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Have your own built-in maps in your navigator

As you all recognise very well, most of the navigation gimmicks have come with embedded maps. These maps in Car Navigation Systems are already loaded within the device at the time of it is development itself. But at times those built-in maps may not fulfil all your navigational requirements. In such cases what will you do? You don’t have to go for a new one instead. Just do one thing, make your own maps in your navigational device as you like. The ways of making maps by your self is given in this article as a step by step process.

Step – 1

First it is necessary to download the GPS Track Maker software. It is a free program and you may without apparent effort get it from GPS Track Maker website.

Step – 2

You have to open the map effigy and launch the program of Track Maker. Choose “Insert Map Image” from “Tools” menu. At this stage you have top choose the effigy to be edited.

Step – 3

There is a button called “Map Adjust Tool” that is employed for necessary modifications. After achieving all the modifications you have to save it by repeating the instructions for latitude and longitude. You have to choose the GPS Track Maker with the extension “gem”.

Step – 4

It is totally unlikely to import map selective information from the Digital Chart of World Web Site. Here you have to select the name of the country required. Then click “Download Data”. In addition to that you have to select layers as drainage or roads. Click “Continue” data. Press “Compute Data” and you have to wait for the files.

Step – 5

After importing map from GPS Track Maker program, you have to choose “Merge File” from “File” menu. Then select the layer which you downloaded just before. Repeat the same routine for each layer.

Step – 6

At this stage you may delete unnecessary tracks and save the file.

Step – 7

Now it is the right time to transfer you the map to your navigational device. You may download tracks and way points with the aid of GPS Interface tool. You may catch this tool on the main menu of GPS device.

Thus you may without apparent effort make your maps by own to make all your travel safe and secure.


Car Navigation

The TomTom XL 330-S is easy-to-use widescreen navigation. TomTom guides door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions including street names. And 3D graphics support guide you to your destination.

The TomTom XL 330-S is easy-to-use widescreen navigation. TomTom’s award-winning software means effortless navigation from point A to point B. Switch on and go right out of the box. Just enter the address on the touchscreen and start out driving anyplace in the United States or Canada. TomTom guides you door-to-door with turn-by-turn spoken instructions including street names. And 3D graphics support guide you to your destination.

Easy-to-use widescreen navigation. Click to enlarge.

TomTom’s award-winning software means effortless navigation from point A to point B. Click to enlarge.

An extra-wide touchscreen helps you find your way, worry-free.

The XL 330-S is preloaded with millions of points of interest to heighten your traveling experience–easily find your bestloved gas stations, hotels, restaurants, and more.

TomTom has the most exact maps, and with TomTom Map Share technology, you instantaneously may modify street names, street direction, points of interest, and more on your own device. And with the “Help Me!” menu, added safety features enable you to effortlessly access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations, and hospitals.

The Fold & Go EasyPort mount folds flat versus the device, making it easy to take it with you from car to car.

Go confidently.

How to Update Your Map

XL 330-S Features

  • Maps of United States and Canada with TomTom Map Share
  • Spoken Street Names
  • Fold & Go EasyPort Mount
  • 4.3-inch Touchscreen

All TomToms Feature

Plug & Go–Works right out of the box.

Preloaded Points of Interest–Easily find millions of gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more on your route.

30-Day Latest Map Guarantee–Up to date, off the shelf.

TomTom Map Share–Modify your own map and gain from others’ verified changes with TomTom Map Share.

Help Me! Emergency Menu–Easily access local emergency providers, such as police, fire stations, and hospitals.

TomTom HOME–Always up to date.

Traffic Ready–Optional RDS-TMC traffic receiver accessory keeps you up-to-date on traffic events to denigrate potential delays.

Fuel Price Service (optional)–Know more, recompense less.

Why TomTom?

TomTom believes that personal navigation must be as easy and safe as possible. TomTom develops smart engineering that gives you straightforward solutions, inventions to make life easy.

Easy to Use

  • Award-winning navigation software
  • Plug & go

Best Maps

  • 30-Day Latest Map Guarantee
  • Modify your own map and gain from others’ verified changes with TomTom Map Share

Best Routing

  • QuickGPSfix
  • Traffic ready

Leader in Safety

  • Help Me! emergency resources menu
  • Safety predilections menu

About TomTom

Founded in Amsterdam in 1991, TomTom has conventional itself as a international leader in navigation by being an modern company with a strong brand, clear client focus, and high-quality productions and services.

TomTom is a leading navigation solutions provider with navigation productions sold in 30 countries and in over 20 languages. To further it is commitment to car navigation, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas maps in 2008 so that the company may continually provide the most up-to-date maps and intellectual routing.

TomTom has it is own mapping company!

Did you know that each year, roads modify by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world’s most comprehensive systems to discern and integrate these changes into our maps with unexampled levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom widgets gain from the Tele Atlas advantage–more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.

