Navigation Update

[Richard in NC]

I have had only minimal issues with the Nav system and database in the '11 X5.
Regarding newness of data, it is OK but doesn't have the latest part of the Charlotte outer belt, open for 1 year. This causes issues where "end of interstate" became an off ramp but is understandable and a data fault. Plus I like taking the new section home which really confuses it.

I have seen some POIs in the wrong location, a common problem if the address range within a block is wrong, also a data problem. One recent issue was finding a hospital. The name of the hospital has changed 3 times recently but some associated clinics had not. So when I entered Grace Hospital, it routed me to a clinic across the interstate. Once I got to the actual destination which I did know where it was, it new the hospital was there, just under a different name than it should have been. When finding a restaurant for lunch that day, 2 folks argued whether the interstate or across town was faster. The nav picked the interstate but an alternate route was across town and 1 minute longer so it nailed that one.

I have few issues with routes it suggests. If you have issues with a route, you can try shortest, fastest, most efficient, use interstates, avoid interstates, etc. You can also try alternate routes from that screen. This is neat and worked in that restaurant example above.

Note if you have traffic info and dynamic routing turned on, it will route you around traffic and give a confusing route. One complaint I have, is once you are routed around traffic, the traffic info icon is no longer is red. I then have over-looked a re-route and got stuck right in the middle of traffic.

I have found the accuracy of the ETA varies whether you have side roads first or last in your trip. Its usually accurate enough once you are on the road for 10 minutes or so.

One challenge I have seen when entering a destination, is a suburban road that crosses urban, rural, and suburban limits. 90% of the time, you can select the major city and find the road you want but sometimes, you have to select the suburb to get the area you want.