More info on the V314 / v390 map debate from Tom Tom TechSup

OZ · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 165

Delboy i wondered when your self rightous opinion would chirp in why not belt up.

timmyo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 76

delboy0754 · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:33 pm Post subject:

OZ

Your abusive comments ARE noted and reported.

timmyo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 76

OZ · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 165

Timmyo, dont get yourself stressed over this muppet.
A while ago when this site got the scoop on the upgrade they were giving guys a chance to go to a meet and try it etc. Well we all had our say on it and the muppet was up there with the front runners giving his 2cents worth, which he is entitled to do. It got rather heated and involved until Dave came in and told us all to pull our heads in.
Next i get a private message from delboy saying how he had e-mailed TomTom and was assured that no one had permission to show this update, i dont recall delboy posting that on the forum, in fact he seems now to be a yes man making bullets and getting others to fire them.If this e-mail was genuine, and i have no reason to think otherwise then why didn't you post it delboy?. It obviously got you feeling strongly about it.
So, this has other people feeling strongly so please let them have their say, or go and read another post.
Since i have been on this forum you have gone from (in your own words)
a legal eagle to an International truck company owner to an inspector of colons, i think that sums up the type of person we are dealing with here.
Visions of grandeur or voyuerism are not really at home here.

ZZBeard · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: map versions

For what it's worth, after installing update 4.42 I found that the map version installed on the SD card that came with my TTG was still 314. When I checked out the contents of the CD that came with it, the GB map supplied is version 390, with a different folder name as observed by manicguitarist.

I used the CD utility to remove the existing GB map, and install the 390 map off the CD. The TTG then made me go to the ttcode web site and register the new map with a code it generated from the product code on the CD sleeve and the TTGs own code. I hadn't had to do that at all with the existing map on the supplied SD card, even after I copied the 128Mb card onto a new 512Mb card.

I then had a hiatus to start with as my favourites and POIs were still in the old-named folder, but moving the Great_Britain-Map.cfg file across to the new folder restored my personal settings.

What we need to establish from TTSupport is whether 314 and 390 really are different map versions; not whether the 4.42 update alters the map, which it clearly does not.

David

gingernut777 · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:08 am Post subject: LOCKED

I can see this posting being locked.

Because members again are being Abusive to other members. Which is against the Terms and Conditions.

OZ · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 165

Who is being abusive?. If people want to come on here and antagonise people and misrepresent themselves for whatever reason then they need to be told. Healthy debate has never done any harm to anybody but dissmissing someone elses opinion is not very fair.
People are entitled to post their opinions here and whether you agree or not you should respect that view, what i cannot respect is this underlying trend of trying to start a disagreement and flame war at every opportunity by certain people. State your thoughts on the issue, fine but if you wade in with dismissive garbage then your sticking your neck out far enough for response.

gingernut777 · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:01 am Post subject:

You, OZ are being abusive, telling members to "Belt Up".

As you say, people are entitled to post their opinions.

EastUpper · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2004 Posts: 11

Tim Buxton · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:31 am Post subject:

This topic is being monitored. Please play nice. Police

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Sniff · Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:46 am Post subject:

There are several threads on Expansys touching on this topic:

http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=TOMTOMGO&thread=219&man=TOMTO

http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=TOMTOMGO&thread=133&man=TOMTO

http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=TOMTOMGO&thread=178&man=TOMTO

jdatkinson · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2004 Posts: 63

I enquired about the difference between the v314 and v390 maps last week and have just received the following reply (bottom of post). I must say, they are missing a big opportunity to stay ahead of the competition, in that I would happily pay a subscription to receive more up to date maps more frequently than annually, and am now fairly cheesed off to have just missed out on an apparent map update by a couple of months. Had I known a map update was imminent I would have waited before purchasing a little bit longer. Certainly, having recently driven quite a bit round Leeds and Darlington, there are a few roundabouts that I know have only popped up in the past few years that are absent / poorly labelled in v314. I have reported these map errors via the TT website to TeleAtlas, but why should I bother if all we are going to get are annual updates? I think my TTG is great, but TomTom are missing an opportunity to make it really great by giving is easy access to up to date mapping data. Just my 2p........

"Dear Mr Atkinson,

As new products are shipped the map data is updated from time to time.
We are unable to update the existing map data that you have at this time, This is normally done annually.
We are unable to update existing users every few months.
With best regards,

The TomTom Customer Support Team"

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