I have an update dilemma.

[ionutpavel]

Hello everyone, I'm from Stockholm Sweden.

I have a second hand TT Rider 2nd edition with Western Europe on it.
This map hasn't been updated in more than one year. To my immediate needs, I only use TT not to get lost in Stockholm, because I just moved here.
There is a big sale this summer for European maps.

I have a dilemma: which map should I buy?
1. Should I update this existing map, plus one year of map updates which costs 70 euros? -they only come together these two, the update and the one year service.
2. Should I buy the low price, small size Scandinavian local map, ver. v8.30? - they say it's more detailed,

3. Should I buy the Western and Central Europe, ver v8.30, which now has a decent price? - I am thinking about buying a car in a couple of years and travel in Europe, East Europe also in the future.

I do find sometimes my TT a bit slow, or sluggish as when it updates routes, in case i missed a road. My question is, if I will buy the regional Scandinavian map, which is only 200 Mb, will TT operate a bit faster? Is this map really more detailed? Or is this only my imagination?

As I see it now, I still have 300 Mb free on my 2 Gb SD card, and I can switch maps, when I want. So I guess Scandinavia will fit.

 

[dhn]

Hello and welcome...........

I can't answer for how European maps work but I do know that, in North America, a segment map such as US North East does NOT have any more detail that that same area when shown on the North America map.

If you have too many poi categories showing on any TomTom model, it will tend to slow down the map refresh. Make sure that is not your issue......

 

[ionutpavel]

Ok. So not the size of the loaded map will slow down the GPS, but the number of POIs. Goo to know. I should go for the updater rather than buying a regional map then...

 

[drledger]

Welcome to the forum. I think Stockholm is a great place. I can imagine TT can be of great help in navigating.

 

[mvl]

I wouldn't think too long term with the RIDER.

The RIDER doesn't support IQroutes, which is one of the huge advances in navigation with its congestion avoidance.. When you end up driving a car, congestion will mean a lot more (since you can squeeze around traffic like you can on a bike), so IQroutes will mean a lot more.

I'd recommend buying a map that will meet your expected needs until you get a car. And then when you get a car, but car-Tomtom. For example, the ONE IQROUTES Europe has everything the Rider does, except it's not waterproof and it doesn't have Bluetooth.