French Maps. Are they good?

spook51 · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject:

I've recently returned from a week in France which included three trips to Belgium. Only map fault I found was to the west of Arras where two crossroads were verbally described as roundabouts and shown as such on the TT5 map.
Of course there's the usual TT peculiarity of routing you a different 'fastest' way back than on the outward journey but I guess most of us are used to that.

Tommy3090 · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:32 am Post subject:

Got back yesterday from 9 days in France, travelling from Caen to North Vendee & back. Just had a slight problem north of Challans, D32 & D117. Tried to send me on a non existant road, but apart from that worked like a dream. Even the speed camera database worked well (Thanks to BoPeep)
They haven't got round to painting them bright yellow yet !!

Stuart
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ranger_6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 19, 2005 Posts: 31

Dragging up an old thread..... which speed camera database did you use for France?

Tommy3090 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject:

Check out this thread, not sure how good your French is !!

I'm going to France again this year so I'll have to update it myself.

Good Luck Smile

Stuart

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=21803&highlight=french+speed+camera
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linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

I actually find this one better:

http://www.alertegps.com

Click on Telechargement, select your Navigation Software, then click on Telecharger le Fichier.

Regards

Roger

Trevor1234 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

I have found TT5 brilliant when used on the continent. I have arrived at addresses in large cities and in small villages without any hassle at all. I can assure you that I would have had a nervous breakdown if I had been without my trusty bit of electronic wizardry. Just think, only a few years ago even James Bond and his mate Q didn’t possess such an aid.
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Robin2 · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject:

I used TT5 in France over a period of 4 weeks last summer, and it was very good. The only time it let me down was about 10 miles from Calais just before joining the A26, when it tried to make me take a slip road to the right. However, the signposts said to go straight on, so I followed them and as soon as I had passed the junction TomTom corrected itself. I drove right down to the south of France, and extensively around Provence and had no other errors except for a new (3 year old!) one way system in a village which was not in the TT5 database. Overall, it was a huge help
Robin
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ranger_6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 19, 2005 Posts: 31

Thanks Guys,

I'd seen the other thread when I searched, just wondered which folks felt was the best (most comprenhensive, easiest to download etc).

Am going skiing soon and don't want to fall foul - do these databases have the mobile locations too?

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