Map Compatibility

A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

Are maps compatible across tom tom hardware? such as Tom tom Nav 5 maps with Tom Tom go etc?

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:02 am Post subject:

yes, but only the TeleAtlas maps. The Navteq maps are locked to the Rider.
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A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

are TeleAtlas maps free? i had a lookat a web site and it seems to be for the usa?

just wondering how do you get the maps working on the tom tom with current tom tom maps on etc?

are there any guides on how to do this or use teleatlas maps?

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject:

Maps are never free.

each map goes in their own subfolder, and in TomTom you can then switch maps.

TomTom does not support cross map routing, but has a variety of pre-cut maps , including complete maps of Europe and North America.

What device(s) are you considering?
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A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

Tom Tom Nav Maps to Tom Tom Go and visa versa

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject:

sorry, your statement does not make sense.
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A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

if someone buys maps for a tom tom nav device can they use the same maps on a tom tom go device?

Oldboy · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject:

The Maps that TT produce are the same for each Device, as Lutz said in his reply. Therefore they can be used in any TT Device, except the Rider.

If you are thinking of getting more Maps, from where ever, they will need Activation.

I'll be naive and assume you have a PDA and a GO and have Maps for both. One has gone wrong and you want to put both Maps on to the one Device.

If they are different Countries they can be put into their respective Map Folder, and that's the only way they will work.
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A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

with regards to the map activation, that means i cannot transfer maps of one device onto the next? what happens if the maps have been activated already. Can i transfer them or is that breaking T&C or something like that?

When you turn your gps on does the device register with tom tom? how does tom tom know what version of maps you are using? what happens if they are corrupt and you wish to transfer of another device to fix them for the same country

Oldboy · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject:

You do have the opportunity to Activate again after 7 days and then a further one time 180 days later.

If you were using both Maps on both Devices that would be breaking the T&C's.

When TT starts up it notes which Maps are there and if they haven't been activated will ask for the Activate Code. It doesn't need to know the Version of the Map (although in some cases it wouldn't use Maps from a previous Major Version)

A corrupt Map will probably crash the software. Transferring them to another Device would probably crash that also.
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A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

i just copied over a working gb map to my other tom tom which was previously corrupt and it has worked without activation. Did i do something wrong or miss a step? how do i re-activate because it has not appeared now for 3 or 4 days

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject:

From what people have reported, it seems a bit variable whether you are asked for activation code in this situation. You WILL very likely be asked when you next update the software or make another major change.

bigfatjohn · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:36 am Post subject:

A13x · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 47

Just and update the maps have already been activated on another device which uses the same map format. If you then port these over to another device the activation does NOT appear at all. I updated the firmware in steps and tested, again the activation didnt appear. I updated to the latest and still no activation.

I guess if the map has been activated atleast once you will not have to activate them again. Failing that or tom tom activation works of numbers linked to devices because i can freely change between version 6 maps on my tom tom. Ive never tried a version pre 6xx to see if the activation appears.

Its extremely interesting as it means people who have the latest maps can freely swap share with other tom tom users and not have to bother about activation. I spoke to tom tom and they confirmed there is no record of which devices have which map version and any sort of lock to prevent them from using the gps.

the only service tom tom do keep an eye on is the PLUS service.

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject:

This doesn't sound right. My understanding is that at least on the PNDs maps will always need to be activated.

What you may not know is that the actual activation information is stored on a flash disk inside the device. So even if you remove a map its activation information is still there. If you later reinstall that map it appears not to require activation, but in reality it just uses the key from the flash disk.
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