Expense of updating maps

[crl]

I was given a TT XL IQR v2 last Christmas, with a map of Europe.

Within a very few months I was being invited by TT to "update" the map. In fact it wasn't an update because you can't do that unless you first buy a *new* map. With a generous :lol: 25% discount, the current price is 56 euro, which is a large fraction of the original purchase price.

Since the thing won't let me navigate to a chosen latitude/longitude, nor ask it to deviate from its chosen route, I might as well buy another GPS. Obviously it won't be a TT.

 

[dhn]

You can add additional functionality to that model with a menu hack. See here:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=136159

but I'm not sure lat/long navigation is one of them. Anyway, read through the thread in the link.

Map update plans consist of 2 charges:
1. A cost to get your present map to the current level (which is 880)
2. The cost for 4 more updates from the current map when you've upgraded (bullet 1).

 

[Andy_P]

And maps from any other manufacturer will be a similar price anyway....

Like any bit of technology these days, the content costs are usually higher than the hardware costs.

 

[crl]

You can add additional functionality to that model with a menu hack. See here:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=136159

but I'm not sure lat/long navigation is one of them.

It isn't, and that geek stuff just makes the thing even more difficult to use.

1. A cost to get your present map to the current level (which is 880):

That's what I'm complaining about. It should be free for equipment that's only a few months old. If rival companies are playing the same game, someone should be investigating: it just isn't fair trade.

 

[Andy_P]

It isn't, and that geek stuff just makes the thing even more difficult to use.

If you don't want to have to use a hack to get the functionality, then you just have to pay more in the first place and buy a full-featured model.

That's what I'm complaining about. It should be free for equipment that's only a few months old. If rival companies are playing the same game, someone should be investigating: it just isn't fair trade.

If you buy a paper road atlas, will they give you the next few editions for free?