wgift46 Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Took delivery this week of a 2010 Mercury Mariner. Comments and questions about the Nav System. The Navteq maps seem to be very accurate in locating your position. I do agree that they are a bit out of date and there are some obvious POI omissions however the optimist in me says that there will be updates sometime in the future. Does anyone know the name of the software that runs the system (Navteq just supplies the maps)? I would like to know more about the system, i.e., how do you handle waypoints, ect. Are there more detailed instructions other than those supplied with the vehicle?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryQW Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Took delivery this week of a 2010 Mercury Mariner. Comments and questions about the Nav System. The Navteq maps seem to be very accurate in locating your position. I do agree that they are a bit out of date and there are some obvious POI omissions however the optimist in me says that there will be updates sometime in the future. Does anyone know the name of the software that runs the system (Navteq just supplies the maps)? I would like to know more about the system, i.e., how do you handle waypoints, ect. Are there more detailed instructions other than those supplied with the vehicle?? Oh what optimism! On my Taurus X 2008 Nav system, I hoped for new POI lists as well. Ford/Pioneer only has about 2 Million POIs, versus the 6 Million on my cheap little Garmin handheld, and I feel it. For instance, I can't even find the local REI sports store with Ford Nav,. In contrast, the Garmin has every little 2- man shop. I paid senselessly for several upgrades to Navteq with little improvement to the data, but $100s less in my wallet. I complained to Navteq once, and the responded they supply to both Garmin and Ford, but Ford actually requests less POIs in their database!!! I now use my Motoroloa Droid and Google voice search to find anything. For driving convenience, I then enter the address into my Ford Nav system. It seems to be fairly good on addresses, even if a year or two out of date on the most recent DVD. I still like the Nav screen for other purposes - phone, radio, USB selection, controlling the rear Family Entertainment System and all the headphone options.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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