latest maps

dsouter · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject: home version

The version of home I installed this afternoon was 2.7.5.2014. Maybe they started offering that yesterday. I hadn't logged in for a few days
Duncan
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never mind eh!!!

go 1005

AndyVaughan · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject:

Sorry, misunderstood then. I thought TT support had told you that another new version of HOME would be out to support the new maps.

I suggest everyone goes to the TT support site, searches for 'email about my map update service' and then provides feedback using the 'Was this answer helpful?' option, choosing no, and then submitting comments. The site still says that it will be released by the end of June, they haven't updated it!

rfp2001 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 134

Still says the same at 1923! Have followed your suggestion about comments!

Stampy72 · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:11 am Post subject:

AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1942

Ok Guys, I know I'm going to get some flak for this, especially as I do not subscribe to the Map Updates myself but, you know that when you do eventually download the new maps they shall still be out of date and include inaccuracies. At least, this time it would appear that TomTom may finally have listened to their customers who are fed up up with system crashes after a new release and are taking their time to release a map dependent on quality and not on time. TomTom have already stated that they shall extend the map updates period so that you do not loose out. So, 17 or 18 months for the price of 12.

Mañana, Be Patient. You can't loose!.

EDIT - Unless of course they are late and it still crashes Confused

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andy-c1 · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject:

you are so right there .I would rather have working maps then them be on time ....... but as long as they are working
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matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

AliOnHols, it would be nice if you were right, but this appears to be due to the fact that the map is now just too big for the devices. They skimped on the costs during manufacture, and are now having to re-work it in software to fit the data in. I doubt the map itself will be any better than usual. Indeed, the UK 850 map is already out, so if someone has that we can check.

redvers · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 19, 2004 Posts: 29

I was going to buy the UK&ROI version of the XL Live IQ Routes 1, and waited until I was certain that the new maps were definitely available for this before placing my order. When I went to Amazon I saw that the EU version was about the same price so opted for that instead. Sadly, I've been bitten by the "look before you leap" mantra and should have checked first that the latest maps were available for the EU version before making my purchase... but who in their right mind wouldn't have assumed that they were??

As it happens, my Live services only got activated for 3 months so I have had an ongoing support ticket discussing that. Now that it's been resolved I asked if/when the 850 maps would be out. I was told

JoolsTwo · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject:

Matt865 · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 30, 2006 Posts: 92

I can actually see some changes in the new 850 map where I live and not just integrated map corrections. My road now has house numbers (present in v6 maps but missing in all old v7 and v8 maps until now) again and they're all accurate.

They have also integrated all the right turn restrictions and some of the new mini roundabouts I reported.

There are of course still mistakes, like phantom roads that don't actually exist etc.

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:29 am Post subject:

pcaouolte · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:01 am Post subject:

Phantom roads:
Small road off roundabout does not exist
Not a road, just the edge of a field
Several phantom roads through these industrial buildings
But at least TomTom/Teleatlas are on the ball with this new road which is on the version 850 UK map but not open yet:
New road I couldn't link to Google maps for this one as they don't show it yet.
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Stampy72 · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:38 am Post subject:

Matt865 · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 30, 2006 Posts: 92

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject:

None of those examples is specifically mentioned in any of the articles on "trap streets" that I've seen. But some of them look good candidates to be one (eg the stub off the roundabout - causes no confusion or problems, but instantly recognisable).

Obviously the mapping companies are not going to publish lists of their deliberate errors - it would defeat the object! so it's all guesswork really.

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