map updates!

[mknox]

So it would appear that the dash map rendering changes are tied to the regular firmware updates, not the map data update.

Mine seemed to come in randomly between firmware updates, or at least the notification pop-up did.

 

[gmontem]

I'm still waiting for my update. Until then, I need to shake my head everytime the navigation tries to route me through the wrong way of a one way street, or through a small park that used to be a street.

 

[AmpedRealtor]

I've been on 6.0 for almost a month now, no map updates.

 

[Merrill]

I also have the latest 6.0 and as far as I know no map updates. Do you get notification on the map update and if so what does it look like. I noticed last week that the Google satellite shows a more recent picture of the area near our house taken sometime between June and September.

 

[wk057]

The need for large map updates seems strange in an always connected vehicle. It seems like when a road is built or changed, some master map should be updated, and the difference just be sent to everyone. One small packet of data for something that can't possibly occur more frequently than is possible to update.

Or the car when powered on just asks a server, "Hey, I have a map that is good up to 2014-10-28 10:16:13, anything change since then?" and get whatever changed.

Just a thought anyway...

 

[Joel]

I received the updated maps today. I was one of the last people to receive the 6.0 OTA rollout.

 

[cpa]

No map upgrade here, either. Tesla must know that I do not use the navigation maps, so I am placed at the bottom of the barrel.

 

[bollar]

The need for large map updates seems strange in an always connected vehicle. It seems like when a road is built or changed, some master map should be updated, and the difference just be sent to everyone. One small packet of data for something that can't possibly occur more frequently than is possible to update.

Or the car when powered on just asks a server, "Hey, I have a map that is good up to 2014-10-28 10:16:13, anything change since then?" and get whatever changed.

Just a thought anyway...

That would be awesome. Navigon (Garmin) is the underlying data provider for the Nav maps, and they only update quarterly.

 

[breser]

I got a map update. Noticed it today but not sure when because I haven't been driving the car for the last week and a half.

 

[Edgewood Dome]

I got a map update. Noticed it today but not sure when because I haven't been driving the car for the last week and a half.

breser, what did you see that indicated a map update? Was there a notification, did the Dash map look different or the Navigation in the main screen look different? What should we be looking for?

 

[mknox]

breser, what did you see that indicated a map update? Was there a notification, did the Dash map look different or the Navigation in the main screen look different? What should we be looking for?

I got a dialog box on the 17" when I started the car just saying that the maps had been updated with an "Okay" button to clear it.

 

[paulkva]

I got my map update Friday afternoon, after requesting it during my annual service on Wednesday. My understanding is that the service center can't do it directly, but they can send a request to engineering on my behalf, and then they don't know exactly when it'll happen after that. The funny part is the service advisor had just finished explaining this to me on the phone, and then I saw the update when I got into my car less than 10 minutes later.

 

[breser]

breser, what did you see that indicated a map update? Was there a notification, did the Dash map look different or the Navigation in the main screen look different? What should we be looking for?

You'll have a pop up on your screen someday that says the maps have been updated to the latest version. I didn't think to take a picture of it.

 

[EarlyAdopter]

I've never received a map update. Been on 6.0 for a month or so now.

 

[bollar]

Just one of several locations where nav didn't know the correct roads today. Captured this one, since I was stopped.

 

[pete8314]

Just one of several locations where nav didn't know the correct roads today. Captured this one, since I was stopped.

Yep, just back from Austin, it had me exiting I35 a few times to apparently drive a few loops before rejoining. Didn't seem efficient, luckily Waze is a lot smarter.

 

[bob_p]

Still waiting for the map update... I'm in a new housing development and many of the roads that have been added in the last 2 years are on Google maps but the navigation software doesn't have them, so most routes to/from the house can't take advantage of the new roads - and when I'm driving those roads while navigation is running, the software keeps re-routing to the nearest road until I'm back onto a road in the map database.

Tesla should either shift to using a continuously updated database, such as Google maps, OR at least plan to distribute map updates more frequently (quarterly).

And why is it taking so long to distribute the updates? I received my P85 in January 2013 - and I'm still waiting for my first promised "annual" map update...

 

[Vger]

I am underwhelmed by the recency of the update data that we did get about a month ago. Vancouver has had a major new highway (South Fraser Perimeter Road) since the spring, and it is STILL not in the nav database.

 

[smil3193]

Release notes say map updates are only available with wi-fi. My S is not routinely connected to wi-fi when I'm parked at home. Does anyone know if Tesla sends a notification that a map update is available? If I got notice I could go park at a wi-fi location for the download.

 

[bollar]

Release notes say map updates are only available with wi-fi. My S is not routinely connected to wi-fi when I'm parked at home. Does anyone know if Tesla sends a notification that a map update is available? If I got notice I could go park at a wi-fi location for the download.

It doesn't appear so. In any event, mine is connected to Wifi every night and nothing yet.