The official WAZE GPS navigation thread

Postby **M_2NR** » March 13th, 2012, 1:01 pm

ohhh good thing this bumped...
Bing maps were updated

and it has a good bit of coverage now for Trinidad
http://www.bing.com/maps/

Postby **SRASC** » March 13th, 2012, 10:26 pm

^^^ hope this extends to Facebook, which for some God unknown reason they have decided to go with Bing rather than Google Maps which makes Trinidad essentially look like a desert

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » March 13th, 2012, 10:35 pm

the satellite maps are still old and outdated from about 6 years ago.

Postby **M_2NR** » March 13th, 2012, 11:10 pm

sadly no one wants to update their satt imagery

Postby **SRASC** » March 22nd, 2012, 6:16 pm

Looks like there are a good few changes to make to the maps...

Postby **M_2NR** » March 31st, 2012, 2:25 pm

LOL
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/31/goog ... ril-fools/

Postby **SRASC** » April 5th, 2012, 9:51 pm

March 2012 Google Earth Sightseer Newsletter

Postby **SRASC** » May 15th, 2012, 10:50 pm

Good news, Google finally aligned the road maps to the satellite imagery

Bad news, its only on Google Earth as of now.

maj. tom · Postby **maj. tom** » May 15th, 2012, 10:55 pm

lol, it only took >6 years of reports and complaints for someone at google inc. to address the problem.

Well they bound to push the same google earth map revision unto google maps soon enough.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » May 15th, 2012, 11:18 pm

yayyy!

Corn Bird · Postby **Corn Bird** » June 26th, 2012, 1:22 am

Bing Maps adds 165TB of new images of Earth

Doubling down, Bing Maps adds a stockpile of new satellite and photo images that cover 38 million square kilometers of the world.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57460264-75/bing-maps-adds-165tb-of-new-images-of-earth/

maps for trinidad look good.

by the way

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator&hl=en

on android works with OpenStreetMaps for trinidad

Postby **SRASC** » June 28th, 2012, 1:00 pm

SRASC wrote:Good news, Google finally aligned the road maps to the satellite imagery

Bad news, its only on Google Earth as of now.

Not anymore

Though it doesn't turn up on smartphone versions of Google Maps as of now

Postby **M_2NR** » June 30th, 2012, 11:46 am

It was working for google earth mobile previously but guess what. Last night this appeared...

It's all lined up.

maj. tom · Postby **maj. tom** » June 30th, 2012, 11:50 am

And 90% of the street names are gone in both map and satellite! I hope that's just because they are in the process of upgrading and updating and will be repaired soon.

Postby **SRASC** » June 30th, 2012, 12:40 pm

M_2NR wrote:It was working for google earth mobile previously but guess what. Last night this appeared...

It's all lined up.
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1341071173.860429.jpg

Finally. Now about that updated imagery?

Postby **M_2NR** » June 30th, 2012, 4:10 pm

i always heard about mapquest... never tried it until today... seems to replace NavFone/mnav 50$ app. only thing is that streets don't work, you need to enter GPS cordinates and thats... a PITA for iOS.

Postby **SRASC** » July 10th, 2012, 11:20 pm

Have some 3D places in Trinidad. Surprised me. Others include

janfar · Postby **janfar** » July 11th, 2012, 5:28 am

All my updates for Mayaro has been approved and now shows on Google Maps... wooohoooo...

Hopefully the image itself could be updated so my house could replace the jungle that was there 10 years ago.

Postby **M_2NR** » July 11th, 2012, 7:42 pm

janfar wrote:All my updates for Mayaro has been approved and now shows on Google Maps... wooohoooo...

Hopefully the image itself could be updated so my house could replace the jungle that was there 10 years ago.

Bess. The only issue I seeing now is that streets that had names previously don't have name now

(not mayaro eh, I mean in general)

Postby **SRASC** » July 15th, 2012, 8:01 pm

Trinidad sure ain't looking like it used to...

Google Map Maker

Google Maps

janfar · Postby **janfar** » July 16th, 2012, 9:06 am

Porbably need to go in and rename the un-named again.

Postby **M_2NR** » July 16th, 2012, 11:51 am

janfar wrote:Porbably need to go in and rename the un-named again.

btw anyone knows who did the openstreetmaps? looks like we'd have to do the reverse and pull names from there to google map maker...

BTW if you all on iOS, there is an app called twist, i don't know how they do it, but it's able to calculate routes using google map data.

Postby **SRASC** » July 16th, 2012, 11:56 am

Another thing for iOS device owners with Apple switching from Google Maps to their own data I'm wondering if there would be a Map Maker-esque thing for them as well. Hmmm
As far as the current state of Trinidad and Tobago in Google Map Maker I could only hope it's temporary. I remember when I added the interchange and the Aranguez overpass it temporarily disappeared but came back eventually. I hope it's the case this time as well. Either way I've written to Google about it.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » July 16th, 2012, 12:01 pm

If the new traffic plan in Woodbrook & St. James is permanent the maps would have to be updated

Postby **M_2NR** » July 16th, 2012, 12:06 pm

SRASC wrote:Another thing for iOS device owners with Apple switching from Google Maps to their own data I'm wondering if there would be a Map Maker-esque thing for them as well. Hmmm
As far as the current state of Trinidad and Tobago in Google Map Maker I could only hope it's temporary. I remember when I added the interchange and the Aranguez overpass it temporarily disappeared but came back eventually. I hope it's the case this time as well. Either way I've written to Google about it.

wait... the screenshot u posted from iOS 6 a time with a yellow/blue flyover section by grand bazaar... ent that was apple's map road layer?

Postby **SRASC** » July 16th, 2012, 12:08 pm

This?

Postby **SRASC** » July 16th, 2012, 12:17 pm

redmanjp wrote:If the new traffic plan in Woodbrook & St. James is permanent the maps would have to be updated

Mentioned that in the message I sent them as well. I studying if to leave it for right now and see what happens after the trial period.

Postby **M_2NR** » July 16th, 2012, 12:21 pm

SRASC wrote:[url]http://img.tapatalk.com/ba2d467c-3e23-767f.jpg
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This?

yup! that's apple maps right?

Postby **SRASC** » July 16th, 2012, 12:27 pm

Yup. Apple's. Though it has that we know that Trinidad in a road adding/changing mood lately so I feel this is something that would need to be updated regularly instead of waiting/hoping that Apple would.

May have a glimmer of hope though. Apple Maps as seen in betas 1-3.

Postby **SRASC** » July 17th, 2012, 11:44 pm

In a reply to that message to Google about Map Maker's missing roads for Trinidad I was led to a link that states that while we can make changes in Google Map Maker for Trinidad that they will not be pushed to Maps, Earth, etc.

While you can make changes to the following countries on Google Map Maker, this data is not yet actively being added to Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Maps for Mobile:
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Jordan
Lebanon
Malaysia
North Korea
Oman
Trinidad and Tobago

This strikes me as odd since most of the changes I've made are in fact accessible on Google Maps & Earth right now. Some of those changes were immediately pushed in fact when I checked them.
No answer concerning the more major issue at hand though.