[Wolves] Updating Tom Tom maps?

[Kevanf1]

I had a look through some of those forum posts that came up with the Google
search.  Interestingly, and somewhat annoyingly,  it would appear that the
Tom Tom itself runs from a version of Linux!  The claim is that it would be
to difficult to write a version of 'Tom Tom Home' (their updating software)
for every type of Linux.  I find that somewhat odd.  Yet again, if they
would ask the open source community I am sure that somebody (plenty of
people) with the skillset would be willing to write at least some of the
relevant code.  There does seem to be a long running call for this from
Linux users who have Tom Tom devices.


On 17 March 2014 22:14, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Dave :)  That does look interesting.  I need to find out first
> if I can download the new updates as a zip file (should.... I would have
> thought).  With my model I normally stream the update rather than download
> it and then install for that (download).
>
> I'll see if it is seen as a USB device first.  Again, I would imagine it
> will be seen at the least as a storage device.
>
>
> On 17 March 2014 18:24, Dave Morley <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 17/03/14 18:16, Kevanf1 wrote:
>> > Does anybody use a Tom Tom sat nav and if so how do you go about
>> > updating the maps please?  I'm looking at installing Linux on a laptop
>> > but Tom Tom, typically, only offer Microsoft software :(  Can I perhaps
>> > use this on WINE?
>> >
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>> Have you done a google search at all? I found this article once I
>> ignored all the tomtom discussion boards.
>> http://www.penguinpowered.org/documentation/tomtom_maps.html
>>
>> I don't know if it helps I don't know what tomtom device you have etc.
>>
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