Mysterious POI Symbol

[MattBianco]

This "X" appeared a few weeks ago. It looks like a railroad crossing sign. There is no railroad there (has not been for 50+ years). Other places where old rail systems crossed do not get the X.

Any ideas what it is?

[cit1991]

Buried treasure.

[paicapo]

Originally Posted by cit1991

Buried treasure.

Haha, end of the rainbow

[opasha]

X-Men Headquarters

[Baunton]

....marks the spot?

[MattBianco]

Originally Posted by cit1991

Buried treasure.

Originally Posted by paicapo

Haha, end of the rainbow

Originally Posted by opasha

X-Men Headquarters

Originally Posted by Baunton

....marks the spot?

I invite you all to help me dig for the treasure at the end of the rainbow at the X-men headquarters. I'll have shovels ready.

[wdimagineer]

It's the very odd road closed symbol. Probably due to the Golden Gate Bridge closure.

[MattBianco]

Originally Posted by wdimagineer

It's the very odd road closed symbol. Probably due to the Golden Gate Bridge closure.

I don't think so. It was there long before according to wife, still there after reopen, and only on that spot which is about 7 miles from the bridge. Hmmm :

[MattBianco]

I deleted a bunch of posts that were attempts to upload photos from the mobile app. Basically, I can zoom out and this is the only X. I am feeling very special.

Updated a prior post by adding pictures.

[opasha]

It's most likely where the 328 Hommage Concept Car resides : http://www.fubiz.net/2011/05/23/bmw-328-hommage/

[MattBianco]

Originally Posted by opasha

It's most likely where the 328 Hommage Concept Car resides : http://www.fubiz.net/2011/05/23/bmw-328-hommage/

That looks like child of a Z8 or i8, and a Bugatti. I assure you it is nowhere near the X . I pass the X daily. Gas station, coffee shop, surf shop, rug store, ....those are the only things on that spot.

[opasha]

Originally Posted by MattBianco

That looks like child of a Z8 or i8, and a Bugatti. I assure you it is nowhere near the X . I pass the X daily. Gas station, coffee shop, surf shop, rug store, ....those are the only things on that spot.

Lol, I know, I was just kidding because those ugly headlights look exactly like your symbol. The question is....what's hidden beneath that plaza?

[Baunton]

...yeah Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[wdimagineer]

It is a road closure. From Google Maps:
Road closed
Road closure on CA-1 N.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8679.../data=!5m1!1e1

[Wobbles]

Originally Posted by wdimagineer

It is a road closure. From Google Maps:
Road closed
Road closure on CA-1 N.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8679.../data=!5m1!1e1

Dangnabit... Google spoiled the mystery & doused the fun

[MattBianco]

Originally Posted by wdimagineer

It is a road closure. From Google Maps:
Road closed
Road closure on CA-1 N.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8679.../data=!5m1!1e1

I think you are correct. But there is something seriously wrong with the data feed to BMW. The two closure marks in Google are miles away from the T junction (locally, Tam) where the X appears. And no X where roads are actually closed. Do you see it in yours?

I am going to test it tomorrow by putting in an address that would normally go through there, and see if the navi redirects to an alternate route. If closure, navi would redirect.

This is what google is showing:

closure on 101, and in 1 where mudslides occurred after the big rains


But the junction is clear.

[Baunton]

I'm heading for Coyote Coffee.....Love it! Bet it has a real bite to it!

[Jenya B]

Road Is Closed .

[MattBianco]

Originally Posted by wdimagineer

It is a road closure. From Google Maps:
Road closed
Road closure on CA-1 N.

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8679.../data=!5m1!1e1" rel="ugc" target="_blank">http://<a href="https://www.google.c...a=!5m1!1e1</a>

Originally Posted by Jenya B

Road Is Closed .

+5 marks each. You are both correct.

But the road is open.

Tried navi and it makes me go around the intersection, though there is a road closure about 8 miles from the intersection. If I enter a destination past the actual closed spot, navi calculates the correct path to avoid the closure.

There is some inconsistency between the X and the actual closed spot. Another clue it gives is that it marks the road in black, which I assume is another way of showing a closed road.

Thank you everyone for your comments. Glad we are not digging up county roads in search of treasures.

[greentrbo95gst]

You found the UFO!!!

[Jenya B]

Originally Posted by MattBianco

+5 marks each. You are both correct.

But the road is open.

Tried navi and it makes me go around the intersection, though there is a road closure about 8 miles from the intersection. If I enter a destination past the actual closed spot, navi calculates the correct path to avoid the closure.

There is some inconsistency between the X and the actual closed spot. Another clue it gives is that it marks the road in black, which I assume is another way of showing a closed road.

Thank you everyone for your comments. Glad we are not digging up county roads in search of treasuees.

In my case the road was REALLY closed .

[MattBianco]

Update: Resolved.
Cause: Engineering mistake by map and data supplier

I reported this to Inrix, the company that supplies BMW with navigation data and live traffic reporting. They asked some questions and eventually determined that they had an engineering mistake and it took them two weeks to resolve it. They sent me daily email updates telling me where they were on their resolution, and yesterday they confirmed it is resolved. I picked up the car from dealer today, and the "X" was gone.

I was really impressed by Inrix. They had never been contacted by a BMW (or other automotive) users as on their website they are geared towards receiving enquiries from mobile OS users only. They took time to investigate and resolve as opposed to blame the user, the road, BMW, etc. They acknowledged that BMW could not fix this and created a new ticketing process to handle these types of error reporting from end users.

A while back I started a different thread (http://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1082510) wherein I mention http://www.inrix.com as the data vendor in case others encounter navi issues.