A Question About Postcodes.

[marwel7]

I wasn't sure where to put this,so here goes. My daughter has gone to Huddersfield University. The halls where she is living are a brand new and the post code isn't recognized by satnavs. Which has just caused a problem with Tesco delivering food. My question is,how long does it take before new post codes become recognised by satnavs?

[SlackAlice]

Not until Satnav makers provide map updates. Also needs Satnav users to update their devices maps.

[magicmick]

I think marwel7 this is more to Do with the Sat nav than p/codes, the Code will be recognised by R Mail, Do you upgrade Sat Navs?

[magicmick]

Sorry update :(

[aelmpvw]

don't know the answer to your post but i remember the old days when van drivers went about their business without satnavs

[Baldric]

The Sat Nav needs updating by the sound of it.

[marwel7]

Thanks for those answers. I have no idea about how to update the satnav,but Tesco should have done that.

[Zeuhl]

one short term fix might be to use the postcode for an older, adjoining road, if there is one

[vulcan42]

Unfortunately it requires both the satnav operators and owners to update. There was a new road built near me last year and although I updated regularly whenever I drove on the road my satnav showed I was driving in a field. It was nearly two months before the operator updated and I was driving on the road.

[stuey]

It's a jolly good show that the World was discovered not to be flat a long, long time ago:)

[Mamyalynne]

Most Supermarket delivery sections have somewhere you can add extra directions, so choose the nearest landmark or main road then add directions from there.


I have to do it as most Sat Navs take deliveries to the wrong entrance resulting in a phone call from a lost driver.

My place has been built since the 60s too.

[corylus]

Tesco delivering food to a student indeed! How times have changed since I (as a student) was scratching around with my flat-mate to find enough small change to buy a bag of chips to share!

[Mamyalynne]

Well a few students clubbing together to get Tesco everyday beans etc at £1 delivery slot seems quite sensible especially if they are a long way from a store.

[stuey]

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