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PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2010 11:46 pm    Post subject: Maps - can you find out when the next version is released? Reply with quote

Hi,

I'm heading out to South Africa for the World Cup and will be doing a lot of driving so I'm taking my TomTom 950. I need to purchase a South Africa map (£39.95), but want to make sure the map I purchase isn't about to be replaced with a newer version in the next week or so...

Is there anyway you can see when a) a map was released or b) when the next release of the map is?

Thanks in advance,
Gary
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many of us were surprised that the various 850 maps were NOT released last week. Also, some feel that maps tend to be released on Tuesday's (hmmm... that's what day it is in the UK as I type this)

The point is that while nobody outside of TT knows for sure, it's a pretty reasonable expectation that 850 maps will get released in the next couple of days........ certainly by the end of May.
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The latest maps are (in most people's opinions) a few days overdue. We were running a sweepstake on them being released last Thursday or Friday and we all lost!

I've dumped all my emails from TT about the Footie and South Africa maps, so I can't remember if it was time-limited? I think not, but you'll be wanting it before the World Cup starts, of course. Hang in there to the end of this week and I guess you'll get a later one - latest version of maps for 950 are all v840 (or v8.40 depending where you're reading it), so next map will be a higher number. For other devices, latest map is v845 (8.45) I dunno what the differences are.

The email also contained an offer, so to get £8 off the map, quote TOMTOM456 in the promo offer box or wherever.
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, I'll give it another week and see if the maps are updated. Bit of coincidence, but I got another TT WC email this morning, containing the offer code...that'll do nicely!
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seem to recall a similar question about SA maps last year on a different forum, these maps are updated at different times to the European/ North American maps so you might find they don't get changed at the same time when the WE/ NA maps get released - Mike
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought SA maps in December 2008 and no new version had been released by September 2009, so they're not updated as often as the European maps. I notice the current one is a later version than I have, but I think it was released quite recently, as I've tended to check periodically. Maybe TT updated it in time for the World Cup.
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to wait until the back end of next week then bite the bullet. I wouldn't usually be too worried about map updates, but I know there have been A LOT of road improvements in SA for the World Cup.
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brierls wrote:
... but I know there have been A LOT of road improvements in SA for the World Cup.


That doesn't mean that these new roads will be on any TomTom map to be released in the near future. It's often a couple of years before new roads appear on TomTom.
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's often a couple of years before new roads appear on TomTom.


A bit optomistic..... Wink
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daggers wrote:
It's often a couple of years before new roads appear on TomTom.


Must be more like 10 years because I am still waiting! Rolling Eyes

I don't think there will be any more maps released as TomTom have realised we have noticed the maps never change, and so they can't get away with just renumbering the old maps anymore. Twisted Evil Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no real point in buying maps for SA ,over there there is only 1 road between each city and most things are sign posted well in advance not like here where there is a million ways to get somewhere
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just bought the V8.50 South Africa map (used the £8 off voucher), will get it downloaded when I get home. Cheers chaps.
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