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bumpydog
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My understanding was that the Navteq Q4/2005 maps had 100% coverage of Ireland? I've been using Route66 Mobile 7 for some time now and the mapping here is pretty good, routing to tiny out-of-the-way streets out in the sticks. Prior to this, it was impossible to even find the national roads on the maps. Maybe the Q1/2006 is a clean-up of the earlier release as I've seen quite a few minor issues of roads not showing in some established areas and one town (and all its streets and POI's), Trim, in Co. Meath is labelled as Navan (quite a few miles away!)
Other than that...mighty impressed.
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JokerNI
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:45 am Post subject: Hmmm |
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Hi All
What I think we need is a program to allow us to convert/compile telealtas and Navteq maps to work with TomTom......
Wonder how long will it take Telealtas to get their finger out.......
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neil01
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmm |
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| JokerNI wrote: | Hi All
What I think we need is a program to allow us to convert/compile telealtas and Navteq maps to work with TomTom......
Wonder how long will it take Telealtas to get their finger out.......
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You may well find that the compiled format is proprietry to TomTom and they (rather than the map suppliers) as copyright owners would not permit any program which allowed you to complile your own maps.
Also, regardless of the possibility of such software, and any licencing restrictions, the map suppliers charge much more for map data than TomTom charge for their products.
As to whether TomTom (anfd the others) will see a market in just providing reasonably priced regular map updates (say 2 a year) to work with their existing products - now that would be good. |
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batterseamike
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmm |
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| neil01 wrote: | | JokerNI wrote: | Hi All
What I think we need is a program to allow us to convert/compile telealtas and Navteq maps to work with TomTom......
Wonder how long will it take Telealtas to get their finger out.......
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You may well find that the compiled format is proprietry to TomTom and they (rather than the map suppliers) as copyright owners would not permit any program which allowed you to complile your own maps.
Also, regardless of the possibility of such software, and any licencing restrictions, the map suppliers charge much more for map data than TomTom charge for their products.
As to whether TomTom (anfd the others) will see a market in just providing reasonably priced regular map updates (say 2 a year) to work with their existing products - now that would be good. |
Well said Neil!! Your thought "As to whether TomTom (and the others) will see a market in just providing reasonably priced regular map updates (say 2 a year) to work with their existing products - now that would be good." is to be applauded and should, I think, receive the backing of all users. Perhaps a petition to Hardware suppliers? I think all of us going to Edinburgh should raise the point with their respective manufacturers - if the voice is united, perhaps the ears will listen! |
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Greenglide
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Isnt the concept of paying for map updates and getting the software free (which is effectively what happens now) what TomTom have announced for Q2 2006.
What would be nice is to pay an annual licence and receive incremental map updates during the year.
This would finally get rid of the issues I have had with TomTom trying to keep map versions and issue dates a closely guarded secret
This month:-
What is the current map version?,
"What map version do you have?"
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"That is the latest version available in the marketplace."
Which raises an issue as to where 605 and 632 came from!
Legal action pending due to significantly misdescribing goods ("with all the latest maps") - bought in March 2006 with version 571 map  . |
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batterseamike
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Greenglide wrote: | Isnt the concept of paying for map updates and getting the software free (which is effectively what happens now) what TomTom have announced for Q2 2006.
What would be nice is to pay an annual licence and receive incremental map updates during the year.
This would finally get rid of the issues I have had with TomTom trying to keep map versions and issue dates a closely guarded secret
This month:-
What is the current map version?,
"What map version do you have?"
571.
"That is the latest version available in the marketplace."
Which raises an issue as to where 605 and 632 came from!
Legal action pending due to significantly misdescribing goods ("with all the latest maps") - bought in March 2006 with version 571 map . |
Good luck to you - it seems to me that TomTom are more intent on bringing new hardware onto the market than ensuring the content is up to date. I am expecting to be told any day now that the TomTom Classic is obsolete and no further updates will be available........I had to get a replacement windscreen holder from eBay as accesories for the classic seem to be scarce from source. |
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Greenglide
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The action is against the supplier of the goods, not TomTom because the Sale of Goods Act confers rights against the supplier not the manufacturer.
It cannot be pleasant selling TomTom products (except for the possible profits) as TomTom would appear to be as helpful to their retailers as they are to their end-users. |
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I_am_the_Architect
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: Navteq implementation |
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I'm in the market for a portable/in car GPS. I live in the UK currently but plan to move to Ireland within the year.
Which devices use Navteq map databases and which models will have current data (if any of those have good roadmaps of Northern Spain/Galicia it will be a bonus)  |
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vipergrm
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Clearly, the best software available is the new 'AA Navigator'. This seems to be the only way to get the new Q1 2006 maps which apparently have complete coverage of Ireland AND Iberia. You may want to wait until Destinator 6 comes out during mid May, but both should do the job nicely for you. |
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neil01
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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I thought the AA navigator only covered the UK and ROI. I can find no mention of any Continental coverage on their website.
Also, from what I can see, AA Navigator, may have some useful features, but the application may not be quite as extensive as some of the others. Judging by the Instruction manual I downloaded, it appears to be rather light on features and settings (not than I am in any way suggesting it doesn't do what it does very well - certainly it seems to do thing in a very British manner, presenting in a format we are used to) so be warned, it may not do what you need. |
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RobBrady
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmm |
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| batterseamike wrote: | | I think all of us going to Edinburgh should raise the point with their respective manufacturers - if the voice is united, perhaps the ears will listen! |
Pleased to report that the feedback from the last show regarding getting the powers that be to listen was very positive 
100s have already signed up for free places for the Expo. The more the merrier! http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=38074
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Gmonkey
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Good luck to you - it seems to me that TomTom are more intent on bringing new hardware onto the market than ensuring the content is up to date. |
But doesn't teleatlas update their maps the most frequently? |
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Milkfloat
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| Gmonkey wrote: | | Quote: | | Good luck to you - it seems to me that TomTom are more intent on bringing new hardware onto the market than ensuring the content is up to date. |
But doesn't teleatlas update their maps the most frequently? |
It is nothing to do with NAVTEQ or TeleAtlas as to which dtabase release goes on a particular product. NAVTEQ and TeleAtlas both release 4 times a year, it is down to the customer (Garmin, Route 66 etc) as to when they take these releases. No customer takes every release, although the option is there if they want it. Looking into the future it will be possible to take a release every night, meaning that updates can be down whenever the customer wants it. |
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Myles
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Navteq implementation |
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| I_am_the_Architect wrote: | I'm in the market for a portable/in car GPS. I live in the UK currently but plan to move to Ireland within the year.
Which devices use Navteq map databases and which models will have current data (if any of those have good roadmaps of Northern Spain/Galicia it will be a bonus) |
Destinator 6 is very good for Ireland, its still missing some major road names around Dublin, they are relatively new roads...3 years old or so, at least they are on the map. As for Galicia, I will get some feed back by end of August, it will be mainly in the La Coruna and Santiago area's. TomTom is pretty hopeless in these area's, and totally useless in Ireland. I did spot a Teleatlas survey van on the N7 in Ireland around 2 months ago, so we may seem some update on that front. |
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byrnefm
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| I just received Destinator 6 yesterday (want to play with it a bit more before giving my opinions on it) - it certainly seems to cover more with regards to rural Ireland (Donegal being one such example). Haven't gone into too much depth with it for Dublin yet, though. |
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