I have Tomtom 2 and the UK maps. Is there anywhere I can get shareware/freeware maps for the USA & Canada that will work with Tomtom 2? I'm only going to visit and dont want to spend loads of money for 1 visit.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I have recently bought a Cruise in the US. On installing the supplied Tom Tom 6 software, I was able to download a free map. I chose Washington DC from the list of all the states (I know it is not a "state"!). I would also like Virginia and perhaps Maryland. I went to the website provided in the download instructions www.europe.htc.com/gpsmaps but could only buy the whole of the USA. Does anyone know how to access just an extra state? I do not mind paying but do not want to pay for all of the USA. Thanks.
Buy from TOMTOM's own wb site. At the moment they are offering 50% discount on all maps unyil 31st Jan. The link is:
http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/select.php?D=23&Language=1
If you select product as NAVIGATOR 6, then in Region, you will see US maps , separately divided into 6 regions. You can buy single region of your choice or whole USA ... whatever you like. (It gives details of states covered in that region, if you expand "more info" after selecting the region)
Hope it helps.
synfuel said:
I have recently bought a Cruise in the US. On installing the supplied Tom Tom 6 software, I was able to download a free map. I chose Washington DC from the list of all the states (I know it is not a "state"!). I would also like Virginia and perhaps Maryland. I went to the website provided in the download instructions www.europe.htc.com/gpsmaps but could only buy the whole of the USA. Does anyone know how to access just an extra state? I do not mind paying but do not want to pay for all of the USA. Thanks.
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Register on the Tomtom site then download/install Tomtom home on your PC or Laptop. Download/Install active sync 4.5. When you're done, restart your Laptop/PC then connect your HTC Touch Cruise to it. Tomtom home will automatically pop up and ask you if you would like to link your account to your Touch Cruise. If you click yes, you will then be asked to log in after which you can now choose which map you want.
I suggest you buy the whole map now while Tomtom is still on "50% SALE"
Me? I bought both Map of Western Europe and Map of USA and Canada. Its a lot cheaper than buying one city at a time. Besides, if one day you decide to sell your HTC Touch Cruise on eBay, then, you've got a reason for asking a higher price. Ain't it?
Thanks for the tips. Will try them out.
Hi all,
I've got a query which I'm sure a knowledgable person here may know the answer to!
Thinking of getting the USA maps from the TomTom site and theres an option to have all of canada and the USA and hawaii and includes 'street mapping' and covers '99%' of these countries.
But also listed is various regional maps - north east US south area, mid area etc etc.
So what's the difference ? why buy those regional maps?
is it just for those with small MicroSD cards so that not as much space is taken up?
for the price, the full USA and Canada map looks to be good value. I just want to know if theres any benefit in getting any of the regional maps?
Cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!
Buy the full USA & Canada set. You can then choose to download all or just sections, depending on the size of your micro SD card. All of the US and Canada map set only takes up about 2 gig with a voice and sat imagery.
I just loaded Tomtom6 on my TC. I just wanted to try and use the one free trial city download from htc before I purchase the US Maps to see if I like it.
It only would let me download the Minneapolis cab... It didn't give me any other options??
These trial/ one city cabs are not protected, so if anyone needs Minneapolis I have it.
Does anyone have the Chicago Cab so I can try it??
thanks guys....
Mate sharing of this type of file is prohibited on XDA, if you want it buy it, I use tomtom and it is the best of all the satnavs
Sorry about that guys. i didn;t think the trial one city cab was protected.
Non the less I am now using tt7 and it came with t free one city map.
trying to figure out how I can purchase the US. DOn't see it on their site...
It's not really geared for USA customers, at least the pre-installed version isn't. Trying to upgrade via the website doesn't appear to be an option. I gave up and just went with CoPilot Live 7, which I already had...
I had similar problem with TomTom that came with HTC - although it says "you can download free map of your choice", they "made choice" instead of me (by giving maps that I don't need). Was thinking about buying couple of full maps (Western Europe, Eastern Europe) after testing tomtom with map of single city, but ... not really interested in tomtom anymore.
I have used TomTom 6 and 7 as well as GarminXT in the US. When I had both TomTom and Garmin installed, I would find my self using Garmin instead of the TomTom the majority of the time. You can pick GarminXT up on ebay for about $50.00; it comes preloaded on a protected SD card (2GB). If you want it on a disc (to load onto a larger SD card of your choice), it will cost you about 80-110 dollars. It picks up satellites pretty fast and is quite accurate/reliable. Some links to Garmin for screenshots, purchase, and downloads. Also, this gives the same coverage as City Maps / NT 2009 I believe, which covers the entire US.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11413
http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-11034-00
Navigon just got released yesterday to the US market.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/ca...s-out-mobilenavigator-for-android-phones.html
What are your guys thoughts?? Anyone tried it yet?
The google navigation is good enough don't you think?
