Destinator 3.075 Ireland maps

efedora · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 5

I have the older version of D3 - 3.065. The European maps are very good except for Ireland. The Ireland maps are terrible. Very little detail outside cities and some parts show no roads at all. I have heard that this is because the Irish Govt. wants excessive license fees to use the Ordnance Survey maps so NavTech is making their own.
Can anyone who upgraded to 3.075 tell me if the Ireland maps are any better than the older versions?
Also, can anyone suggest PDA GPS software that will provide better maps for Ireland?
Thanks

jellied · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

I doubt the newer version will help as there are no new maps for it (other than North America). Let me have some examples of missing places to navigate to and I will check though.

GPSinC3 · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:

the maps you get with 3.0.75 full up-grade are newer, obviously you pay, I think Navteq Q3 2004. I don't know about Ireland as have never travelled there but UK is better eg has M6 toll and other new bypasses near me

falls · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 1

l updated to 3.0.75 the lreland maps are much improved.

Drinksbud · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 1

The maps in 3.075 are a little better. Dublin maps are a little better but the database doesnt reflect the level of detail in the map. Lots of places that are shown on the map are not in the search database. The m50 does not go as far as leopardstown. Coverage in the big towns is a little better but the rest of the country is the same as 3.0.65 . On the whole the program routes much quicker than the previous version but ireland is disappointing. I use D3 in Dublin eveyday but we need better coverage for ireland.

Skippy · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:42 am Post subject:

The latest Navteq maps of Ireland have the primary and secondary roads mapped. Only about 15 towns/cities are fully mapped. Other towns (eg Carlow) have main roads and connecting roads marked but the street mapping is incomplete.

Garmin's Mapsource City Select Europe v7 uses the up-to-date Navteq maps and they have an online viewer that you can use to check out the map detail:

http://www.garmin.com/cartography/ontheRoad/

You may also want to have a look at Mapopolis which uses Navteq maps and has a free demo available. http://www.mapopolis.com/

Don't buy CoPilot, the maps are up to date but the software is seriously buggy.
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efedora · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 5

Thanks for the info. Lots of help. I'm particularly interested in Southwest Ireland and that seems to be the area that is poorly mapped.
I've heard that all Ireland GPS maps are bad because the Ordnance Survey will not sell the mapping data at a reasonable price. It's cheaper for Navtech et al to do the mapping themselves.

efedora · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 5

I noticed that Destinator now sells both Navtech and Tele-Atlas maps.
Can anyone tell me which map vendor has the best map coverage of Southwest Ireland?
Thanks

Skippy · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject:

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