One of my big frustrations with navigation devices and online mapping services is that it can take months to more than a year for to get new roads added, closed roads deleted and errors corrected. Making changes required getting an update from map data providers. Roads that I drove on every day couldn’t be added to the map and routings on my Acura TL’s navigation system.
TomTom’s new MapShare promises to change that.
It’s the first system I know of that allows users to customize the map data. The changes you make can also be shared with others and you can download changes other TomTom users have made. There’s an option to download only verified changes.
The MapShare feature will be available on the TomTom GO 720, due out at the end of July. Among the goofier features in the 720: “Voice recording capability, so users can be guided to their destination with the voices of their children, family or friends.”
