Dick wrote:
Most of the destinations I program in, by address, work well. Most of the time, I get led right to the door. So why can't it figure out where I live ??
As others have pointed out, roads have generally been surveyed pretty accurately but houses have not, except in heavily populated areas. Business districts tend to be more densely built up than residential areas, so they are more likely to have been surveyed accurately.
I have lived in close-in suburbs of major metro areas ever since GPS receivers became everyday consumer items, and addresses near me have always been spot on. But get out into rural areas, and they may or may not be. The amount of work necessary to survey every address on every road in a country the size of the US is simply too great to be commercially worthwhile -- and that is before you consider the fact that the addresses many locals know are not the "official" addresses assigned by the county/town/village. My grandparents lived and died never knowing that their house was on "60th St. West" in their small town (where the longest street was about 10 blocks).
Just sloppy work, pure and simple.
Not sloppy, just not completely done because it's not commercially worthwhile. Anyone who disagrees is free to do the survey himself and market better, more accurate GPS navigation devices.
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