Part of road missing in GO Navigation App 3.2.12 (4140)
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Part of a road connecting Obersteinbach (49.216071, 10.945064) and Mosbach (49.190572, 10.966225) is missing on the map of the app (v 41770) although it is shown on the map of MSR:
It is not a forestry road but open to all traffic and regularly used by the locals.
As MSR doesn't show the properties that are currently attributed to the various sections of the road I cannot tell why part of the road isn't shown on the app map.
Do you have any information on whether this is a temporary problem with the introduction of new maps or will smaller roads be omitted on a regular basis in the app (which would render it close to unusable)?
Hoping for the best ...
It is not a forestry road but open to all traffic and regularly used by the locals.
As MSR doesn't show the properties that are currently attributed to the various sections of the road I cannot tell why part of the road isn't shown on the app map.
Do you have any information on whether this is a temporary problem with the introduction of new maps or will smaller roads be omitted on a regular basis in the app (which would render it close to unusable)?
Hoping for the best ...
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Part of a road connecting Obersteinbach (49.216071, 10.945064) and Mosbach (49.190572, 10.966225) is missing on the map of the app (v 41770) although it is shown on the map of MSR:
It is not a forestry road but open to all traffic and regularly used by the locals.
As MSR doesn't show the properties that are currently attributed to the various sections of the road I cannot tell why part of the road isn't shown on the app map.
Do you have any information on whether this is a temporary problem with the introduction of new maps or will smaller roads be omitted on a regular basis in the app (which would render it close to unusable)?
Hoping for the best ...
I will check with the team.
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Good morning szachowa,
can you give some kind of provisional information on the issue?0 -
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Most probably these roads are considered as backroads, which are filtered out from GONAV map to reduce the map size.
There are a lot of these "filtered out" roads in the area where I currently live. (Example in other topics)
They were there in older versions (and are still there on mydrive.tomtom or Sygic maps, for example).
I can’t understand why these "escape routes" gone out. In some cases, they would come in very handy... In my opinion it was a very bad decision to reduce the map sizes because it will degrade their usability a lot!
But, there must be a problem with me if makes me so dissatisfied ...
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That's very bad idea to filter out any road :-( . Navigation software is first of all as good as maps used. And the reason is also insane - especially now when devices have more and more memory and internet connections are fast.1 -
Hello szachowa,
I don't want to appear obtrusive but I would still like to learn why this road is missing (and whether the GONAV map will, in future, include all roads open to traffic - which is what I'd expect of a navigation app from a leading manufacturer).0 -
Hello szachowa,
I don't want to appear obtrusive but I would still like to learn why this road is missing (and whether the GONAV map will, in future, include all roads open to traffic - which is what I'd expect of a navigation app from a leading manufacturer).
To my knowledge, backroads are excluded during map creation process to reduce the size of the map. We cannot include every single backroad in the map, it would make the map too big.
If we ever plan to include such roads in the map - I'm very sorry, but I don't have answer to this question.
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I wonder how useful it is to include both ends of a road but to leave out the connecting part of about 600 metres. Competitors do have the complete road, as far as I see.0
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sorry @szachowa simply sad and unprofessional!
I am convinced that you can remove certain country-specific roads, but not with the TomTom solution.0 -
To my knowledge, backroads are excluded during map creation process to reduce the size of the map. We cannot include every single backroad in the map, it would make the map too big.
The old maps had the backroads and the map size was not dramaticaly bigger. Please bring back the backroads and remove the 3D objects instead.I wonder how useful it is to include both ends of a road but to leave out the connecting part of about 600 metres. Competitors do have the complete road, as far as I see.
That is what annoys me the most. Why is TomTom unable to do so? It sucks to switch to another app in order to reach some destinations that are not included in TomTom.1 -
The old maps had the backroads and the map size was not dramaticaly bigger. Please bring back the backroads and remove the 3D objects instead.
That would be great
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To my knowledge, backroads are excluded during map creation process to reduce the size of the map.
Very bad idea. How much size you are talking about? 10% ? 30%?We cannot include every single backroad in the map, it would make the map too big.
Really? What about the maps with backroads, what you are selling it to e.g. Sygic. I know that maps have better coverage than your over-advertised NDS mistake.0 -
I have been driving in the countryside yesterday. The app guided me over back roads much smaller and "less important" than the one in my OP (I was very pleased with that!).
I wonder by which criteria/algorithm TomTom is deciding which roads are worthy to be included in the map
. Perhaps the road in the OP lost the connecting 600 metres by chance and not intentionally 
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