Question for those with navigation...
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Tennessee
Question for those with navigation...
I imagine this question only affects those who purchased their car.
My car is a 2014 built and purchased at the end of 2013. I assume the maps are most likely 2012 info.
If my nav is up when I come home, I'm driving on farmland instead of current streets.
$200+ is steep, but I'm running around with 4 year old info.
How often do you update your navigation info?
My car is a 2014 built and purchased at the end of 2013. I assume the maps are most likely 2012 info.
If my nav is up when I come home, I'm driving on farmland instead of current streets.
$200+ is steep, but I'm running around with 4 year old info.
How often do you update your navigation info?
The pursuit of F
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Toronto, Canada
TBH, I don't bother since I usually end up using Waze on my smartphone. It's always up-to-date and provides me with the real-time traffic and other route updates along my commute which in Canada we don't get (Enform).
Pole Position
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Los Angeles, CA
i mean, how often do the roads change in your area? the roads almost never change where i live and so i don't upgrade the nav map. it's a waste of money. if i lived in an area where the roads were changing constantly due to construction or new housing developments, then sure, but i don't.
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Tennessee
i mean, how often do the roads change in your area? the roads almost never change where i live and so i don't upgrade the nav map. it's a waste of money. if i lived in an area where the roads were changing constantly due to construction or new housing developments, then sure, but i don't.
Maybe, I'll look into it and see what is current and when a new one is due for release.
Thanks guys.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Dec 2015
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From: California
Maps are stores on a SD card. If you know what you're doing you could purchase a up to date SD card from someone or somewhere.
ORR
If you know someone with the current gen nav system, you could copy the data onto a blank SD card.
Again, that's if you know what your're doing.
ORR
If you know someone with the current gen nav system, you could copy the data onto a blank SD card.
Again, that's if you know what your're doing.
Driver
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 134
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From: GA
I have a 2016 IS350, and there has been a couple times where the GPS showed me off road. The roads I was on had been there for quite some time. I wouldn't spend $100 to update my car GPS especially when Google maps is years ahead of its competition.
Pole Position
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 314
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From: FL
Maps are stores on a SD card. If you know what you're doing you could purchase a up to date SD card from someone or somewhere.
ORR
If you know someone with the current gen nav system, you could copy the data onto a blank SD card.
Again, that's if you know what your're doing.
ORR
If you know someone with the current gen nav system, you could copy the data onto a blank SD card.
Again, that's if you know what your're doing.
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Rookie
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 67
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From: Ontario, Canada
I never update mine. I got a free upgrade recently because of the infotainment software update apparently. If I can't find the location on my GPS in my IS350, I usually just pop up my phone and google maps.
Lexus Champion
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: SoCal
You're better off spending money on getting an iPhone/Android mirroring system. About $380 and some installation gives you the ability to see what's on your phone on your Nav screen. Check out Beat-Sonic.
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 489
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From: CA
I think database update is mostly about businesses closing/opening - this is where most of the change happens. Even my trusty Garmin unit which updates
a few times per year can't catch up with the business world, I was astonished that a big Nordstrom in the center of Walnut Creek wasn't in its data base - the location
unchanged for years.