Comments on: TomTom MapShare

By: ashley

ashley — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:13:38 +0000

Hi, I have a friend who has just aquired a tom tom One, third edition, and wondering if anyone can tell me, may sound a silly questions, reasons might SEEM obvious, but its not that simple!! I want him at Christmas, without TELLING where I am, as part of a treasure hunt I am doing,( hosting) to use the TomTom to find a specific point, by giving him Ordnance survey grid referances. I am in the UK. Would this work to the degree, minute and second, as traditional mapping works, for longitudanal, and latitude moments? Hope someone at least knows where I am going with this? many thanks.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:12:32 +0000

Okay, got it. I don’t know of any device that does that, or comes close at this point.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:06:26 +0000

That was just my view on future development. Here is (in short) what I expect: OS-independent device (including Mac OS9, Linux and older versions of W. down to 98) or totally PC-free connection to the Internet plus support for both wired and wireless networks.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:49:48 +0000

Alexander, I understand the words you typed, but I don’t understand how it relates to MapShare. The Dash Express uses wifi, maybe that is of interest to you. Although I’d certainly trust my own wifi network over any “public” wifi network like Starbucks, etc.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:38:56 +0000

This is great. However, this is not what I am waiting for.
I am waiting for a GPS device capable of connecting to the Net DIRECTLY, without going to the computer. This is the most radical way to resolve all compatibility issues with “other” types of computers and operating systems: Mac, Linux, older versions of W.
I am not a real fan of wireless networks, I actually do not want a wireless network in my home. So, I would prefer a device capable of connecting to a standard Ethernet wire. However, there is growing number of places offering publicly available Wi-Fi (Starbacks, NY Thruway authority – these are ones I know about) – so, in the worst case, I would buy a device with wireless connection that could be updated in one of those places.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:23:22 +0000

What type of corrections were they? Many you can make directly on the device and they are instantly available. Others need to be field tested by the mapping company and can take years to be verified.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:20:50 +0000

Mapshare seems to be useless. I have submitted two road corrections numerous times and it still does not show up in the TomTom 720. My settings are set to allow all map share corrections from anyone including my own correstions. Nothing ever happens. This feature seems useless.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:31:52 +0000

You can view the system requirements at tomtom.com/home

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:45:18 +0000

What are the system requirements for the computer?
Does it require latest and most powerful one?
Does it require Windows? I am in process of “going Penguins”, so here is my last question: Will it work with a Linux-powered computer?

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:54:20 +0000

Nate, this article was written before MapShare was available to users and as such it isn’t really an evaluation of the service. You are correct, there are many types of changes that you can’t make directly on the device, often because the type of information they would need is more complex than a user could provide such as lane with, pavement/surface type, etc.