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sheephorse · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 23

i was driving along a busy road and tried to turn right but i couldnt my tom tom one never told me i couldnt , so my question is do tom tom update street maps for the uk or do i have to buy them?

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject:

It didn't tell you that you couldn't, but did it actually tell you that it could? i.e. were you actually navigating a route and did your TomTom suggest that the turn was permissible?

Maps are generally updated yearly and need to be bought.
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sheephorse · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 23

yeah i had the route planned and it said turn right which i did only to find that the road had been blocked and i couldnt continue any further, do you have any idea how mcuh updated maps would cost i just bought my tomtom one 2 months ago

cheers

peterc10 · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

In that case you probably have the most up to date maps available for your unit. Because of the time scales (and the large job it is) updates are often already a year out of date by the time they are distributed by the sat nav manufacturer.

I don't have a problem with this. I find that if I follow my nose for a bit TT will finally recognise the road I am on (assuming i am back on the old bit) and re-calculate my route and start telling me where to go.
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Andy_P · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject:

Sheephorse.... do you know there is a TomTom forum HERE, where this could be better discussed. This part of the forum is suppposed to be about the Speed Camera Database.

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