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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by KingOfCoders on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:07AM (#33433032)
My father in law had a TomTom and maps were always years behind reality (and he paid for several updates as they promised the changes would be in there, but no), so updating or not does not matter.
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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by kleiba on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:21AM (#33433148)
Good point. I've certainly run into situation where my TomTom got confused with reality, but on the other hand, just a couple of weeks ago the built-in GPS in my wife's car was totally unaware of some high-way in France and thought we were going cross-country through some fields for quite a long time :)
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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by vetinari on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:52AM (#33433397)
I had exactly opposite experience: Columbus (VW group navigation) was asking me to get on a highway, but the highway was still under construction :).
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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by hansel_der on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:10AM (#33433520)
not to disagree, but maps are always behind reality
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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by KingOfCoders on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:03AM (#33433902)
Yes, but Google maps is quite good I think.
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