TomTom is able to deliver the most up to date maps in a changing world by enlisting the help of its users worldwide. Map Share allows TomTom customers to make improvements to their map instantly on their TomTom navigation device. Once verified by TomTom moderators, these updates are made available to the entire Map Share community, ensuring TomTom customers always have access to the most up to date maps.
Corinne Vigreux, managing director at TomTom, commented: “From the beginning, we envisioned Map Share as a tool to help drivers contend with the frustration of unexpected road changes, and to be used between map updates. To put this five million milestone in perspective, a one hour trip made anywhere in Europe or North America will be influenced by twenty to thirty Map Share corrections.
“The success of Map Share is also due to the fact that the improvements made are those that customers really care about, and that the community has taken the time to report and share these corrections,” he continued.
Steven New, a delivery driver from Northumberland, is the most regular and active user of TomTom Map Share in the UK. He said: “With roads constantly changing, Map Share has become invaluable to my driving for work, which involves around 700 miles per week. It has helped to improve the efficiency of my hectic delivery schedule considerably. Where a road name or speed limit has changed, for example, I am able to correct this immediately and benefit from it during my daily and weekly routine. I’m also able to download the thousands of improvements made by other users, and share my Map Share changes with the rest of the TomTom community, so I am also helping other TomTom customers.”
TomTom’s complete map package, which includes high quality maps pre-installed on all products, TomTom’s latest map guarantee, the TomTom Map Update Service and Map Share, allows TomTom to provide customers with the most up to date and reliable maps in the industry.
Map Share corrections are available to TomTom customers via TomTom HOME software, which comes as standard with all TomTom devices.