found a school not on the garmin 2009 maps

Let some kid not be driven to school.

don't know about you but when driving in a school zone its 25 mph would like to know before i get close

NUVI 5000 & NUVI 200W

And tell them to close down since they do not exist according to the maps.
Too many schools anyways. A ploy by the cops to give out more tickets.

Good contribution to the site.
NOT helpful and not even FUNNY.
What's the point?

This looks relevant...

http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/errorForm.html

Paul

I guess I will keep my day job.
Or go back to school.

Is it worth telling Garmin about a correction? Do they make the fix in next year's map release? Just curious. The reason I ask is that we've had other complaints that Garmin is not too swift about updating their maps, that there are other longstanding errors, but maybe it's just that nobody has tried to notify Garmin and correct them.

And also, I ask because before GPS was a widespread consumer product, when I relied on software maps, I used to contact Microsoft about an error in their Streets & Trips maps in my neighborhood, and they never fixed it in subsequent editions. I just wonder if these links are the equivalent of the Suggestion [circular] File at work.

I've found quite a few things that have been around for a while and are not on the 2009 maps.

first: i thought it was VERY funny, why so serious?

second, i believe garmin fowards errors to naveteq, as they make the maps. not sure though.

I guess its a balance of is the effort worth the correction. time and money to make 1% people affected by it, and maybe 50% of that 1% actually care.

but its always nice to have your voice heard,

last: that is why they included CUSTOM POI's they cant get everything

Neither Garmin, nor Magellan, TomTom, or NavTeq own the databases that contain the POIs. Those data bases are purchased from companies similar to those that compile the Yellow Pages. The Mapping companies and GPS companies then buy POI Databases with differing amounts of POI's included according to how much they are willing to pay for the licensing for each unit they resell.

By all means, keep using the available resources to report errors. But keep in mind that a missing or wrong POI is not a Map error. It's data base error that comes from a sepreate source from the Map data.

This site has several School Zone POI files. See under schools/colleges category.

If you have changes in area covered by these, make sure you report them to Miss POI so she can correct the relevant file.

Yeah, most POI files will get fixed if you forward a clear correction.

But I guess I'm asking more generally if corrections of street names, map errors such as streets that don't intersect or highway exits that don't work as shown on a Garmin GPS, all of which I've noted driving around, get made in subsequent map editions if you report these to Garmin? I didn't find doing this a good use of my time with Microsoft despite the link the software provided to report errors in their Streets and Trips software packages. Microsoft just didn't seem to care.