Thread: Philippines Road Guide v1.24 img+ orig. MS vers.

I think you got me wrong. I know HOW to search the address, it's very easy. I'm able to search the address but when it is searched already and when you are already with the "MAP SCREEN WITH THE GO! ICON" I only see "Adb Ave." written there and not "23 Adb Ave." as I have searched. Can you please post a screenshot of that particular screen that I'm referring to?

Please let me know if you didn't understand what I just said so that I can explain more. Thanks.

EDIT: Here are pics to better understand my point:

1st pic when I finished searching the address:



2nd pic when I touch the Adb Ave. sign in the 1st pic:




You see the number 23 is missing.

Originally Posted by kevindd992002

I think you got me wrong. I know HOW to search the address, it's very easy. I'm able to search the address but when it is searched already and when you are already with the "MAP SCREEN WITH THE GO! ICON" I only see "Adb Ave." written there and not "23 Adb Ave." as I have searched. Can you please post a screenshot of that particular screen that I'm referring to?

Please let me know if you didn't understand what I just said so that I can explain more. Thanks.

EDIT: Here are pics to better understand my point:

1st pic when I finished searching the address:

Your best bet when looking where to go is to find a landmark closest to your destination street, or the name of the building if you know it rather than the street number or look it up on google maps to get an idea and then point the gps to the same location. I get the same thing you do anyway on my 260w just to confirm no matter what number I input it will show the same location you did but this was expected. I think when we search a street number it is just ignored since that data is not available or not available on all our roads and pinpoints to the center or certain point of the road, which is why its the same point if you enter 25 or 175 adb ave, no change on the map. It's pretty much the same thing no matter what street I enter it always goes to the center of the street regardless of the street number I input. Just to confirm it's not our units I also tried it in mapsource and same thing (except it starts at the beginning, middle of end of the street depending on what you select) but this is what I've been experiencing since the early days of roadguide and don't expect it to change soon.

^This is also why you do not see the number 23 displayed on the map/address when you hit go, simply because it is omitted since it does not have that data on standby. Example: try it with and without the number 23.. it should pinpoint to the same location. Meaning default point on that street, most likely start, middle or end of street. Do this for other streets and you should see the same thing.

Just remember roadguide is a community driven map it is written and compiled by locals and not done by a company so we can not expect the features of commercial maps (like lane assistance, traffic avoidance/updates, etc)



EDIT: Street numbers are available it depends on the method of how you unlocked your map. Read the rest of the thread for further info.

Originally Posted by gambit123

AFAIK, The PH RG and OSM do not have street numbers included esp. since this is a community driven project. The person who was explaining the street numbers to you before may have been talking about other countries (where those maps are commercial and most likely have the basic data for street numbers although not pinpoint). I maybe wrong though so please correct me if so.

Your best bet when looking where to go is to find a landmark closest to your destination street, or the name of the building if you know it rather than the street number or look it up on google maps to get an idea and then point the gps to the same location. I get the same thing you do anyway on my 260w just to confirm no matter what number I input it will show the same location you did but this was expected. I think when we search a street number it is just ignored since that data is not available or not available on all our roads and pinpoints to the center or certain point of the road, which is why its the same point if you enter 25 or 175 adb ave, no change on the map. It's pretty much the same thing no matter what street I enter it always goes to the center of the street regardless of the street number I input. Just to confirm it's not our units I also tried it in mapsource and same thing (except it starts at the beginning, middle of end of the street depending on what you select) but this is what I've been experiencing since the early days of roadguide and don't expect it to change soon.

^This is also why you do not see the number 23 displayed on the map/address when you hit go, simply because it is omitted since it does not have that data on standby. Example: try it with and without the number 23.. it should pinpoint to the same location. Meaning default point on that street, most likely start, middle or end of street. Do this for other streets and you should see the same thing.

Just remember roadguide is a community driven map it is written and compiled by locals and not done by a company so we can not expect the features of commercial maps (like lane assistance, traffic avoidance/updates, etc)

If I'm wrong then someone correct me but this is what I've read before based on comments and experience on this map. There is just simply too many streets and time to input the street numbers on each road and much of Philippines is still very much incomplete with only the main cities and some provinces available. Right now their priority is mapping out much of the Philippines. Maybe in its later stages street numbers will become available but I doubt it soon.

Thank you very much for this information, this is exactly what I'm trying to point out since I started asking about this issue. I've tried different streets also today and we experience the same result wherein any number you input the device gives me the same exact location in that street.

I'm not complaining that RG maps have incomplete data, in fact I'm very grateful that Filipino people are contributing for these maps. I was just trying to seek for confirmation and to rule out the device as being defective or anything. The know-it-all guy that replied to me a few days ago seems to have a special kind of GPS device which can pinpoint Anson's building in ADB Ave.

How about City Navigator SoutEastAsis, does it support search address by house number? It's a commercial map so I'm assuming it can.