Comments on: Navigating in New Zealand

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:55:42 +0000

@Renate: I've not heard rumours that such a release is being contemplated and frankly would be surprised if they did. Navman discontinued Palm support completely, indicating the small value of that market. Palm is also on the verge of an OS shift, which may or may not slow its terminal decline as a platform.

I now use a TomTom ONE v3 which we picked up online for just £114 (Western Europe); TomTom sell NZ maps (no hardware) for this/ other own-brand devices for £70. The ONE with NZ maps pre-installed sells for $NZ400 (about £160), so buying it in Europe and adding NZ mapping seems the better deal.

By: Renate de Ryk

Renate de Ryk — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:16:36 +0000

Hi there,

Is there anyone who know if Tomtom is going to release New Zealands maps for Palm pda (Navigator 6) ever? It couldn't be that hard to convert the current maps to be used with PDA's? Or is therere a commercial obstruction? Selling software AND devices is more attractive of course.

Regards,
Renate

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:52:10 +0000

hey ya!
Just got back from NZ.. didnt take any GPS with me other than a Datalogger for my GeoTagging.. anyway, just saw that TomTom was out in NZ so checked and saw maps were now available, so just got a TomTom One XL for $CA225 last night.. look forward to using it on my next NZ trip.

Oh, and because I use a Mac I was impressed with the TomTom HOME software.

cheers

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:16:07 +0000

@Steven. Go here and choose your country. Now select your device and choose "New Zealand" from the map list. You can't get NZ maps for Navigator to install on Windows Mobile devices at this time.

By: steven priest

steven priest — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:11:45 +0000

i have been looking to download a nz map for my tomtom one, and have been unable to find one available on any site i have found. can you please email me and let me know if is available and price and the correct site to go to..
before friday
regards steve

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:45:54 +0000

... would love to use my Mio for navigation. Please, what software should I get for that?

In terms of Pocket PC software buying Navman's NZ maps has been the de facto choice. Sadly TomTom NZ maps are currently available to buy only for TomTom devices. Although there are open source NZ maps for Garmin devices, Garmin's own NZ maps run only on their own hardware.

Navmans NZ map? Any idea where to download it or any other map?

"Navman are not currently selling products online in New Zealand"; their site refers you to e.g. Dick Smith—who don't appear to be selling Navman software for Pocket PC either. You might try used via TradeMe. It looks like Navman have ended support for all but their own hardware, although I can't confirm this (except for Palm).

... can I download one packed file and just copy it to my card or is there any installation/ripping etc involved?

Assuming you do manage to purchase it, IMHO Navman's SmartST software, the installation and map activation process are the most convoluted and unnecessarily complex of any software I've yet experienced.

... if my Mio has Windows Mobile 5, does it mean that it will support any map software that are working on this platform or is there anything else I need to know?

It should, if the software says it supports WM5. It must be said that driving in NZ is not the same as driving in the EU; for most of the country (except Auckland) a street atlas for planning and then reading road signs is really all you need. There's just not nearly as much road.

By: Frithjof

Frithjof — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:02:37 +0000

I'm using goldfinger guider gf-001 for pocketPc on my pocket loox n560 (Win mobile 5): http://www.goldfinger.co.nz/gf001.htm
It works fine so far, but is behind tomtom, which I used before in Germany. I had a few map errors in Christchurch, and there are a couple of things I would improve, but it works on my mobile 5 device.

Cheers,
Frithjof

By: Wilk

Wilk — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:48:29 +0000

Hi, great thread. Have just returned back to NZ with a Mio A701 with installed Mio EU maps on a SD card. Now, will travel around the North Island shortly and would love to use my Mio for navigation. Please, what software should I get for that? Navmans NZ map? Any idea where to download it or any other map? Is it hard to do it, I mean, can I download one packed file and just copy it to my card or is there any installation/ripping etc involved?
Since Im a newbie on the gps things, if my Mio has Windows Mobile 5, does it mean that it will support any map software that are working on this platform or is there anything else I need to know?

Thanks for all the help I can get guys. Cheers

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:16:57 +0000

I have smartst V running on a HTC Touch WM6.
need to use GPS Gate to get the right com port and it now navigates ok. Few minor probs that I have yet to sort out
- HTC inactivity time (?) times out so the devices turns off
- screen brightness is turned off (inactivity again?)

By: Joost de Nijs

Joost de Nijs — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:26:21 +0000

A message from (currently) frozen Edinburgh: As a TomTom user, I've been watching this thread for a while as I will be going to NZ in February for a month-long tour (airport strikes permitting). I just logged-on to the TomTom site to find NZ now listed as a download. If it's anything like as good as the UK coverage, it'll be worth the purchase price.

I am going to new zealand in February, but I can't find any maps for download. Just tomtom device with these maps like tomtom one/XL.
I use Tomtom Navigator 6 on my Pocket PC. does anybody know a good autorouting car navigation software for that?