TomTom CityMaps

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TomTom CityMaps Detailed maps and accurate planning for European cities |

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Runs on:
PalmOS 3.0 to 4.0
Languages:
English, German, French,
Italian, Spanish, Dutch

Also available for:

See also: CD-ROM contents,
Electronic Edition, Free demo
TomTom RoutePlanner Europe
Route USA
TomTom CityMaps is the perfect route planner when finding your way around a city. It’s easy to use and tells you very clearly how to travel from A to B. Simply enter your current position and your destination. TomTom CityMaps will calculate the quickest or the shortest route for you by car or by foot. You will be guided to your destination in more than 100,000 European cities and villages via any road, street or alley. And when connected to a GPS receiver, you will see exactly where you are and where to go!

Awarded by PCPraxis Magazine
"Extremely capable piece of software, excellent visibility of maps, excellent zooming capability - It seems to do everything I want. Adds terrific utility to the colour Palm. On the 505 the processing speed is entirely adequate..." - customer reviews, PalmGear
"Habe Ihre Software "CityMaps" gekauft. Bin in Zusammenhang mit meinem Magellan-GPS und Palm Vx begeistert. Kann demnächst bei meinen Dienstreisen und Urlaub einen Autoatlas vergessen."
- customer reviews, TomTom

Paris | Paris b/w

See also:
Which cities are available on the CD-ROM
Which cities are available for Electronic Download
Information about the Electronic Edition
TomTom RoutePlanner: international road maps and route planning
TomTom CityMaps plans the best route from the user's exact location to their desired destination. When planning a route TomTom CityMaps takes account of whether the user will be driving or walking. If driving, the user can gain information on all one-way traffic restrictions. If walking, the user can view any pedestrian shortcuts. The maps on TomTom CityMaps display the smallest side streets as well as the more major thoroughfares so always show the best route through a city. Even traffic attributes like turn restrictions and one way streets are taken into consideration. The maps can be viewed at different levels of detail.

| Perfect city maps...

- View any road, street or alley
- See which roads are one-way, and in which direction
- Find any street or crossroad in seconds, or any intersection between two streets - even if you don't know exactly how to spell the names
- Zoom to an astonishing level of detail, with street names displayed on the map
- Instantly switch between all the maps that are installed on your device
- Connect a GPS: includes map-matching and real-time monitoring of your progress on the route

| ... and perfect route planning

- Calculates the quickest way to get there, or the shortest route to take, or the fastest way to get there on foot
- Uses up-to-date information about one-way roads, private roads, U-turn restrictions and other traffic rules
- Provides perfect driving and walking instructions and turn by turn directions, both graphically and in easily readable form
- Keep track of your "favourite" and most often used locations

find streets even if you don't exactly know the name | where exactly on Piccadilly Circus...

...do you want to be? | select streets for both departure and destination

your planning options list | turn by turn instructions

detailed information for every instruction | your route on the map

Use the scrollbar to zoom in or out... | ...to any scale from meters to miles

| Cities included

The CD-ROM edition of TomTom CityMaps offers door-to-door route planning for over 100.000 cities in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. A complete list of all the cities included can be found here.
The Electronic Editions of TomTom CityMaps offer door-to-door route planning for Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Cologne, Copenhagen, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Lyon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam, Strasbourg and Vienna... And there are more to come!. The Electronic Editions of TomTom CityMaps are specially developed for immediate download. A complete list of all the cities included can be found here.

Paris | Berlin

On the new colour supported handheld computers (Palm IIIc, Visor Prism) the maps for TomTom CityMaps can be viewed in colour offering clear definition of the planned route, small streets and main roads.

| Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

TomTom CityMaps supports most Global Positioning Systems (the NMEA 0183v2 standard) for Palm OS® handhelds. For instance these GPS-devices will work with TomTom CityMaps:
- HandyGPSTM - www.nexian.com (for Handspring Visor)
- Magellan GPS Companion - www.magellangps.com (for Handspring Visor, PalmV/Vx)
  When used in conjunction with a plug-and-play GPS TomTom CityMaps can pinpoint your exact location and display your position on the map. TomTom CityMaps can then track your progress to the desired destination, redrawing the map whenever necessary and making it impossible to get lost even when travelling in a city for the first time.

