IGO8 or TomTom

[branko.savic]

Hello!

When using TomTom on the X7500 the GPS takes time to fix a position, 15-20 min or more is not unusual after a soft reset.

Then when it has fixed the position it is EXTREMLY slow when it comes to calculating the route!

I live in Sweden and I often drive to Germany, and when calculating the route from Sweden to Germany it takes over 3 min to finish!

Then we have the issue with the struggling graphics, (Of course I have been told that TomTom has trouble with VGA displays, and I find that to be very true.) the map is very slow and sometimes it stops completly for a few secounds!

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a navigation program called IGO8, I decided to try it, and believe me when I say that I will never go back to TomTom again!

First of all the GPS lock is almost instant with IGO8, from a soft reset it finds a lock within maybe 2 min at most! And then it seems that it somehow remembers the position and the next time you start the program it will have a fix in secounds!

Then it calculates much faster, I tryed to calculate the route from Sweden to Germany on my X7500 and it was finishes under 20 secounds! (Compare that to over 3 minutes with TomTom on the same device!)

It supports VGA screens, so the map floats much better on my X7500.

Next thing is that there is more maps for IGO 8 so it covers much more of "mother earth" if you want to navigate in a foreign country!

Here is what they say on their site about coverage:

(Our map coverage is more than sufficient to satisfy the various needs of our clients. Tele Atlas, our strategic partner, provides us with maps of almost 50 countries with 730 million addresses and 13 million points of interest (POIs) for use in our navigation software. For Eastern Europe we have our own detailed maps of 11 additional Eastern - European countries.)

It also has 3D terrain, and can even show buildings in 3D! (Only works in some places!)

It has a very simple and logical interface that is much easyer to understand then TomTom, and it is skinnable and very customizable!

Dont get me wrong, I have used TomTom for several years and I think it is a very good and competent program, but when compared to IGO8 it has very little to copete with!

So if you are serious about having a great navi I would strongly recommend you to try IGO 8!

Oh and buy the way, I dont work for IGO either! :D

Here is a list of maps that I have found for IGO8 on a certain forum :

Europe and Asia:

Albania : 2008.01 - 080215
Andorra : 2008.01 - 080215
Austria : 2008.01 - 080215
Belarus : 2008.01 - 080215
Belgium : 2008.01 - 080215
Bosna & Herzegovina : 2008.01 - 080215
Bulgaria : 2008.01 - 080215
Croatia : 2008.01 - 080215
Czech Republic : 2008.01 - 080215
Denmark : 2008.01 - 080215
Estonia 2007.07 - 080215
Finland : 2008.01 - 080215
France : 2008.01 - 080215
FYROM : 2008.01 - 080215
Germany : 2008.01 - 080404
Gibraltar : 2008.01 - 080215
Greece : 2008.01 - 080215
HongKong 2007.04 - 071119
Hungary : 2008.01 - 080313
Irleand : 2008.01 - 080215
Italy : 2008.01 - 080215
Latvia 2007.07 - 080215
Liechtenstein : 2008.01 - 080215
Lithuania 2007.07 - 080215
Luxembourg : 2008.01 - 080215
Malaysia 2007.09 - 071010
Moldova : 2008.01 - 080215
Monaco : 2008.01 - 080215
Montenegro : 2008.01 - 080215
Netherlands : 2008.01 - 080215
Norway : 2008.01 - 080215
Poland : 2008.01 - 080215 : [2008.1 - 080215]
Portugal : 2008.01 - 080215
Romania : 2008.01 - 080215
Russia : 2008.01 - 080313
Russia (major roads) : 2008.01 - 080229
San Marino : 2008.01 - 080215
Serbia : 2008.01 - 080218
Singapore 2007.09 - 071010
Slovakia : 2008.01 - 080313
Slovenia : 2008.01 - 080215
Spain : 2008.01 - 080215
Sweden 2007.07 - 071017
Switzerland : 2008.01 - 080215
Turkey : 2008.01 - 080215
Thailand 2007.09 - 071119
Ukraine : 2008.01 - 080306
United Kingdome : 2008.01 - 080218
Vatican : 2008.01 - 080215

Other:

Australia
Israel

USA:

North America
Canada : 2007.07 : 071010
Alabama : 2007.07 - 071010
Alaska : 2007.07 - 071010
Arizona : 2007.07 - 071010
Arkansas : 2007.07 - 071010
California : 2007.07 - 071010
Colorado : 2007.07 - 071010
Connecticut : 2007.07 - 071010
Delaware : 2007.07 - 071010
District of Columbia : 2007.07 - 071010
Florida : 2007.07 - 071010
Georgia : 2007.07 - 071010
Hawaii : 2007.07 - 071010
Idaho : 2007.07 - 071010
Illinois : 2007.07 - 071010
Indiana : 2007.07 - 071010
Iowa : 2007.07 - 071010
Kansas : 2007.07 - 071010
Kentucky : 2007.07 - 071010
Louisiana : 2007.07 - 071010
Maine : 2007.07 - 071010
Maryland : 2007.07 - 071010
Massachusetts : 2007.07 - 071010
Michigan : 2007.07 - 071010
Minnesota : 2007.07 - 071010
Mississippi : 2007.07 - 071010
Missouri : 2007.07 - 071010
Montana : 2007.07 - 071010
Nebraska : 2007.07 - 071010
Nevada : 2007.07 - 071010
New Hampshire : 2007.07 - 071010
New Jersey : 2007.07 - 071010
New Mexico : 2007.07 - 071010
New York : 2007.07 - 071010
North Carolina : 2007.07 - 071010
North Dakota : 2007 - 071010
Ohio : 2007.07 - 071010
Oklahoma : 2007.07 - 071010
Oregon : 2007.07 - 071010
Pennsylvania : 2007.07 - 071010
Puerto Rico : 2007.07 - 071010
Rhode Island : 2007.07 - 071010
South Carolina : 2007.07 - 071010
South Dakota : 2007.07 - 071010
Tennessee : 2007.07 - 071010
Texas : 2007.07 - 071010
Utah : 2007.07 - 071010
Vermont : 2007.07 - 071010
Virginia : 2007.07 - 071010
Washington : 2007.07 - 071010
Waters : 2007.07 - 071010
West Virginia : 2007.07 - 071010
Wisconsin : 2007.07 - 071010
Wyoming : 2007.07 - 071010

[cktlcmd]

Do they have a list on which countries they have maps on?

found it: http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/igo_8_map_details

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[branko.savic]

Do they have a list on which countries they have maps on?

found it: http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/igo_8_map_details

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I included some more information and a list of countries that I have found to the first post!

[cktlcmd]

I included some more information and a list of countries that I have found to the first post!

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[bendavid2000]

Hi sir 100% right about igo 8 . i am having hard time to find maps for Canada USA & Israel . any clue .

Thanks Dave my e-mail dagiteck@gmail.com