Downloadable maps

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

I see that TomTom are now offering the Plus Maps of Western Europe as a complete downloadable package for 120 Euro.

Johnyb · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

I am considering upgrading my maps, but where can we see what has changed since a previous version? Is V605 or V632 the latest for GB?
Thanks

Oldboy · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

TT hasn't divulged that information. Apparently it is something that they are looking to do in the future.
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davenash · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 42

Barnsley - have they got roads there then - thought it was all flat caps and meat pies?

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jedidaz · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 25

A lot of streeets aroung Wigan and Leigh are still missing. Navigon had these streets in with the release of mn5! Come on, who's having a laugh at who?

rsvdaz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 12

I'm thinking of getting Orlando Florida map...guess where i'm going from my holiday's Rolling Eyes

...2 questions..anyone know if it covers all the relevant places (disney, kissimmee etc)...also I have a 128mb card the file for orlando is 2.25mb how do i find how much space i have I have the speed camera database on the card..and the latest tottom patch off their site

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Tim Buxton · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject:

Having just looked on the TomTom PLUS site, it would seem that Orlando and Kissimmee don't appear on the same map. However, Old Orlando is further north than, say, I-Drive. Looking at the options, I'd pick the St. Cloud (FL) map, since both Kissimmee and the International Airport are on it. Mind you, for another €4.95, I'd go for Orlando (FL) too, as t's almost twice as big. You might find that the St. Cloud one doesn't cover Universal Studios.
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rsvdaz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 12

cheers Tim, if you dont know the area well, and as there apppears to be about 5 orlando maps it hard to find out which maps are required....I presume starting with orlando int airport map would be my first starting place and then try to navigate (plan a route) to an attraction to find what other maps would be required....i mean i havent a clue where St. Coud is.....you would think tomtom would have little maps on the website to see where each map covers

martike · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 194

I’ve just read through most of this thread and if I’ve understood it all correctly then I’m amazed that TomTom can be so arrogant as to expect customers to pay for updated maps without specifying what’s been updated and when. Or even if anything has been updated at all !

Let’s say I have a TomTom map and because I’ve had it for a while I suspect that it may be out-of-date and perhaps a new version might be available. So I go to the TomTom website and I find that I can indeed download my map. But I won’t find out whether it’s a new version or exactly the same as the one I already have until after I’ve paid. And even if it really is a new version, I may find that it still contains the old errors I hoped would be corrected, or that all the updates are in areas I never visit.

TomTom will sell you a map but won’t tell you what’s on it, when it was last updated, or what the updates were. Is anyone actually falling for this con trick ?

MarkHewitt · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

The idea of the downloadable maps is to be able to download a map outside of the area which you currently have. It's NOT designed to be a map upgrade system.

martike · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 194

That was not something I picked up when I read the thread, Mark, so thank you for this information. But even though that may have been the original intention, the contents of the thread clearly show that users are anxious to download these maps as updates to what they already have, not as additions to their stock of maps.

And even if I were buying a new map, I still think I should be told what I'm getting.

Silav101 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 48

[Tongue-in-cheek]

Why, you'll be getting a map of the region you bought, the same as everyone else.

Whether or not it's a new map or not is not something TomTom has to say, as, like Mark mentioned, that is not the idea behind the system. All that needs to be stated is there, a map of a specific region; like other software.

Whether you agree with this or not is immaterial, unfortunately.

rsvdaz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 12

are the maps emailed to you or delivered?

martike · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 194

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