Rep of Ireland

taxi_mark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 10

Is souther ireland included on the tom tom go 300 or is it classed as international?

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:

No. It is only mapped on the MRE in the Plus maps that come with the 500, and there's very little detail on that.
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Skippy · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:28 am Post subject:

Have a look at the Garmin range. Coverage of the Republic of Ireland is included in the UK map area and they use Navteq maps which are said to have better Ireland coverage than TomTom's TeleAtlas ones.

The Ireland maps aren't great though. There are major cities and N and R roads mapped but the rest is missing. Many towns are not fully mapped.

eg: Enniskillen, Omagh and Cookstown, Carlow, Athlone, Killarney and Kilkenny only show main roads.

Dublin, Belfast, Waterford, Cork, Galway, Cork and Limerick are all fully mapped.

Garmin have an online map browser on their website where you can have a look at the City Select Europe v7 maps to check out the level of detail in your area. You have to zoom in quite a bit before the minor roads appear.

http://www.garmin.com/cartography/ontheRoad/

Good luck!
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Meester-Martinho · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:44 am Post subject:

Destinator systems give you this sort of coverage as well.

shughie · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

Navman also give similar coverage of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Skippy · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:44 am Post subject:

Thinking about it, some of the TomTom systems are changing from TeleAtlas to Navteq maps too, aren't they?

I guess the bottom line is to find a friendly dealer and check out the map detail before you buy. Ireland coverage is improving all the time but not all vendors use the latest maps (depending on the release cycle of their product)...
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taxi_mark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 10

Really i like the look of TOMTOM but i have family and friends in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. I really can't believe Irelans's isn't better mapped - any reason for this.
Thanks for the replys - Mark.

Skippy · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:42 am Post subject:

shughie · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject:

As an Ulsterman born and bred I rather resent your view of Irish roads. In the north at least they are no worse and often better than in England, anyway, who do you think built the roads in England??
shughie

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject:

Skippy · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:53 pm Post subject:

shughie · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

Skippy.
I have seen the roads in NZ, was there in the 60s during my service in the forces. No offence taken :P see, I`m smiling.
shughie.

Old boy.
half were over here, the other half at home, therefore equal roads... Laughing

taxi_mark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 10

I think he is refering to the roads in the Irish Republic,(EIRE) and he is right when he states that the roads are very bad, especially in the West of Eire.
Anyway as you said You are Ulster so you of all people should know Ulster in Britain, not Ireland.
One thing that got me regarding mapping coverage in eire i know its a little bad but surely not as bad as Eastern Europe i.e Poland,Romania etc.
Thanks for the reply's - Mark

hoggy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 32

Well technically no Ulster is part of the United Kingdom …… Britain is England, Scotland and Wales Rolling Eyes

.... I'll get me coat 8O

shughie · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:39 pm Post subject:

I didn`t intend to start a geography debate, but suffice it to say hoggy has it right. The whole island is called Ireland, Ulster and Eire are subdivisions of 6 and 26 counties respectively.
here endeth the lesson.. :P
shughie.

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