New (sort of) maps!

[msnow]

Still haven't gotten the map update... Should I be concerned or just be patient?

Jeff

Jeff, there have been three map updates since I got my car and only once did I get notification (this last one). On the two I didn't, I emailed [email protected] and asked them to check and they verified I had them already.

 

[ThisIsTrue]

Before you ask, no, there is no way to tell which version you have without root access. There may be some subtle differences in the maps, such as new roads added that you could look for.

I'm on a road trip, and as I came into Oregon the car couldn't find ...a Tesla Supercharger! Really (Pendleton -- which I guess is new). So I really would like an update, since I don't know what else it doesn't know about. (I charged by looking up the address for the site in Google, and then manually doing a nav to that address.) I just checked, and it still doesn't know about the Pendleton supercharger.

 

[bmah]

I'm on a road trip, and as I came into Oregon the car couldn't find ...a Tesla Supercharger! Really (Pendleton -- which I guess is new). So I really would like an update, since I don't know what else it doesn't know about. (I charged by looking up the address for the site in Google, and then manually doing a nav to that address.) I just checked, and it still doesn't know about the Pendleton supercharger.

The list of superchargers is updated independently from the maps. There's no notification for an update to the Supercharger list.

Bruce.

 

[ThisIsTrue]

The list of superchargers is updated independently from the maps. There's no notification for an update to the Supercharger list.

Good to know -- but then I'm amazed the SC list in my car hasn't been updated since Pendleton opened ...more than a year before my car was built!

 

[bmah]

Good to know -- but then I'm amazed the SC list in my car hasn't been updated since Pendleton opened ...more than a year before my car was built!

Oh. If it's been open more than a few days, something's not right. Call tech support maybe and ask them to make sure you have an up to date list of chargers (and maps)?

Safe travels!

Bruce.

 

[evp]

Good to know -- but then I'm amazed the SC list in my car hasn't been updated since Pendleton opened ...more than a year before my car was built!

The SuperCharger database and the Map database are two different things. SuperChargers usually get downloaded to the car the night after an SpC goes live. Agree with @bmah that if Pendleton doesn't show up on your map something is wrong, but the fact that it's actually well to the east of town might be an issue in locating it.

 

[chillaban]

The new maps now have the new stretch of Westside Pkwy in Bakersfield. This freeway seemed to be newly constructed and the older maps would just freak out and show bogus directions for a 10 mile stretch.

 

[scottm]

I dunno if I want the new maps... it kinda takes all the fun out of the nav system FREAKING OUT when it thinks you're not driving on a road that has been there.. for, you know, maybe 2 years.

 

[bob_p]

Picked up a loaner yesterday and it is having the same problems with the maps around my house as my car - so either the loaner also hasn't received the map updates, or the latest maps haven't fixed the problems I reported over a year ago when receiving the previous map updates.

The use of Google maps on the console display (which are quickly updated) and the offline navigation maps (which are already out of date when the maps are updated in the cars) will always be confusing - and if the navigation routing will be used by the self driving software, this has to be fixed so that navigation uses up-to-date maps.