Great_Britian_Plus-Map

markj63 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 5

I have just installed TTN5 and it's working a dream. I installed the Great_Britian-Map, also on the CD is a Great_Britian_Plus-Map. Does anyone know what the differences are ?

Thanks in advance

MJ

MarkHewitt · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

Great Britain is just Great Britain,
Great Britain plus also has the major roads of Europe on the same map.

Robin2 · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject:

The plus maps also include the Major Roads of Europe. You only need to load one plus map to have trans-Europe main road planning.
Robin
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TomTom One v3 Europe, Navcore 7.903, Western Europe 835.2420
TomTom Go 720 Europe, Navcore 8.351, Western Europe 855.2884
Satmap Active 10
Plus a lot of other PDA GPS kit, seldom used

mu71rd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 29, 2005 Posts: 6

I've just got TomTom 5 for PDA - but can't find any reference to a 'plus' map? Is it on the CD?

My CD is called TomTom Mobile - which seems a bit strange, given the product is TomTom Navigator

kartracer · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject:

The "Plus" maps only come with the European map set. Only available as an upgrade as yet.
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mu71rd · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 29, 2005 Posts: 6

oh wel I guess that explains it.

I'm getting a bit confused. Why are those of you upgrading from TT3 to TT5 getting all these European maps, when those of use buying TT5 from scratch are not.

That seems like weird marketing! Maybe they are worried that people think 3 is better than 5, and so they need to give some incentives!

anway, what are the options for me to get the plus map, or complete European maps? I'm certainly not spending £100 on them!

Crocodile · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 196

MartinBrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 44

The big question is, if you installed the complete maps of europe supplied FOC with the TT5 upgrade, how big a memory card do you need? Has anyone tried doing this yet and does it work or by the entire maps of europe are they refering to the GB Plus of they actually mean you can install all supplied CD's?

MarkHewitt · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:

Lets assume that you are just installing the specific maps and not including the 'plus' maps in each one, it breaks down something like this:

Robin2 · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:

You wouldn't put all the street level maps for Europe on a single memory card, any more than you would have done for TT3. I have had the Europe maps for a while, and just load my spare card with the country I am visiting. When I need to, I format the card and start again. A useful feature of the TT3 Europe maps was that you could segment the maps of a country into (I think) 50MB chunks - useful when visiting a particular region. With the TT5 replacements you have to take the whole country.
Robin
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TomTom One v3 Europe, Navcore 7.903, Western Europe 835.2420
TomTom Go 720 Europe, Navcore 8.351, Western Europe 855.2884
Satmap Active 10
Plus a lot of other PDA GPS kit, seldom used

MarkHewitt · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:

I looked again to see how much space would be needed to install the plus maps of every country. Now this isnt' the most efficient use of space as the major roads of Europe are going to be duplicated 7 times. But if you can put up with that it comes out like this:

MartinBrown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 44

So, you get access to all maps, but you need 1.3gb to install them? Ouch!

I assume you'd only install what you need at the time.

Do they integrate so that you can drive from say Blackpool to Paris seemlessly? (Assuming you can drive across water....actually, what happens at that point? Does it suggest Euro Tunnel or Ferry or nothing?)

MarkHewitt · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: Europe Maps

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

MarkHewitt · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:

TomTom should release a map of Western Europe as a single map, the same way as they do with the USA. At the moment they are dictating to you that you won't be able to buy/afford a storage card of sufficient size.

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