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| Written by Matt Chapman | |
| Saturday, 16 February 2008 | |
 Sat-nav’s no good if you don’t have up-to-date maps. And TomTom reckons its maps are the most current, thanks to its Map Share users making updates as they go along. In fact, the company has already seen one million user corrections since it set up the scheme in July 2007.
That’s thanks to the half a million Map Share users that have joined the community since it became available. The scheme is a proprietary map improvement technology that works on TomTom devices. Users in 30 countries over five continents can improve their maps when they spot road changes with just a few touches on the screen of their device. That data can be uploaded online to TomTom Home, allowing the company’s 15 million members to receive the map improvements. Harold Goddijn, CEO of TomTom, said two-thirds of the one million map improvements can be fixed instantly, while the remainder is forwarded to TomTom’s development team for further study. "Road networks change every day and often unexpectedly," said Goddijn. “Previously, navigation providers couldn't offer maps that were current enough to meet users' needs.” “Now users can improve their own maps, easily and instantly, directly on their device, and more importantly, our users can receive all the improvements made by others, and thereby benefit from all their local road knowledge every day, free of charge.” TomTom Map Share is offered free of charge with the TomTom GO x20, ONE XL with map version 6.75 or higher, the TomTom ONE 1st to 3rd editions, GO 500, GO 700, GO x10 series, and is also compatible with TomTom's latest software. |
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