map updates!

Is this only in the non tech package?

 

NO. I have the Tech Package and mine popped up yesterday also. I got 6.0 about the third day after it was announced and it took this long to get the maps.

 

Got mine too!

I wish there was a version release listed .... that part sucks.

 

One of only a few dozen features lacking in the overpriced nav system that are currently available in the cheapest of auto GPS receivers. :wink:

 

This is only in tech equipped cars. Non-tech don't have maps stored on-board.

 

Thanks. What's different or simply updated guidance?

 

Looking forward to them here. The municipalities in my neck of the woods have been going crazy putting in "Roundabouts" (personally, I hate them) and the Tesla nav gets confused when I come across them. (i.e. tells me to turn left, but I actually have to enter the roundabout going right, then circle around and exit on the street to the left).

 

Hmm. I thought the maps were continuously updated on google maps. I guess it's data stored on the car

 

It's both. Navigon (Garmin) maps in the instrument cluster, which work both on and offline. Google maps on the center display, which only works when online.

My Model S is never on WiFi, so presumably I miss out on the map updates, which the release notes said are distributed via Wi-Fi only. :crying:

 

- 17" @ Google, internet required, updated on Google's schedule
- Instrument Cluster @ Navigon, stored inside the car for those with tech package, updated on Tesla's (and Navigon's) schedule

 

I hope they change that. I never managed to connect to any wifi yet. (I only tried two wifi nets up to now)

 

What kind of things are updated on the navigation screen, got 6.0 last Saturday but no map update yet.

 

I think the Google maps are, but the navigation maps are stored locally. Some of the new roundabouts that I mentioned in my post above do show up on the Google map, but the navigation map on the dash display (and corresponding audio prompts) still shows the old traditional intersection.

 

I recall hearing/reading that the Navigon map updates will only occur when you're on WiFi. I'm hoping that the SC can install them, as my garage is not in WiFi range of my condo.

 

Has anyone checked the size of the map download?

 

I'm never on wifi either. So mine haven't updated. Has anyone posted side by sides to show the difference? Or could someone if not?

 

I don't think it has anything to do with being on wifi. Mine is on wifi at least 20hrs a day either at home or the office, and I do not have the new maps yet (but do have the v6 update).