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Originally posted by Cosmobug
Before I shell out the $185 for a new disk, I want to ensure it is worth it. Looking for opinions of folks experienced with using updates since the 03 (orange) disk.

I find that the Points of Interest (POI) database is pretty poorly organized, with many places being listed in a variety of categories, making finding the closest one difficult. For example, in my 03 (original disk), I tried looking up Subway (restaurant) on a recent road trip. I had to wade through several variations of Subway restaurants (Subway, Subway Restaurants, Subway etc) before I found one close...often it will find ones hundreds of miles away rather than a close one until you find the right listing "flavor," if you know what I mean. I often found it quicker to just search all restaurants sorted by distance from current location and scroll through until I found a Subway...this is not the most efficient (or safest) method for finding places.

Have they improved the organization of the POI in later versions?

Also, have they improved the routing logic?

I often get these weird routes that try to make you go a ways in the opposite direction and pull a u-turn rather than just having you go the most direct route. This often happens when the way you want to go is indicated on the map. For example, rather than having me hop on the freeway using the northbound ramp, it wanted me to cross over, get on southbound to the next exit, cross back over to the northbound side, and then get on the freeway northbound, all when the northbound ramp was right there on the map...odd stuff.

Bottom line, have they simply updated the maps/poi list or actually made updates to improve the system?

Thanks for any insight...I plan to write them directly if no one here knows.

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