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mentm Occasional Visitor
Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 11
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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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 |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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mentm wrote: | 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 |
skippy refers to the city select updates which do include europe.. _________________ *************************** |
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portman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Dorset
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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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! |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:16 am Post subject: |
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portman wrote: | 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! |
could be they way garmin go's ,but remember not every one has an internet connection let alone a broadband one .......... _________________ *************************** |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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zogman wrote: | skippy refers to the city select updates which do include europe.. |
Thanks zogman - sorry I didn't make that clear.
Some Garmin units (including many of the SP range) come with full European maps and this is what I was referring to the upgrade for. _________________ Gone fishing! |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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3 to go skippy! _________________ *************************** |
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Hywel Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 01, 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject: Proof if proof were needed |
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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...
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xander Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 16, 2005 Posts: 32
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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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...
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... |
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Gmonkey Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 390 Location: Washington DC
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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dougconran wrote: | Don't get too hung up about the quality of the maps. Although I've found a couple of oddities in the Garmin (NAVTEQ) maps I found others (and more of them) in the Tom Tom (TeleAtlas) maps, partly because the Tom Tom maps were older. |
I've found the same thing. From my experience, there are little kinks with the navteq maps on the 320 I have used and a few issues with the teleatlas maps with the GO 300. OVerall though, I've been leaning towards the TA maps because of the ease of use with the 300. |
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Marty-Party Regular Visitor
Joined: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 87
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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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! |
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smstextaddict Lifetime Member
Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 82 Location: oxford
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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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 |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15258 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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