Inaccurate postcodes

[covkid69]

good morning all
I have a go superior and I have to say the maps are terrible.
I use my device mostly for work and when I have to visit a business I only get a postcode and very rarely street numbers but I am finding my device usually stops navigating in a totally different postcode and sometimes over a mile from where I need to be.
As I said it's not all the time but it gets really frustating as I struggle to find what I am looking for.
If I try using Waze or Google maps they are very accurate and take me within a short distance.
Why is it that free apps are better than an expensive Tomtom device....In an ideal world I would have street numbers but on the occasions I do get them they are like 150-160 somewhere street and my device doesn't allow those sorts of numbers.
Not sure if there is anything that can be done as I have already contacted Tomtom and given them a few examples and all they seem to do is correct them(eventually) but most of the map is still poor.

Never really seemed to have this problem with earlier devices

 

[raesewell]

Post codes are inherently inaccurate sometimes you have to use your eyes.

 

[covkid69]

Post codes are inherently inaccurate sometimes you have to use your eyes.

Waze and Google maps seem to find them most of the time

 

[raesewell]

Use Google and Waze then

 

[covkid69]

Use Google and Waze then

I've paid for a very expensive tomtom device....should I not be able to use that and get the same results

 

[raesewell]

Only you can answer that. We live and learn.

 

[Willy875]

To be more specific, use location coordinates instead of zip code.

 

[covkid69]

To be more specific, use location coordinates instead of zip code.

how do i get them as on my job notes on my laptop I only get postcodes

 

[canderson]

how do i get them as on my job notes on my laptop I only get postcodes

Have a look here: https://www.nearby.org.uk/conversions.cgi

 

[Wildy]

We’ve just tried a friends Garmin and set it to take us to 34, Xxxx Xxx. Wow, it took us straight to number 34 which is located in a long urban road.
On the return, we set it for a street in a rural village and, once again, it was accurate.

Makes you think?!

 

[Willy875]

We’ve just tried a friends Garmin and set it to take us to 34, Xxxx Xxx. Wow, it took us straight to number 34 which is located in a long urban road.
On the return, we set it for a street in a rural village and, once again, it was accurate.

Makes you think?!

A Garmin GPS is Garmin a Tomtom GPS is Tomtom if it finds Tomtom will find you an address while Garmin will not find it.

 

[Wildy]

Sorry no not understand

 

[Willy875]

What I mean.
Garmin and Tomtom are 2 different brands there may be options on Garmin that Tomtom does not have there may also be options on Tomtom that Garmin does not have.

 

[Wildy]

Thanks for clarifying your previous post.