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Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
Then again, no software is better than the maps.. and TomTom get their maps from TeleAtlas (as do many other navigation systems), which again buy from different map makers in different countries, which again usually buys maps from local authorities. And if these last ones aren't putting in the latest or correct or complete information then there's not much TT can do at their end (but read below). For example, where I live the maps have _no_ information about one-way, non-motorized etc. That's why I so much appreciate TT's _excellent_ route recalculation function.

In their later versions TomTom has actually done something to help about this common problem.. there's now a 'layer' function which means that you can install 'patches' to their maps (on your own device), and even share these patches with others.
Forgot to mention but Yahoo maps have the roads correct on those particular spots I mentioned in my previous post... Who does Yahoo have as their map source?

TomTom map correction: I tried to use this map correction feature on TomTom when I was experimenting with it. I put there missing piece of road to connect about 20 meters that broke apart one road... but at least it didn't correct the routing at that time. I also submitted the correction to TomTom by using the TomToms built in update function... maybe it gets corrected sometimes soon?