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Joined: Nov 24, 2003 Posts: 1441 Location: Swansea
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: Detail on TomTom maps
On my own TomTom I have 710 Western Europe 1GB maps, but for the last week I have been using in France the much larger 715 Western Europe map which is, I believe, about 1.7 GB. Although there doesn't seem to be much difference in the roads, the larger map shows, in France, far more topographical features, in particular very detailed outlines of woodland etc. This was what I had expected from the larger map.
I was surprised, therefore, when returning to UK on Sunday to find that this extra detail doesn't seem to be included for Britain, even on the 1.7 GB map. Looking at the area where I live, only a tiny fraction of the woodlands are shown. Why is the level of detail different in France and UK for the same map?
Robin _________________ TomTom One v3 Europe, Navcore 7.903, Western Europe 835.2420
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Joined: Dec 05, 2007 Posts: 158 Location: Lincoln (UK)
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject:
Seem to remember seeing an option in one of the menus somewhere for how much detail is shown ?
Maybe a few more brain cells have died since then _________________ "A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible"
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Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject:
Not on the TomTom...
As for why, who knows?
Probably the same reason why there were no Doctor or Dentist etc. POIs for Great Britain, but there were for France and Eire. TeleAtlas seems to see the UK as a third world country, not worthy of decent updates.
Look how long it takes some major road changes to be implemented.
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