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I have two complains about POIs on my satnav.
(POI = Points of Interest. That is, lists of restaurants, gas stations, churches, parks, whatever.)
The map comes with the basic ones (like what I listed above) though it makes no guarantee of completeness. It is pretty satisfactory, though, and rarely wrong. You can also download user-submitted POI databases.
Problem 1: The interface on the program used to download new POIs is bad. You have to scroll through the list a page at a time, waiting on it to refresh each time, and after you install one you get sent back to the main menu and have to start over.
Problem 2 (the bigger one): The databases submitted are sometimes pretty obscure. "Grocery stores near Putnam, CT." "Rest stops off I-70 in Utah." "Wachovia banks in Hampton Roads, VA." "MIT Fraternities." You can also find databases that cover the whole nation... or so they claim. How do you tell the difference between "Quiznos" and "Quiznos Usa"? Which one is more complete or accurate?
A wiki style would be much better for this. The largest database I've seen is 10 MB; most are only a few hundred K. So it's not like you're likely to run out of room on your device if you load it up with a bunch of national databases. And the information would likely be more complete and up-to-date.
(POI = Points of Interest. That is, lists of restaurants, gas stations, churches, parks, whatever.)
The map comes with the basic ones (like what I listed above) though it makes no guarantee of completeness. It is pretty satisfactory, though, and rarely wrong. You can also download user-submitted POI databases.
Problem 1: The interface on the program used to download new POIs is bad. You have to scroll through the list a page at a time, waiting on it to refresh each time, and after you install one you get sent back to the main menu and have to start over.
Problem 2 (the bigger one): The databases submitted are sometimes pretty obscure. "Grocery stores near Putnam, CT." "Rest stops off I-70 in Utah." "Wachovia banks in Hampton Roads, VA." "MIT Fraternities." You can also find databases that cover the whole nation... or so they claim. How do you tell the difference between "Quiznos" and "Quiznos Usa"? Which one is more complete or accurate?
A wiki style would be much better for this. The largest database I've seen is 10 MB; most are only a few hundred K. So it's not like you're likely to run out of room on your device if you load it up with a bunch of national databases. And the information would likely be more complete and up-to-date.