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Advantages: Helps guide you around other countries. Easy to install Disadvantages: None as yet
...USA and Canada Maps
TomTom Maps are a 2gb SD card with route maps stored on them that are made to work with the TomTom satellite navigation system. They originally come with UK/Europe maps so these are a brilliant upgrade if you are considering taking your car abroad or hiring a car and driving over there. These are a lot easier than using a standard map when you are visiting another country and make getting around easy.
We have just bought one ... ...Puerto Rico.
*Designed for TomTom Go, One, Rider, or Navigator - So it will be compatible with any of these models that are the most popular up to date models of TomTom so the chances are it will be suitable for yours.
*410,000+ new road miles; over 6 million new addresses - It covers all the other countries roads and addresses so even if you are looking for a specific address such as a friend you are staying with it will guide you straight there.
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Advantages: Ease of use and price Disadvantages: None
Having used a Tom Tom Go 700 for a number of years, I decided to update the maps of Western Europe. Tom Tom uses software called Tom Tom Home which is used to download the updated maps. Having connected Tom Tom Go 700 to my PC, via a USB cable, it was a simple matter of clicling on the relevant icon on the Home Software, paying for the maps, and downloading them over the internet.
Payment was straight forward. It is undertaken electronically either ... ...Because of the size of the map file, it took a little time to download (I do have broadband running at 8mb band width, so I suppose a lesser bandwith will take longer.
Use of the system is simplicity itself. You are given a choice of country, and then you select address, or point of interest. ...
Advantages: Loads of features Disadvantages: Graphics on GPS are not improved
My mum recently bought the Great Britain Topo for her partner's birthday. He had been looking for excuses to spend £150 for months, so we finally gave in and got him one. It was not quite what he expected, as the map of Britain is split into smallish sections. You select these sections on your computer and download them to your GPS. You can only have a limited number of sections on your GPS, depending on the memory of your model.
The Topo includes ... ...and other accurate geographical features like lakes and rivers. From what I know, the Topo is fairly accurate. I know that it has come in useful when walking. One of the main features is the ability to plan routes on the computer and download them to your GPS.
The compatable models of GPS are as follows (they're all Garmin) (sourced from http://www.sporttek.co.uk/TOPOGreatBritain.html)
-Legend monochrome
-Vista monochrome
-Legend c
-Vista ...
Advantages: Large clear menu for touchscreen. Quick setup to navigate to postcodes. Clear driving instruction. Disadvantages: Poor POIs, Lack of route preview. Missing villages. No cam preview found.
...removed the Miomap programme the TomTom Nav 6 installed quickly and easily and after selecting a few options, was up and running. The selection of only 2 UK voices was very disappointing, and neither really appealed. Navigating to a post code is simple to set up, but I could not preview the route until the unit connected to satellites. I had to exit the navigation screen an select a view map icon to see anything. Typing in a town name is predictive, ... ...to visit being unknown to TomTom and not shown on their street maps. Further investigation showed other village I had visited in Europe in the past to be missing. I also found planning routes with way points unnecessarily complicated. Navigator 6 can be updated using 'TomTom Home' on Windows PC. Version 1.5 can be downloaded for this purpose. However when connected, no map or speedcam updates were offered leaving me with rather old information. 'Home' ...
Advantages: Very accurate and simple to use Disadvantages: Couldn't find any !
I purchased this through the TOMTOM website and downloaded it to my TomTom GO520 T. It downloaded really quickly through our 8 meg connection and I had it installed on my device within a few minutes. We used it for a driving holiday to Hungary in Feb 2008 and it proved fantastic - we did not come accross any roads (including tiny farm trtacks) that were not listed. All the POI's we used were accurate (petrol stations, shops, shopping centres, tourist ... ...journey as with all the TomTom products you can preview the map and route. In Mid June 2008, I downloaded the new updates Eastern European map and am going to test this out during August on yet another Hungarian driving holiday. Well done TomTom. I can honestly say that both the TomTom devices and the maps work fantastically, are easy to operate and have proved very relaible. ...
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Great nippy, fun car (*)
