version 8 maps

mentm · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 11

V8 doesn't have any better coverage in europe you'll need to buy another card with the maps of the country concerned which I believe cost £100 or so each, though some1 will probably correct this. Either way they are expensive

zogman · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject:

portman · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:30 am Post subject:

I have just seen that Tomtom maps are now available to download for what seems a reasonable price, do you think this will be an indication of the i3 map prices when they become available.

http://www.mytomtomgo.com/vervolg.php?id=116
MyTomTomGO news: Downloadable new GO maps for sale!

zogman · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:16 am Post subject:

Skippy · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

zogman · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject:

3 to go skippy!
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Hywel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 01, 2005 Posts: 5

Ok, I have proof positive that there are mixed batches of i3s floating around. I bought an i3 about 3 weeks ago from Staples in Warrington, with OS 2.5 and Maps v7. My father-in-law bought an i3 from another Staples (near Norwich), with OS 2.5 and Maps v8. So, of course, I went back to Staples and asked for a card change - they did it with no fuss, from another unit from what was probably the next delivery they recieved. Interestingly, the map card does not seem to be initialised when you first turn on a unit - you need to initialise the i3 (language, time zone etc.) before the map card is recognised by another unit.

Moral of the story: buy from Staples, they are great!!!

Also, I have found that there are important differences between v7 and v8 maps - of course in reality roads will change, but v7 is sufficiently out of date that it is noticeable when driving. There are several roads (including the new one next to my office) which are not on v7. Also, there appears to be more road labelling on the v8 maps, and dual carriageways are shown as two lines instead of one in some places.

Hope this helps people when choosing! By the way, I think the i3 is a fantastic product...

H

xander · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 16, 2005 Posts: 32

I'm on my third i3 from Argos now... First one had a faulty display pixel, Second one had no driver CD, third one - so far so good...

Except they all came with v7 map... Evil or Very Mad

Arrghhh... Phoned up Garmin Tech support - was told that v7 was the latest available, and that the v8 rumour had been spread by various internet forums... Confused

Gmonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject:

Marty-Party · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 87

Had an i3 from Staples with 2.5 firmware and v8 maps. I'm not sure of the differences but the v8 maps have the new A34/M4 junction roundabout when the v7 did not!

smstextaddict · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

Any news on V8, im annoyed my i3 which i got a few weeks ago has V7 while others have V8. No response from garmin either on how to get V8 maps Evil or Very Mad

MaFt · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

i bought a map about 18 months ago. it didn't even have my brothers street on it even though it's been in existance for about 7 years.

my point being, as soon as new maps are released they'll be out of date. we seem to have this mentality that because it's computer related it should be instant NOW NOW NOW UPGRADE FOR FREE NOW NOW NOW.

i've not had ANY problems with v7 maps in the 3 months i've had Ivy.

MaFt

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