Ford Navigation Makes Stupid Recommendations

[Jimrpa]

So, on my morning commute (when I deign to make an appearance at the office) I use the navigation system to look at traffic. There are occasional stupid suggestions the navigation system makes. Particularly, it tells me to exit I-76 at route 1 and get right back on. If I were to “obey” the navigation system, the travel distance would be “longer” and it would take more time. It also involves traversing a challenging cut across multiple traffic lanes from an off ramp right back to an on ramp. And other egregious examples that Ford should fix? See below:

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[JellyBelly]

So, on my morning commute (when I deign to make an appearance at the office) I use the navigation system to look at traffic. There are occasional stupid suggestions the navigation system makes. Particularly, it tells me to exit I-76 at route 1 and get right back on. If I were to “obey” the navigation system, the travel distance would be “longer” and it would take more time. It also involves traversing a challenging cut across multiple traffic lanes from an off ramp right back to an on ramp. And other egregious examples that Ford should fix? See below:

Yup its not just ford Nav but I have seen other vehicle based Navs do this - at least on the Mach E teh screen is big enough that you can see what it is doing. Rarely, but some times seen goodle /apple maps do this too but rare compared to vehicle maps. Dont get that logic. And yes I fell a few times for these detours as I could not see what its doing especially if I am not familiar with the area.

 

[Jimrpa]

Yup its not just ford Nav but I have seen other vehicle based Navs do this - at least on the Mach E teh screen is big enough that you can see what it is doing. Rarely, but some times seen goodle /apple maps do this too but rare compared to vehicle maps. Dont get that logic. And yes I fell a few times for these detours as I could not see what its doing especially if I am not familiar with the area.

In fairness, my old escape’s nav would also push that “shortcut” ?

 

[Maquis]

I’ve had Waze and Google maps both recommend that sort of maneuver. They even comment “1 minute faster.” Probably true.

 

[zhackwyatt]

They get their map data from Here, like 80% of other cars. I can't figure out why, their data is awful. I've been trying to clean up a few areas I run into. Maybe there is some weird road missing or a gap in the data there. I believe the routing engine comes from Garmin.

 

[JellyBelly]

They get their map data from Here, like 80% of other cars. I can't figure out why, their data is awful. I've been trying to clean up a few areas I run into. Maybe there is some weird road missing or a gap in the data there. I believe the routing engine comes from Garmin.

Here is really awful - FP uses it and it always shows my address as a house two streets away in FP maps. Sync Nav is just fine with my location but not sync'd with Here on FP.

 

[Jimrpa]

They get their map data from Here, like 80% of other cars. I can't figure out why, their data is awful. I've been trying to clean up a few areas I run into. Maybe there is some weird road missing or a gap in the data there. I believe the routing engine comes from Garmin.

Are you missing a link? Where do they get mapping data from?

 

[ripperAZ]

Errr
Google Maps?
It’s like 1000 times better. It’s a fully cooked and baked navigation and traffic system …give it a drive

This isn’t like that movie if you build it they will come ….you don’t have to use the crappy ass nav…

jes sayin

 

[RockwallRick]

I tried using Ford Nav for the first half of my road trip. It can be extremely stubborn and irritating by constantly advising to make u turns before it finally figures out that you want to take a different route! Switched over to Apple Maps for the 2nd half of the trip and haven’t gone back since!

 

[zhackwyatt]

Are you missing a link? Where do they get mapping data from?

Here

 

[Jimrpa]

Errr
Google Maps?
It’s like 1000 times better. It’s a fully cooked and baked navigation and traffic system …give it a drive

This isn’t like that movie if you build it they will come ….you don’t have to use the crappy ass nav…

jes sayin

I do not need Google stalking me. If I’m really desperate, I still see Rand-McNally Road Atlases for sale ?

 

[ripperAZ]

I used to think Jeeves was after me as well. And I barely ever asked him anything…….. There’s no doubt Ronald McDonald is stalking me …..that app knows when I’m at the restaurant so pretty obvious Ron…..
Jes sayin

 

[Jimrpa]

I used to think Jeeves was after me as well. And I barely ever asked him anything…….. There’s no doubt Ronald McDonald is stalking me …..that app knows when I’m at the restaurant so pretty obvious Ron…..
Jes sayin

But did you Ask Jeeves if he was stalking you?
And let’s not forget about the nefarious AltaVista ?

 

[HuntingPudel]

The GPS is kind of weird. There was a day that I used it to navigate home from a place with which I was unfamiliar. I usually turn the navigation system off when I get somewhere familia, but I did not this one time. When I pulled into my driveway, my current location was displayed as my back neighbor’s address. ???

When I was taking my dog (RIP) for chemo, the stupid navigation system kept telling me to get into the Express lanes. I guess the navigation system wants to make money for CalTrans. ???

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