Tomtom Go520 Truck Software?

mikewall · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: Tomtom Go520 Truck Software?

Hi guys, pick your brains please? I remember reading about a software upgrade for the older TomTom's for better handling of larger vehicles (trucks/coaches). does anyone know if it still around and will it work on my TomTom Go 520? So far touch wood it works very well and i've had no issues! but would like some info if possible. Thanks in advance.

Darren · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:00 am Post subject:

There's no such beast that I'm aware of. There are moves afoot to improve the products for HGV users but nothing set in concrete for existing devices.
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mikewall · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:01 am Post subject:

Thanks the 520 been far far better than the 300 i used to have! Would like a manufacturer to have an option to avoid a poi group eg low bridges! that would help alot!

Darren · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

Indeed, sadly an avoid option used to exist in early TomTom software and was dropped, we've been pleading for its re-introduction ever since.
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mikewall · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:

Maybe some kind of thread where we can sign then show tomtom how many people will be interested in this!

alix776 · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

since it was withdrawn 3 years ago weve complained to tomtom collectivley and as indiduals and theyve taken any notice as yet
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GerryC · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

There has been talk, however, of the Highways Agency (?) collating the positions of all the low bridges in association with the SatNav manufacturers in order to produce exactly this function. It's due to how lorry drivers can't see height limit warning signs when they are navigating via GPS.

Personally, I'm sure TeleAtlas and NAVTEQ already have this info in their survey files so all the manufacturers really just have to buy the info from them and make a software update to use it (they managed it with toll roads and congestion charge areas).
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alix776 · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

Navteq have announced a truck navigation solution last october hopefully it should be out at some point this year
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Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

StanStill · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 81

There seems to a few organisations that supply low bridge POIs. Just put "Low Bridge POI" in Google and you will find them.

GerryC · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

StanStill · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 81

I don't think so GerryC, try looking at

www.lowbridges.com and www.hgvsolutions.com they don't look like pirate organisations to me.

Darren · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Whilst I would not go so far as to accuse them of being 'pirate' organisations, much of what Gerry has said is true. It takes 5 minutes to create a web page, gathering the data is another matter.

The one valued source of this data was a forum member here who had spent a great deal of time compiling and gathering the data which he made available free of charge. Sadly it was widely pirated and stolen and consequently he no longer bothers.

I'm not about to discuss individual sites but you have to ask yourself how a site has gathered the data in the first place? Do they have a large membership of users who contribute? Are they a well-known company?
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