Ireland maps on sat nav
Discussion
Hi All,
I currently have a RA navigator 6000 and am on the verge of moving to Ireland. Unfortunately the RA does not cover the Republic and I cannot seem to find add on maps for Ireland on their website.
Does anyone know a way of getting Ireland maps onto a RA 6000, or if not can anyone suggest an alternative that would have the capability for Ireland maps?
Cheers
I currently have a RA navigator 6000 and am on the verge of moving to Ireland. Unfortunately the RA does not cover the Republic and I cannot seem to find add on maps for Ireland on their website.
Does anyone know a way of getting Ireland maps onto a RA 6000, or if not can anyone suggest an alternative that would have the capability for Ireland maps?
Cheers
Cheers for the info, would be looking more for maps of the major cities - specifically Cork as thats where I'll be moving to - than the whole country just to help me find my way around.
Although secretly I quite like the old fashioned way of finding your way around and just getting lost
Although secretly I quite like the old fashioned way of finding your way around and just getting lost
I've noticed on http://maps.live.com/ that detailed maps of Ireland do exist somewhere so it's just a matter of tracking down who supplies them on Sat Nav.
I have a TomTom 700 with the Western Europe maps and the coverage of ROI is utter rubbish. However, I hear that the latest "UK and ROI" has excellent coverage, the western europe maps have improved ROI coverage but are not as good as the "UK and ROI" map pack.
Could someone with a TomTom 510 and the UK and Ireland map let me know if innishannon is on the map and surrounded (i.e. under a half mile) by a healthy quantity of roads?
Cheers,
Ben
I have a TomTom 700 with the Western Europe maps and the coverage of ROI is utter rubbish. However, I hear that the latest "UK and ROI" has excellent coverage, the western europe maps have improved ROI coverage but are not as good as the "UK and ROI" map pack.
Could someone with a TomTom 510 and the UK and Ireland map let me know if innishannon is on the map and surrounded (i.e. under a half mile) by a healthy quantity of roads?
Cheers,
Ben
I've bitten the bullet and bought the UK and Ireland map from TomTom.
The coverage of Ireland is a LOT better than the Western Europe map that I originally got with my 700. It's still not great, all the main roads are there and coverage is good in towns and cities but it's not so great for use in the web of tiny backroads. A few roads I know I could find on maps.live.com but not on my TomTom, seemed about 50% coverage of them. Still, in Ireland getting near enough a place and then asking seems to be the done thing anyway
Ben
The coverage of Ireland is a LOT better than the Western Europe map that I originally got with my 700. It's still not great, all the main roads are there and coverage is good in towns and cities but it's not so great for use in the web of tiny backroads. A few roads I know I could find on maps.live.com but not on my TomTom, seemed about 50% coverage of them. Still, in Ireland getting near enough a place and then asking seems to be the done thing anyway
Ben
My mate bought a Nav 6000 on recommendation and had the option of Ireland mapping already on it. There are two manuals you can download from their website for the nav 6000, one is marked as version 3. I emailed them and asked if I can get version 3 mapping for my unit and they sent me a CD. You need a card reader as you have to format the original card and then copy to contents of the CD to the card (there is a tutorial)
You lose your settings and bookmarks etc but you get the new Ireland maps which will come in useful soon, hence the reason for asking the question.
You lose your settings and bookmarks etc but you get the new Ireland maps which will come in useful soon, hence the reason for asking the question.
I've now used my 700 with the GB and Ireland map and it's merely "OK". Most annoying fault was the slight mismatch in actual GPS position vs. where the TT thought the road was i.e. the road was the right one just 50m in the wrong place :/
Still, it got me where I needed to go, even if I did still have to resort to asking locals the exact location of things out in the countryside.
I notice that Thrifty rent Garmin satnav units. Perhaps they have better coverage.
I'm going to keep my TT700 and hope that they release yet another better set of maps in a year or so's time.
Ben
Still, it got me where I needed to go, even if I did still have to resort to asking locals the exact location of things out in the countryside.
I notice that Thrifty rent Garmin satnav units. Perhaps they have better coverage.
I'm going to keep my TT700 and hope that they release yet another better set of maps in a year or so's time.
Ben
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