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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1651788"><p>On another note, Lifeisabeach said, in part:I used to write what would now be called a blog on GPS navigation back in the early days. The reason you end up in neighborhoods and office complexes is that the GPS database gets addresses for companies from sources such as the government. But the problem with those databases is that often they show the home addresses of the owners, particularly for small businesses or sole proprietors. So you look up the POI in the map software and end up in a housing neighborhood, or an office complex where the owner has a small office instead of the store/restaurant/business. If you think about how mapping software has to work, the fact that you can get it going in such a small device is pretty amazing. But I never expect it to be perfect, or even close to it. It's just an assisting device and you must always check the route it is proposing before just blindly following it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1651788"] On another note, Lifeisabeach said, in part:I used to write what would now be called a blog on GPS navigation back in the early days. The reason you end up in neighborhoods and office complexes is that the GPS database gets addresses for companies from sources such as the government. But the problem with those databases is that often they show the home addresses of the owners, particularly for small businesses or sole proprietors. So you look up the POI in the map software and end up in a housing neighborhood, or an office complex where the owner has a small office instead of the store/restaurant/business. If you think about how mapping software has to work, the fact that you can get it going in such a small device is pretty amazing. But I never expect it to be perfect, or even close to it. It's just an assisting device and you must always check the route it is proposing before just blindly following it. [/QUOTE]

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