#comment-57006 iPhoneRamble Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:33:10 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=22135#comment-57006 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">G-Map by XROAD: Turn by Turn Navigation Comes to the iPhone 3G http://tinyurl.com/crkk7v</span></span> G-Map by XROAD: Turn by Turn Navigation Comes to the iPhone 3G http://tinyurl.com/crkk7v

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