I have now been a dissatisfied owner of Porsche's so called Sat Nav system for 1 year. Leaving aside the TMC issue, which still leaves a sour taste, I have been communicating with Navteq. The main topic being the out of date mapping provided on Porsche cars. Their responses have been up until now quite evasive but their latest offering is quite enlightening!
So it appears that although later more accurate maps and database are available, Porsche and or their supplier, Harman Becker, choose NOT to purchase them!!![][][]WHY???Thank you for contacting NAVTEQ.
NAVTEQ produces a navigational database to be used in various navigation
system. The raw form of this database is in a generic format, that needs to
be adapted to the various different systems that utilise it. NAVTEQ produces
a new edition of the database four times a year, to ensure up-to-date
coverage of European roads.
Navigation system vendors then purchase this database, and adapt it to work
on their system. How often they do this, and what version of the database
they acquire, is up to them. Therefore, it is entirely possible for various
navigation systems to all use the NAVTEQ database, and still offer radically
different levels of coverage. The Porsche 2005 DVD, for example, uses the
2003 database. Also, it depends on the system vendor or car manufacturer
whether a new CD is made available for their systems at all.
Hopefully, this will shed a little more light for you on the mechanics
behind navigation systems. There are various forums online that discuss this
problem, maybe you can find a solution on one of those.