Routeplanner vs. Major European roads help needed!!!!

raboyme

Hello!

Can someone help me, and tell me is there any differense between TomTom RoutePlanner and "Major Roads Europe"(included with Tom Tom 3)?

What Maps are included with the Major roads Europe in TomTom 3? (I don't mean the map of one area I can choose when I buy the software).

What maps are included i the TomTom RoutePlanner package? On the TomTom site is also says that maps 5 segments are directly downloadable? Do I get them in the package, or do I have to buy and download them separately?

How big is the mapcoverage from Finland in TomTom Routeplanner and Major roads of Europe?

Roy

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject:

Route planner is (very) old software, and no longer actively supported. Navigator has pretty decent coverage of Finland already in version 2. The MajorRoads Europe do only make sense for you when you travel from Finland to other western European countries (read:Sweden :-) ) . You don't need them for travel within Finland.
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raboyme · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the information.

Somewhere on TomTom sites they say, that now RoutePlanner or Major roads Europe (are they the same thing???) now includes roads from Czech and Slovakia. Thats new stuff. Maybe they also have upgraded Finland???

I know that coverage of Finland in the Navigator maps is only for southern parts, but that's better than nothing;)

Roy

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:39 pm Post subject:

No, RoutePlanner and MRE are not the same thing. MRE is just another map to be used with Navigator.

In some respect the old map coverage of RoutePlanner is similiar to the MRE, (in that it only includes the highest level roads). And yes, you are right, the Routeplanner also had some rudimentary coverage of eastern Europe. Shamefully Navigator doesn't yet have maps for these countries. I am hopeful this will change pretty soon - Destinator already covers Hungary, and other programs have Czech republic covered . Go to www.kkoeniger.at for an overview
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raboyme · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject:

Ok, this information you gave me was good. I also have a respond, that TomTom Routeplanners maps are from 2002.

I'm new here, and don't have so much knowledge of all softwares, but I'm going to buy TomTom 3 Navigator with D,A & CH maps in to start with. (It's good for me when travelling in Europe)

If I drive trough Sweden and Denmark, I think that TomTom RoutePlanner will be good also to purchase? (It's not expencive, and it's enough map information of those countries for me in the beginning).
Then I also get the maps From Czech, and maybe something from Finland.

Later I can buy the whole West-European maps package, and get Scandinavia, Benelux and France etc. there.

Does it sound good, or should I do different.

Is there for example some other cheap map package over major roads like Tom Tom Routeplanner?

Roy

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

Mapopolis also offers this feature, and it is much cheaper than TomTom. Has a different level of usability though...
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