Europe Map Question
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Hi Guys,
Hoping someone can give me some advice here as TomTom's support seems to be a bit on the poor side. I run TomTom on a PocketPC with Navigator 5 and have just bought and installed Maps of Western Europe in preparation for a summer road trip. Now, all seems fine if I go to 'switch maps' and I can see all the maps I have installed, sat there on the list. The thing is, I want to plan an itinerary that takes me from Amsterdam to Nurnberg to Verona etc. and it seems that unless I have the map for that country loaded, it can't 'see' the destinations.
I understood that although they are individual maps, the software should see it as one big map and I should be able to plan a cross border itinerary. Is this the case? Am I missing something? Any help much appreciated as it's difficult to test when I'm sat in Glasgow and I don't want to get to Europe to discover I've not installed correctly or something...
thanks,
Gylen
Hoping someone can give me some advice here as TomTom's support seems to be a bit on the poor side. I run TomTom on a PocketPC with Navigator 5 and have just bought and installed Maps of Western Europe in preparation for a summer road trip. Now, all seems fine if I go to 'switch maps' and I can see all the maps I have installed, sat there on the list. The thing is, I want to plan an itinerary that takes me from Amsterdam to Nurnberg to Verona etc. and it seems that unless I have the map for that country loaded, it can't 'see' the destinations.
I understood that although they are individual maps, the software should see it as one big map and I should be able to plan a cross border itinerary. Is this the case? Am I missing something? Any help much appreciated as it's difficult to test when I'm sat in Glasgow and I don't want to get to Europe to discover I've not installed correctly or something...
thanks,
Gylen
Update for anyone else who may be in a similar boat...
After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
Gylen said:
Update for anyone else who may be in a similar boat...
After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
If you order Updated Western Europe map online with Tom Tom it includes free upgrade to Navigator 6 which will solve all your problems.After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
H
Edited by kippax on Wednesday 18th July 11:36
kippax said:
Gylen said:
Update for anyone else who may be in a similar boat...
After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
If you order Updated Western Europe map online with Tom Tom it includes free upgrade to Navigator 6 which will solve all your problems.After some research I have discovered that Navigator 5 Maps of Western Europe are not one big mao and that to get street level mapping you do indeed need to swap maps. However, if you install the 'country plus' maps for the countries you intend to visit, you get street level for that country 'plus' major roads for the rest of Europe.
Thus, the only workaround is for me to for example, load the Italia plus map, input Verona as my final destination and the Satnav will take me there using major roads. Not ideal as I want to explore some interesting Alpine roads but that's what maps are for I guess.
Incidentally, I understand that this is fixed in Navigator 6...
Gylen
H
Edited by kippax on Wednesday 18th July 11:36
I went out and bought a LG 505 from Halfrauds, ok if was £160 but at least I only have 1 unit to power up and europe maps are supplied on disc, and my ipaq is getting a little long in the tooth. Though it would have been nice for the supplied SD card to fit all the maps on rather than a few at a time....
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