Which Sat Nav has most up to date maps

I am using TomTom Go version 3 and I know that even with subscription to map
updates these maps are several months behind the real state of the roads. Is
Garmin or any other better in this respect?

divoch

TomTom are in the process of releasing the 840 series.
A delay of 'several months' is not unreasonable - satnav producers use maps
provided by TeleAtlas or some other similar supplier.

Keith

It would be nice if TomTom or someone else came up with better DIY map
update for those not so simple cases. For example if I am driving on a new
road why not allow me to press a button "copy your route" which would
capture into the device where I am driving? Or to have a sophisticated
graphic map editing feature online.

divoch

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:00:39 -0000, "divoch"


Like www.openstreetmap.org ?
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That certainly is on the right lines. It seems quite up to date, at least
here in Cambridge, even a guided bus which is not yet in service is there.
Unfortunately map updates are probably quite an important source of revenue
for SatNav manufacturers and so they may not be too keen on the idea.

divoch