What’s in the Box

TomTom XL 330-S device, Windshield mount, desk dock, car charger, software/manual CD, documentation

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Most helpful customer reviews

130 of 133 people found the following review helpful.
5Absolutely the best GPS I’ve had so far
By Tom Music
So far I had owned 3 GPS devices: the Tomtom One 3rd edition, the Garmin nuvi 350 and this latest Tomtom 330s model. Before owning, I have used the Garmin Streetpilots given by many car rentals.
By far, this is the best of the three:

Pros:
- Wide screen
- Text to speech
- LOUD speaker (I’ve read some reviews of a soft speaker – I guess either it was a bad batch of devices, or you didn’t read the instructions on how to change the volume. With mine, on 80% it’s blasting over the radio AND road noise.)
- Volume adjusts to driving speed
- great GPS reception (even in NYC, although sometimes because of tall buildings can have a little trouble finding current position, but that’s the problem with ALL of the GPSs I’ve had, including the very highly reviewed nuvi 350)
- The new Easyport mount that eliminates the need to carry three things for your trip: the Device, the mount (sometimes more than one part) and the car charger. This new mount is a blessing and a small nuisance at the same time since it makes it slightly more difficult to fit snugly into a pocket or a pouch, but is definitely more of a pro than a con because of its simplicity of use and the eliminated extra plastic thing to carry. This little issue can be solved either by buying the Tomtom carrying case (the one made specifically for the models with the easy mount for an extra ~$28 on Amazon), or simply by detaching it from the back since it is detachable. Though detaching it, some would say, is defying its purpose…
- “Tomtom Home” software is a breeze to use and lets you add user updates to the maps when roads get blocked or other changes take effect to the preinstalled map.
- Device SOFTWARE SOFTWARE SOFTWARE: The best software of a device I’ve had the pleasure of using. Explanation follows:
The software allows much more intuitive handling of the device than any Garmin I’ve found.
It’s quick, it’s easy, and the most important, when you search for a name of a POI, it uses the more modern approach that allows you to type any letter or word no matter where it appears on the name of the POI and it’ll show you the results on the list.
There are dozens of advantages in the software over the one of the Garmins I’ve used but I can’t possibly list them all.
Some important features to note are that the actual Navigation Screen View gives you so much more clear information (which one can, of course, tweak to one’s liking) such as current time, time of arrival, total trip distance, remaining time to destination, GPS signal strength, next turn’s street name, current street name, direction of and distance to next maneuver (which nuvi 350 garmin only tells you which way to go right before the turn), and to that you can add a compass, change the car symbol and even more impressive – the color scheme of the map!

I have to say this is just a SHORT list of software features I absolutely love and think are on a much higher level of sophistication than what I’ve seen of Garmin.

Cons:
I really have to strain to think of any, but there are some minor ones (after all, nothing’s perfect)
- As I said the Easyport mount can be a little problematic when fitted into a pocket, but it CAN be removed from the back (see pros).
- The car charger takes a little practice to insert it easily.
- The “Password” feature when powering on the device seems more fluff than a hindering threat. It doesn’t really lock the device if for example you enter the wrong password three consecutive times or so, it just won’t let you use the device until the right combination is entered.
- No bluetooth capability. For some it’s a con, but for me personally it’s a pro (because I don’t really need it anyways, and if any corner should be cut to make the product less expensive, this is it!)
- The map isn’t as pretty as on the garmins. It has a little more jagged lines but, if visual beauty is important to you in a map representation of a GPS, you’re really looking in the wrong direction…

In other words, warmly recommended for the people who are interested in getting the best GPS for their hard-earned dollars.

223 of 240 people found the following review helpful.
3Okay, but not great
By Michael Dahlin
After reading an early favorable review of the TomTom 130s, I was confident that the XL 330s would be just what I was looking for. But after a weeks’ use, however, I am a little disappointed.

First, the plusses: it is pretty easy to use, easy to update using the TomTom software, and the new style of mount works very well. The screen looks good, and it’s pretty easy to learn the touch screen navigation. Also, it permits you to build itineraries with multiple destination points, which some of the more entry level models will not do.

The negatives: really, there is only one, but for me, it’s a dealbreaker: the speaker just isn’t very loud. Even with the volume up to 100%, it’s not loud enough to hear clearly while driving, even with the radio turned off. I thought it might be an issue with the particular voice I was using, and some did seem a bit softer than others. But even the loudest one I could find was still too soft to be helpful.

If you’re driving with a passenger who can hold it close and/or touch the screen to get the directions to repeat, it works great. But driving by yourself, it’s not terribly helpful.

I’ll probably be returning it, which is too bad, because in all other respects, it’s a nice device.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
5Excellent GPS, and easy to use too!
By M. Wells
I bought this GPS for my wife. I had a Tomtom GP 720 which I have been very happy with, but my wife didn’t want all of the extra features the 7xx line provides. We came to focus on just a few features when comparison shopping. She wanted text-to-speech so that the GPS would read out the names of Roads and Cities which would make navigation easier. She also wanted a wide-screen display so that the GPS would be easer to see. We checked out Tomtoms, Garmins, and even some Magellins and Sonys at a local big-box store. I tried to stay hand-off — I am a tech person; my wife is a bit less-so. I wanted her to try each one out and make her decision. She found that the Tomtom was easiest for her to use and understand. She was able to quickly route to addresses and Points of interest. The screen is clear and easy to read; the voice is easy to understand. Installation was quick and easy – this has the new Tomtom mount which tightens via suction when you twist the mount – much better than trying to push a suction cup onto the windshield. Six months later and she is still happy with the purchase.

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