  The map, with the symbol indicating your current position and the status bar
  showing the name of the road you are on (or the nearest road)

  | TomTom CityMaps vs. Route

  TomTom RoutePlanner offers road networks, and can plan routes from town to town. It is intended to replace the 1:250.000 (or lower scale) road maps you use in your car to drive through a country, or to your holiday destination.
  TomTom CityMaps offers maps of street maps of cities rather than road maps for countries. It is intended to replace street maps and city maps, and can plan door-to-door walking routes as easily as car routes.

  | Independent Reviews

  "Die Software-Schmiede TomTom, manchen sicher auch als Palmtop bekannt, macht genau solche Programme für alle wichtigen PDA Platformen. Dabei holt TomTom mal wieder das maximal mögliche aus den Geräten heraus. (...) Sehr gut gefallen hat uns die Darstellung der Karten, auch im Schwarz-WeiB-Modus mit Graustufen sind sie gut sichtbar. Die TomTom Karten sind recht aktuell und detailreich. Nicht umsonst hat CityMaps den Nokia Softwarepreis für den neuen Communicator gewonnen. Ein wirklich empfehlenswertes Produkt, mit gut verwirklichten Ideen."
  Handy & Mobilfunk (August 2001)
  "By the way, CityMaps is by far the most impressive application when shown to non palm users, well done."
  "CityMaps met een GPS-ontvanger (Magellan Companion) is een geweldige combinatie. Geen gepieker meer over waar je nu eigenlijk bent en over de te nemen route. Bovendien kan je nu inschatten hoelang de autorit ongeveer zal duren. Alles is onder controle. Met deze combinatie heb ik helemaal geen behoefte aan een ingebouwde routeplanner in mijn auto, die bovendien stukken duurder uitvallen."
  Nederlandse Palmclub
  "Al met al geeft het me een tevreden gevoel dat ik in een vreemde stad of dorp niet meer hoef te zoeken naar de straat waar ik zijn moet. Het zoeken op straatnaam werkt in voor de meeste straatnamen goed, en de inzoom en sleepmogelijkheden zijn erg prettig. Het feit dat het opbouwen van een kaart enkele seconden kost, weegt niet op tegen de gedetailleerde informatie die de kaarten je geven."
  Nederlandse Palmclub
  "The map files are highly compressed, switching and loading maps is very quick, rarely taking more than a couple of seconds. They are very detailed, accurate and attractively presented. CityMaps scores in the route planning department by virtue of knowing enough about road types and speeds and offer both a choice of 'quickest' and 'shortest' routes and also a report on the expected duration of each leg of the journey... a very mature product... this sort of technology in the palm of your hand would still have seemed like magic only ten years ago... impressive and thorough... you'll find CityMaps the slicker, prettier and more efficient alternative."
  PalmUser magazine issue 8
  "Das Beste gemixt von Route Europe/TomTom CityMaps:

- die einfache Bedienung,
- das übersichtliche Layout der Ansichten,
- den Zoom und die Einstellung der Detailtiefe, erweitert auf Orts- und Straßennamen
- die geografischen Hintergrundinformationen, erweitert um Flüsse, Seen u.ä.,
- die Ortssuche nach Ähnlichkeit."
  "Als je onderweg een stedenplanner bij de hand wil hebben is TomToms CityMaps een goede keuze...Ideaal voor het plannen van routes naar straat van bestemming."
  Nederlandse Palmclub
  "Very good.. been waiting for this to come out. Very useful and extremely good value (cheaper than my callejero!). Thanks"
  - customer reviews, PalmGear
  "I use TomTom's Street Planner on my Psion and now I have the London map on my Palm. It's superb being able to have the electronic equivalent of the A-Z with me at all times. The actual route planning can be a little slow (especially with long journeys) but using the Palm's processor I'm not too surprised. The directions are great and the maps are okay but not as clear as I would like (they might be better in colour).A great addition to my Palm and strongly recommended for other London dwellers or visitors."
  - customer reviews, PalmGear
  Read these and other independent reviews

| Related products

TomTom RoutePlanner International road map and route planning | Michelin Red Guide hotels and restaurants | The Varta Guide hotels and restaurants | Collins Dictionaries English-French English-German English-Italian English-Spanish

| Technical Details

Languages | Requirements | Distribution | Suitable for

The application runs in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

The application requires 250k RAM to install. At least 130k of free memory is required to run the application.
Memory requirements will depend on the maps you wish to install.
Most CityMaps are between 250 and 750k, major CityMaps such as London can be as large as 1.8 Mb.

Available on
CD-ROM:
Price: £ 39.99
Also check out the single-city versions available for
immediate download:
Price: US$ 14.99

Palm m100, m105
Palm m125
Palm m500**, m505* **
Palm III, IIIx, IIIe, IIIxe, IIIc*
Palm V, Vx
Palm VII, VIIx
Visor, Visor Deluxe
Visor Neo
Visor Platinum
Visor Pro
Visor Edge
Visor Prism*
Sony CLIÉ**
Sony CLIÉ Color* **
Qualcomm pdQ
IBM Workpad
TRGPro
HandEra 330
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* in colour
** will not run from your SD/MMC card or memory stick

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