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British Village Requests Removal From GPS Maps

Posted by kdawson on from the can't-be-seen dept.

longacre writes "The tiny village of Barrow Gurney, England, has asked GPS map publisher Tele Atlas to remove them from the company's maps. The reason: truck drivers using GPS navigation devices are being directed to drive through the town despite the roads being too narrow for sidewalks, which has led to numerous accidents. At the root of the problem lies the fact that the navigation maps used by trucks are the same as those used by passenger cars, and they don't contain data on road width or no-truck zones. Tele Atlas says they will release truck-appropriate databases at some point, but until then they advise local governments to make use of a technology dating back to the Romans: road signs."

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  1. another round of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    f1rst post

  2. there are no trucks in the UK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    or truckers or truck stops or truck restrictions or truck GPS or trucking companies Lorry drivers and Lorries on the other hand we have plenty

  3. Re:obligatory rudolph the red-nosed reindeer by schnikies79 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    lol, yea i'm watching it too on cbs.

    i've never missed it, along with charlie brown.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:GPS can get you lost by graveyhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know that opportunity you just had to get an informative mod point from me?

    Well you just lost it so I can tell you that your site is down :-P

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  6. Re:Road Signs? by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, it's because you dared to post first. I did on a cellphone thread and got modded down substantially as "offtopic" and "flamebait".

    So don't take it too seriously. I ended up getting a 1, Interesting as my final tally.

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  7. Re:Road Signs? by SEE · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Compose/minus/L or compose/L/minus for X.
    AltGr+3 (right alt or control-alt) using this keyboard driver on Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista, x86/AMD64/IA64)
    Option+3 on Mac on NeXT
    Alt+L on Amiga.