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Netherlands highway chart data old and incorrect


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MrReallySerious
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When testing SD for PC and iPad, I noticed, that on the Netherlands chart information concerning highways, it seams you have used very old or incorrect data. There are a lot of highways missing or only completed to the point of about 15 to 20 years ago!

Look for example at the missing part of the A27 from Huizen to Almere. Also the A50 from Nijmegen to Eindhoven is missing completely , as is the A73 from Boxmeer to Venlo!

Otherwise SkyDemon is very impressive for planning and as a moving map on both PC and iPad.

Edit: Well, almost sure it is just very old data. A50 not finished yet from Arnhem to Apeldoorn, A30 Ede-Barneveld not finished, etc.
Final Edit: It seems this goes for Belgium and Luxembourg as well. Very old.
Edited 3/19/2012 10:31:16 AM by MrReallySerious
Tim Dawson
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We are aware that some of the scenery data we use, which includes highway information, is out of date. We're looking at alternative sources of this data but so far have not found one with which we are happy, but we continue to look. We do place a low priority on correctness of basemap highway data, compared with aeronautical data whose correctness is of the highest priority.
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To bad. It seems these errors are not limited to the Benelux. I also noted old data in the French and German maps. For private pilots flying mainly VFR this information does seem quite relevant, so to have this very old and outdated information is not good. Even main rivers like the river Rhine, Waal and Ijsel are missing.
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Rivers have been overhauled recently and if there are any large rivers missing (in Germany or France), please point them out and I will see if I can comment on them individually. Make sure you have updated your charts first as we posted some updates only this morning.
Edited 4/13/2012 4:52:53 PM by Tim Dawson
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The rivers are updated and are now present! Hopefully you can get hold of recent highways, roads and urban areas data and add those as well, because those are also in need of a major update.
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The update to our scenery data is now complete, and all highway, railway, urban and water features should be up to date.
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The updates did include the correct rivers. But at this moment, juli 1 2012 (with version 2.4?) the rivers again do not show up on Benelux map. The highway information is still from the 1990's (at least for the Benelux charts). Seeing that SD is developing so many great features, even to the point that I now purchased the application, it is dissapointing that this geograpic information is not updated yet.
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What device are you running SD on?

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Well, maybe I spoke to soon. I run SD on the iPad (2) and on PC. I did update the charts, but still no luck. But then. probably after a restart of SD, the information is now updated and is now correct and current!

Thanks for sticking with the subject. So to all reading, this is really good news and again I am impressed with the application and now a happy user!
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You must have been using an old chart. Since May all European topographical data including roads, railways, lakes and rivers is current in SkyDemon.
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