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Gpsfreak Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Tomtom Website... False advertising???? |
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Hi I just read on the TomTom website that if you buy navigator 6 Uk and Ireland, Ireland is now 99 percent covered.
I find this hard to believe because when I went onto the teleatlas webpage and checked the map coverage, It is no where near that and missing many big towns namely kilkenny amonst others.
Can some one tell me one way or another if What I am saying is correct, before I go and buy.
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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If I zoom in to Kilkenny on my map (which isn't the latest its version 650) Kilkenny is most certainly present and mapped, showing street level definition of small side roads etc - Mike |
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Gpsfreak Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mike,
So does that mean the teleatlas website maps are wrong.
Or are they using navteq now in the later versions of tomtom.
I know navteq have it well covered |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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The map I used is that loaded to my device which is a Teleatlas product, I am not too sure what they have on the web site, which map display are you looking at on their site?
The TomTom One v3 Europe device comes loaded with NT map, the other use TA - Mike |
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Calomax Lifetime Member
Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Posts: 988 Location: St Martin's, Guernsey
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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I can confirm street level mapping in Kilkenny in my Map of Western Europe version 660. I can even see several cul-de-sacs, which look like residential estate roads, marked as "Access" _________________ TT Go Essential |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 1431 Location: Leics,UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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I can confirm V660 Shows Kilkenny, I can pick out Goal rd,Newpark Road and Hawthorne Avenue to name three random locations |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 1431 Location: Leics,UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Forgot to mention my map is v660 UK & IE plus MR of WE |
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Gpsfreak Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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My apologes,
Yes Teleatlas web site does indeed show Killkenny. But A few more I have noticed so far is Roscommon, Cavan.
I am compairing the maps on the Teleatlas website with those of the Navteq website. And compairing them There is no way they can claim to have 99 percent coverage on Teleatlas if they don't even mark up to the Navteq Maps which also claim 99 percent.
Any way I am using R66 navteq maps q1 2006 at the moment, And just wanted to know if the Teleatlas TomTom Maps were as good or better.
I think TomTom Still have a bit to go to live up to Navteq applications.
Thanks |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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My tomtom 6 clearly shows R366,N61,N61/N63,N63 and 3 minor unmamed rods in Roscommon and also shows Barrack Hill,Cock Hill,Fairgreen Hill and Laragh crescent in Cavan, Unfortunately cannot verify because I dont know the Areas, this is in V660 UK & IE plus mr of WE |
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aj2052 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry should be unamed roads |
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