If you're in the US, yes.
In the middle of Europe, I can be in six different countries within 300 km from my place of residence, wonder who's going to cover all those roaming charges for data transfer...
In Navigon you can choose GPS or phone to navigate.
Navigon is the best i tried yet.
One thing about WP8 that concerned me was the lack of choice for satnav apps. This is what drove me to buy a Lumia 920 because it came with Drive / HERE Drive+ Beta.
Having been forced to change to an 8X I didn't think that this would be a problem as HERE Drive+1 Beta is now available for all WP8 phones in selected regions. What I didn't realise was that with the free Beta version you are currently limited to navigation in the same region as your SIM card, whereas on Nokia phones you can navigate globally.
The only other option I know of is Navigon which costs £80.
However, I just checked on the ALK CoPilot website and my fave satnav from the my TouchDiamond and HD2 days is "coming soon" to WP2! Hopefully it will retail for the same as the Android version, £40 is for European maps.
I'd like to point out that I'm not affiliated to ALK in any way - I'm just happy to have a bit more choice when it comes to satnav on my new WP8 phone.
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One thing about WP8 that concerned me was the lack of choice for satnav apps. This is what drove me to buy a Lumia 920 because it came with Drive / HERE Drive+ Beta.
Having been forced to change to an 8X I didn't think that this would be a problem as HERE Drive+1 Beta is now available for all WP8 phones in selected regions. What I didn't realise was that with the free Beta version you are currently limited to navigation in the same region as your SIM card, whereas on Nokia phones you can navigate globally.
The only other option I know of is Navigon which costs £80.
However, I just checked on the ALK CoPilot website and my fave satnav from the my TouchDiamond and HD2 days is "coming soon" to WP2! Hopefully it will retail for the same as the Android version, £40 is for European maps.
I'd like to point out that I'm not affiliated to ALK in any way - I'm just happy to have a bit more choice when it comes to satnav on my new WP8 phone.
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Are you sure about that with regard to the location of sim? I just had my 8X with AT&T sim in Italy and France with HERE Drive and had no problem. I downloaded the maps prior to traveling.
mobi said:
Are you sure about that with regard to the location of sim? I just had my 8X with AT&T sim in Italy and France with HERE Drive and had no problem. I downloaded the maps prior to traveling.
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Not sure how it works in US/Europe, but my navigation license is only valid for:
UK
Ireland
Isle of Man
Guernsey
Jersey
(Vodafone UK here).
Digsy said:
Not sure how it works in Europe, but my navigation license is only valid for:
UK
Ireland
Isle of Man
Guernsey
Jersey
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You're in the UK? Are you able to download the European maps? Try to download one and post what it says. Fourty quid sounds high these days. I hear Navitel is also coming out with a free version for WP8 in the near future.
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You're in the UK? Are you able to download the European maps? Try to download one and post what it says. Fourty quid sounds high these days. I hear Navitel is also coming out with a free version for WP8 in the near future.
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It will let me download the maps because they aso work for other the HERE apps. What is disabled is the turn-by-turn navigation in Drive.
See here.
£40 isn't that steep. When I first bought CoPilot I recall it cost nearly £100 with European maps. Navigon is £80.
From what I can see on the web there may be some early versions of Drive out there which are not limited, so if yours isn't then don't update it!
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It will let me download the maps because they aso work for other the HERE apps. What is disabled is the turn-by-turn navigation in Drive.
See here.
£40 isn't that steep. When I first bought CoPilot I recall it cost nearly £100 with European maps. Navigon is £80.
From what I can see on the web there may be some early versions of Drive out there which are not limited, so if yours isn't then don't update it!
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Oh well. As fara s drive goes, it is the latest version. I guess it's down to some providers...
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Digsy said:
It will let me download the maps because they aso work for other the HERE apps. What is disabled is the turn-by-turn navigation in Drive.
See here.
£40 isn't that steep. When I first bought CoPilot I recall it cost nearly £100 with European maps. Navigon is £80.
From what I can see on the web there may be some early versions of Drive out there which are not limited, so if yours isn't then don't update it!
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FYI, I found this from a March 13, 2013 article;
"Hi Ali, as promised I have some answers for you.
So, first of all the only difference between HERE Drive and HERE Drive+ is the regional or global license. HERE Drive+ is providing voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation in almost 100 countries, while HERE Drive only in one country or region.
Let me give you few examples: US is a stand-alone country in this model, Canada too, but UK is in the same region as Ireland; Spain, Portugal and Andorra are one region; Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein another region and so on. In the specific case of Jordan, you would get the driving license only for your country.
The license selection is done automatically the first time you launch HERE Drive and it’s based on the SIM card in the smartphone. Without SIM card, HERE Drive won’t start. Let’s say you buy a Nokia Lumia 520 in Spain and put a Jordan SIM card in it, you will get the HERE Drive license for Jordan."
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