Tom Tom
May 15th 2006 | 9:22 pm
#16
Oiiii.. You slaggg!
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,209
From: Brisbaneshire
Re: Tom Tom
Originally Posted by Auzangel
Please don't laugh, remember I am a woman and am entitled to ask daft questions
If I purchased a GPS or Tom Tom thingy would it work in Australia? 
If I purchased a GPS or Tom Tom thingy would it work in Australia? It's called the "Where the bloody hell am I?".....
May 15th 2006 | 9:37 pm
#17
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 73
From: Lancahire
Re: Tom Tom
PMSL 
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Apparently, there's a new GPS product being launched in Australia this week...
It's called the "Where the bloody hell am I?".....
It's called the "Where the bloody hell am I?".....
May 15th 2006 | 9:47 pm
#18
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 400
From: North Staffordshire
Re: Tom Tom
Originally Posted by jamiecairns
Hi everyone, I have been following these forums for a while as I'm preparing to move to Oz in about 10 days !
I have been researching Tom Tom as I want to have maps of Sydney for house hunting, generally getting to know the place. As far as I can tell, you have a few options regarding making it work in Oz.
1. Buy a Tom Tom Go All In One Navigation device in Australia - http://www.tomtom.com/products/categ...D=0&Language=8 from the website or in various stores nationwide.
2. Buy (or use your existing) Tom Tom Go All In One navigation device (UK Model) and buy the additional Australian Maps to download onto an SD card (the one that you plug into the unit)- these are available from Tom Tom's website for €199 - http://www.tomtom.com/plus/services/mds.php
3. Buy (or use existing) Tom Tom Navigator 5 and download the Australian maps for your PDA/Smartphone. The Tom Tom website's Australian version does not offer this options, but the full package is available from www.expansys.com.au if you are already in Australia.
I'm going to go for Option 3.
Someone please feel free to tell me if I have made a mistake somewhere !
Cheers
JC
I have been researching Tom Tom as I want to have maps of Sydney for house hunting, generally getting to know the place. As far as I can tell, you have a few options regarding making it work in Oz.
1. Buy a Tom Tom Go All In One Navigation device in Australia - http://www.tomtom.com/products/categ...D=0&Language=8 from the website or in various stores nationwide.
2. Buy (or use your existing) Tom Tom Go All In One navigation device (UK Model) and buy the additional Australian Maps to download onto an SD card (the one that you plug into the unit)- these are available from Tom Tom's website for €199 - http://www.tomtom.com/plus/services/mds.php
3. Buy (or use existing) Tom Tom Navigator 5 and download the Australian maps for your PDA/Smartphone. The Tom Tom website's Australian version does not offer this options, but the full package is available from www.expansys.com.au if you are already in Australia.
I'm going to go for Option 3.
Someone please feel free to tell me if I have made a mistake somewhere !
Cheers
JC
I very recently used my Nokia 6680 smartphone, Tom Tom 5 and the Oz maps to successfully negotiate my way around WA and QLD whilst out in Oz and it worked flawlessly
You'll need a Bluetooth GPS device (look at the Globalsat BT338) to get it to work
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/bt338.php
PM me your software requirements and we'll have a 'chat'
Cheers
May 15th 2006 | 11:56 pm
#19
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 24,249
From: Alloha snack bar
Re: Tom Tom
I've gone down a different route with GPS as I need it for offroading as well. I've gone for the Magellan eXplorist XL handheld GPS with the DiscoverAus Topo software. The software is awesome, it has every track & road in Australia in it as well as topographical information (as you'd expect for AUD400). It's not turn by turn based or has voice commands but it does give you best route to take & is very accurate. I was told recently that there is not a track or road in Australia that is not on it.
