It has a TomTom store built in where you can select maps for different regions of the world and install them into your TomTom via the supplied USB cable.
** map comes in two $129 parts - Eastern Europe and Western Europe How to install maps on a TomTomįor all TomToms except the new TomTom 1000 or 1050, download and install the TomTom Home software for PC or Mac.
Basic models are now selling for less than $150 in most places in the world. In fact, in the case of Navman, it'd probably be cheaper to buy a brand new GPS navigator in your destination country, with a local map pre-installed. The price differences can be staggering.įor example, to rent a Europe map for one month on a Uniden GPS, it costs just US$29.95 ($30.10), while if you have a Navman, you'll have to buy it outright for $258 - more than the GPS hardware costs in many cases. If you haven't yet bought a GPS, it pays to consider which brand has the cheapest maps for the destination you are travelling to.
If you want to rent more maps (or didn't buy your Uniden navigator during the qualifying period) you can rent maps for a low fee - for example, $US19.95 for the USA map. Uniden has a promotion on for the next three months (until ) which allows buyers to rent a world map for one month free of charge, after which time the map will delete itself. You do have to weigh up the costs though - if an overseas car rental company will rent you a GPS navigator for $15 a day, it might be cheaper than buying the whole overseas map, which may cost north of $150. Heading overseas and planning to drive while you're there? You can avoid GPS hiring costs with car companies by packing your own and buying an additional country map for it.Īll the major GPS navigator brands sold in Australia - TomTom, Navman, Garmin and Uniden - support world map upgrades.Īdding additional maps to the GPS is done either by connecting it to a computer and using the manufacturer's app to download a new map to the device, or buying a physical memory card and inserting it into the GPS navigator's card slot.
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