French Maps. Are they good?

Golfer · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject: French Maps. Are they good?

I have recently upgraded to ttn5 because of the offer including the Western Europe Maps. We're going to France (Dordogne area), and I wondered if anyone had used the maps? If so, are they any good? Can you rely on them such that they don't take you on a silly route?

Thanks in advance.

Tommy3090 · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:

Golfer wrote,

Golfer · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:10 am Post subject:

I'm going in between those dates. So unless you're planning to update the thread while you're away Sad

dunos · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 75

I am going to Normandy around mid July for a week. If I remember I will post to say how I got on with the french maps.

From the sample routes that I have asked it to do based on my knowledge of the area from when we visited last year it appears OK.

Dan

SimonCatlin · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:

There areas of France I checked were amazing and better than the old V3 maps (Nice, Antibes and Cannes)
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Golfer · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks, that's exactly what I meant by a silly route. Sometime ttn can try to direct you down a dirt track road, when there is a perfectly good 'A' road running in parallel. I'm drive a new Espace so it's a bit bigger, and I better get a French map at Dover.

Golfer · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

Well I'm going to France soon on my holiday and I can't wait. We're going from Calais to Eurodisney (on TomTom) and then down to the Dordogne.

Has anyone got experience of how good the French map is?

Thanks in advance.

dunos · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 75

We returned from France last week. TomTom was fantastic. It was me who made all the mistakes! It is very handy for finding supermarkets and parking in towns.
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Golfer · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject:

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ROBBINS · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject:

Just returned from trip through France into Switzerland via Nancy, Lyon, Annecy, Chamonoix to Interlaken and return using TT5 with iPAQ 2210 and TT BT GPS
It all worked very well finding some difficult to locate city camp sites in Nancy and Lyon. Much better than a map and the wife - no rows.
Also in tunnels worked for about one minute before stopped navigating, but quickly re established route on exit.

sschelle · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 10

I am just returning from Normandy as I type this (Wi-Fi on SAS). Used TomTom 5 extensively during the week I was there and left my PDA with my wife (at her request) for her additional week in Provence.

Maps were generally very good to excellent, a few intersections that had been replaced with rotary's were not updated, but that's about it.

Glad I had it along, relied on it extensively and it allowed us to see much more than we otherwise would have of a beautiful area, with much reduced levels of stress.

Golfer · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject:

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