Map of Ireland - Stephanie Grant

A package of maps worth having

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 by credit or debit card, and the down load commenced. 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. ...

sectorchamp 03.06.2009 · Read full review
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Google Maps

Advantages: Easy, free, fast, reliable
Disadvantages: None

Google Maps is easily my favourite and the best free online source for directions. The directions you receive from Google Maps are always accurate and correct and get you to your destination easily and fast. I will always use Google Maps until the day I get lost using the directions it gives me which I doubt will ever happen. All you have to do is enter your postcode and enter the postcode of your destination and it immediately gives you a fast, easy route to get there, just like a SatNav would. Also the fact that you can change your route if you need to like, lets say you need to pick someone up in a different town on the way, you can change your route to make it go past the place you need to pick them up. Overall, I think that Google Maps is easily the best source of directions on the internet. ...

BenC93 09.08.2009 · Read full review
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Oh frot - Grant without Naylor

Advantages: A bit like Red Dwarf
Disadvantages: Not enough like Red Dwarf

Rob Grant is half of the comedy writing partnership that created the cult comedy, Red Dwarf (the other half being Doug Naylor). Grant without Naylor is like any good comedy partnership - they are both good in on their own, but better together. Red Dwarf has lost it’s edge since Rob Grant left. Which was why I bought this book. Hmm. I forgot that Rob Grant was responsible for the Sky One ‘comedy’ The Strangerers. Mysteriously popular, I found The Strangerers incomprehensible and ridiculous. Grant without Naylor doesn’t so much verge on silliness as wallow in it. He has the ideas, the wit, the classic put-downs, but something is missing. He comes across as an eternal student, this book has the feel of a rag-mag. I found it hard to get into and didn’t warm to his characters, but I will probably read it ...

MichelleScott 23.01.2001 (22.01.2001) · Read full review
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