Anyone have any information on level detail of MRWE

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

Read below the email response from Tele Atlas, contents of which explain themselves. I have also had a response from a company who deals directly with TomTom today concerning the maps. The response is as follows

"Shipping has again been delayed with regards to all TomTom maps. The latest information is now for delivery mid-June, however, that date is only provisional and no firm date is forthcoming".

In light of this latest information, I am seriously thinking of returning my Go 300 as it has yet to be unwrapped, and I was wondering about purchasing theTomTom Go 500 with MRWE. Does anyone know just what level of detail these "Major Road" maps contain - especially in relation to France? TomTom may be a good product but what truly dreadful after sales. Who on earth launches a product without accessories.

Thank you for your interest in Tele Atlas products.

Our SD cards for Tomtom Go are compatible with Tomtom Go 300, however we advise you not to purchase this product as the Tomtom Go 300 was released after Tomtom Go, our SD cards available on our website are not the latest updates.

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

I have been using the MRE map and the individual country maps of France, Germany and Belgium for the past two weeks on holiday.

The MRE maps are probably all you need, if you just need to get to a town or village. The detail map will find your hotel/B&B/campsite if you really need the detail.

I found that the detail maps were OK in built up areas but in the country (especially the forest areas) the routes chosen were often impassable. All too frequently the country lane turned into a "no public access" forest service road. You were then left miles from anywhere with no idea where to go (or even do a three point turn safely!!). In the end we reverted to paper maps for day trips.

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