New Village / Mapping Updates
 

Neither Google nor Apple maps currently recognize the streets in the Village of Richmond. Any idea how long it typically takes the technology to catch up with reality?

If you can get the maps from Sumter County, you might be able to send to Google, I have never tried to do this but it might work. Or contact google about the problem and see what they suggest.

We had same problem in st Catherine, try using the app Waze it works better

I have found the Villages free app (green background large white V) works very well for both car and golf cart, however does not work for visitors or deliveries.

It took about 3 months in Hawkins for Google maps to show the streets. I added my address with the "contribute" tab on the android app and that helped with deliveries. Waze did show the streets much earlier.

On a side note, Google maps in satellite mode still does not show any houses but it does show the early road work. Apple maps is even further behind as they just show fields and marshes with roads overlaid.

Waze will have the streets long before Google and Apple. Go figure, since Waze is owned by Google. In Chitty Chatty, Waze was up and running about 8 months before Google.

Took a few months for St. John's to show up on the map. House was finished in early May...saw we were in google maps in August. Some use Waze but at round 10 miles away better to use google. I got lost one night when Waze tried to cut me through a wooded area that couldn't be cut through and I ended up in a dead end. Was scary for a bit, but I backtracked and found my way out.

So after that I used google maps and aimed it at UHF Health on Meggison and 44 as a home base, which is right in the St. John's/Richmond area. Never got lost after that.

Waze
 

That's probably because Waze is Open Architecture so anyone can contribute.

The VillagesGPS that you pay a few bucks for have more options than the free app. It does take a few weeks for the upload of new streets though.

Maps of New Villages
 

Don't feel awfully bad. The Villages' own publications don't even recognize the V of St Catherine's & it's been in place since early summer 2021. Guess they don't employ good editors for copy work to ensure accuracy but I've found St Catherine's missing from at least 3 pubs in the last 6 months.

Waze, even though owned now by Google, has operated out of its native Israel mostly independent of Google Maps operations.

FWIW the link provided in response #3 really works. I did that with my location and with a few weeks it was on it. I also found that the Apple maps one took a little while but it wasn't much longer before it showed up..

I dropped a pin at my front door and reported it as my address to Google. They placed it close and I moved it. If your village has a Facebook group, make a post and ask all to report their location to Google.

You can add the streets yourself in Waze. When we first bought our home in Phillips Villas, none of our streets were on any of the mapping apps. I drove around our neighborhood and added all of the streets. You can even add house addresses and identify where a specific address is located.

Yep, the Waze app!

Takes about 10 months to a year

I moved into Soulliere Villas 4 years ago. We are right off of 42 between 301 and 441. Still cannot get a GPS reading.

I just checked Google Maps and the streets and homes are all identified on the map. And when I right click on any of the houses, I get the GPS coordinates. When was the last time you checked Google Maps????

The free Village's app has the streets first. It can take up to 6-12 months for Google or the Apple maps to catch up. Wayze is guicker. Don't blame the county or TV they send them the data but they need to actually drive the streets before they will publish them on line.

Still waiting for Chitty Chatty to get on the main GPS apps. WAZE is the only one that has it.

In 2010 I was arriving at our brand new Home in Pennacamp 18 hour drive, car full of stuff, at 1800. GPS stopped working just south of LSL.

Women runs into street in front of my car, screaming her husband fell was in pain, had no phone to call anyone.
I pushed blue Onstar button. Told them I was in new area. She not only could pinpoint my exact location, the rescue pulled up behind me @2 minutes and 41 seconds. Onstar stated exact time response, I knew it was under 3 minutes, but not as accurate as her info.

So address can be updated quickly as new neighborhoods are built, its just not done in a timely manor

Just to reiterate - you can add what you need TODAY to Waze, and it will show up within days on the general map.

Creating and editing road segments - Wazeopedia