After getting in a bit of a tiz around South Queensferry I decided it was high time I downloaded more up to date laps for my Tom Tom Rider. So first I got the upgraded application and 'Tom Tom Home'. What a lot of new features. Sticking the SD card in a card reader and setting up routes etc. via the PC is neat. Anyway, I was just about to bite the bullet and pay to get the latest maps when I checked what was on offer. As far as I can see, you can now only get a 2Gb version of the Western Europe maps. The two year plus old ones I have now are only about 900 Mb. So am I right in thinking that if I say yes please download the updated maps the 1Gb card I am currently using is going to overflow (though hopefully the 'Home' software would warn me that there isn't enough space). I can obviously source a 2Gb card, clone it from my backup and then update, but is that my only option (apart from coping with disappearing roundabouts) ? All I really want is a current version of what I have now. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Hopefully, your software will be similar to the Garmin variant that I use. Their European data now exceeds 2Gb. However, I can select map tiles on my PC and leave out bits I'm not interested in e.g. if I leave out Scandinavia and a few other bits I can get the rest onto a 2Gb card. If your software is inferior to the Garmin variant then larger data cards are peanuts. www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104488 has a 2Gb Toshiba SD for £2.99 delivered
I could load in GB and France and switch, if I had opted for the separate maps, but the pricing structure made Western Europe seem a better deal. In that respect it seems. I like it otherwise so a bigger card it will be. Progress, innit? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
How much are TT charging for the download these days? Before I went to the Ring I bought a brand new, sealed, pre-loaded SD card with W Euro maps off ebay for about 20 notes cheaper than the download.
In communiqué 39 quid, unless you go for the quarterly updates then it's less, but 7.50 for each quarterly update. How current were the maps? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
