Re: [OT] TomTom Go

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice Work Christopher Columbus ;-))

Frank


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From: "UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] TomTom Go


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> On 25/01/2005 at 20:00 John Nye wrote:
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> >I see you have the European maps -:) You wouldn't know what detail
they
> >have for Spain would you, in particular Calpe & Altea?
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> >I've got Navman SmartST which is fine for UK and larger European
cities,
> >but >I was thinking of upgrading if I could get some more
detailed maps
of bits
> >of Spain (also the speed cams sound like a good thing to have!)
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> >John
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> Ok, I just took a look at the Spain maps for Calpe and Altea ...
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> First of all there are 2 entries for Calpe:
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> Calp (Calpe)
> Calpe
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> I don't now the region so I selected the first.. and since I have no
idea
on streets I selected the 'town hall' or whatever it is they call it :P -
The TTG found it and listed (while trying to plot a route as Calpe, Calp
(Calpe) although it did bitch because I  was located way off the map so it
got upset (waiting for valid GPS signal :) )
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> In the end I did a plot from Altea to Calpe and zoomed in on each to
check
the level of detail:
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> Altea - Street level (with names) and it looks like it's aware of the
one
way system they have too..
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> Calpe - Street level (with names) and it looks like it's aware of the
one
way system they have too..
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> If I have the right places they are  11.5km from each other and
scarily
close to benidorm! ;)
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> So it appears there's the detail you want for the local area, although
this is based on my zero knowledge of the area itself...
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> HTH
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> Andy
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