Lakes and Rivers

[keysandmore]

I go camping and boating a lot. Does the map software for tomtom (particularly the tomtom ONE) include lakes and rivers? If so, does it have much detail (like where marinas are, etc.)? Thanks!

 

[Trey]

I think the One is more geared for car navigation. I think Garmin makes units more suited for camping, hiking, boating, etc. - not that I want to steer you away from the One. It depends on it's primary use I guess.

I've had my One a month and I love it for getting me where I need to go.....in my car.

 

[fanchee]

If you use the North America maps on the ONE (and you'd have to order the $6 upgrade DVD) you'll see bodies of water. I'm sure you could add marinas as a POI, I'm not sure if those are included or not. I've never searched for one. But I do see lakes/ponds/bodies of water on my map.

 

[truthiness]

If you use the North America maps on the ONE (and you'd have to order the $6 upgrade DVD) you'll see bodies of water. I'm sure you could add marinas as a POI, I'm not sure if those are included or not. I've never searched for one. But I do see lakes/ponds/bodies of water on my map.

so the upgrade maps are more detailed in general?

 

[46jimbo]

Just realize that the bodies of water have no names, and that the TomTom won't let you navigate off-road. It is designed to 'snap' to the nearest road.

For camping and boating, I think you need an old-fashioned hand-held GPS.

 

[Trey]

so the upgrade maps are more detailed in general?

Everyone made such a big deal about the NA maps being better, but it looks about the same to me as the original USA/Canada maps that came on OEM card. Of course I only used the One for about 3 weeks before "upgrading", but the lakes and ponds around here look the same as before. I don't see what all the hoopla is about.............

 

[lec510]

I have a POI for lakes, tried to upload it, but couldn't. It's only 1.8M in zipped form. Every time I tried , I got a database error message.