Sensis maps prove the right CHOICE!
Danielle | 27 May 2009These days Whereis® maps can be found online, on your mobile, in your car and Sensis will now send them to your mobile when you call 1234 or 12456! But for more than 10 years you’ve probably been accessing Whereis® maps on your portable GPS device. So it was great to see a recent review of top Australian GPS devices identify and praise Whereis® as the digital map provider powering the top seven ranked GPS units in Australia.
The Choice Magazine review – a trusted information source for Australian consumers – looked at 17 of the leading GPS devices in Australia and tested them for their May publication. The extensive review benchmarked leading brands such as TomTom, Garmin, Navman, Uniden, Mio and the recent ALDI model.
The testing involved selecting and routing to six random destinations in Sydney – a railway station, an airport, a university, a medical centre, a golf course and a sports complex – all starting from the same point. Travel times and distances were also measured between all 17 systems.
The review found Whereis® demonstrated superior quality in terms of mapping accuracy (notably in regional Australia) and was the data powering each of the first seven ranked devices.
So make sure you know who’s powering your GPS device before you buy one – maps do make a big difference.
this unit is neat but cannot be used to it's
Graeme Barber | 30 October 2009this unit is neat but cannot be used to it’s full capacity if you have a system newer than xp what a shame because it has proved it’s self as better than Garmin
I have purchased an Iphone and wish to add the
Fredrick Brake | 16 January 2010I have purchased an Iphone and wish to add the maps which I have on my Navman Navigator. How do I do this and at what cost.
Sensis maps are a disgrace they 2008 maps which are
paul | 12 April 2010Sensis maps are a disgrace they 2008 maps which are the latest available don’t even include the street in which I live that was sealed as a major road back in the year 2000, they are not up to date on the Hume freeway outside Albury, even though it was opened 4 years ago, we are talking about the most important road between Melbourne and Sydney here.
Apparently sometime late 2010 they will release a very out of date 2009 set of maps.
Paul, thanks for you feedback. Whereis makes every effort to
Danielle @ Sensis | 13 April 2010Paul, thanks for you feedback. Whereis makes every effort to provide maps that are up to date and accurate – I am sure you’ll agree that Australia’s a big country and it’s a very big job. I have passed your feedback to our navigation product team and they will certainly look into your comments.
For a bit of background- Sensis releases its updated map database at the start of each year to their in-car navigation suppliers and every four months to their PND partners. The relevant navigation supplier then takes Sensis’ map database through their respective processes before the maps are released to the public.
Thanks for passing on the feedback.
Danielle