12-24-2011, 04:02 PM
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Freude am Fahren
Location: New York, München, Wien
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,307
Mein Auto: Fünfer und Dreier
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Originally Posted by Technic
I would bet that the problem is the Tele Atlas database, which replaced the excellent Navteq database when the CCC was replaced with the CIC. Which I find ironic as the cost of CIC map updates went up almost 100%. When my own personal experience tells me that BMW switched over to Tele Atlas just because it was a cheaper supplier.
I can see how cheaper it is compared with my 4-year old RNS-510 Nav OEM system in my VW CC that uses Navteq maps. Navteq include even tollbooths and controlled access communities in their data, something tha it is completely missing from my 2012 M3 iDrive.  |
BMW still uses Navteq in Europe, I believe, at least that was the case last time I looked.
Interestingly enough, when I looked on Lexus' Web site I found this: "Lexus sources its map information from more than one supplier", which I take to mean that data from multiple suppliers (presumably Navteq and Tele Atlas) is combined by Lexus.
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